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Para
Chat Room FAQ's
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How to log into a ParaChat Room |
To start chatting, enter your user
name (any nickname) and click "OK
Connect!" Your user name must be
a unique for your current chat session.
You may also enter Your Profile,
Email address, and a password (if
have you been given password access
or if you are a
ParaChat Member). |
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How do I enable room roaming
for my ParaChat Room? |
In order to enable this feature
for your room you must be able to
administer the web page that contains
the ParaChat Room applet code. |
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How do I register a username |
If you would like to register a
username and password for a nominal
fee, visit our ParaChat
Members area. You will continue
to be able to use ParaChat Rooms
for free, this feature is new and
is only optional to use. This feature
is currently available only in our
ParaChat Community rooms. |
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Get user information |
You can get information on a any
user in a room. To see this information
click on the visitor's name from
within the user list. Any information
that the user entered into the 'Your
Profile' section will be displayed
in the main chat room for you to
view. If a user has signed up for
membership, they their member profile
link will be diplayed. |
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To send a message |
To start chatting, Chat messages
are displayed in the main chat window.
To add to the conversation, type
in your message in the text box
below the main chat window area
and click on 'Send' button or hit
the return key on your keyboard.
If you are on a Macintosh you will
need to hit the Return button on
your keyboard.
By default your message is sent
to all users. |
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Send a private chat request to
a user |
You can send a private chat request
to any user in a room. To send the
request to the visitor, click on
the visitor's name from within the
user list, and click on the 'Private
Chat' button. You can also double
click on a user to invoke the private
chat command. You will see a smaller
window pop up and you can chat with
the user in that window. |
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Ignore a user |
You can ignore any visitor in a
room. To ignore a user higlight
a user's name, from within the chat
user list, and then click on the
'Ignore' button. All ignored users
will display a strike-thru through
their name.
You will not see anything the ignored
visitor types, and the ignored visitor
will be unable to have a private
chat with you. To un ignore a visitor,
click on the user's name from within
the chat user list, and click on
the 'Accept' button. You can ignore
as many people as you wish. |
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Ignore Private Messages |
You can ignore all private messages.
When a private message is initiated
you can click on the 'Ignore' checkbox
and all future private messages
will not be seen. |
Bold Button  |
If you wish to BOLD your
messages in the main chat window. |
Italic Button  |
If you wish to Italicize
your messages in the main chat window. |
Color Button  |
If you wish to change the color
of your messages in the main chat
window. |
Smile Button  |
| Keyboard
Shortcut |
Image |
Name |
Included
with Product |
| :) |
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Smile |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| :( |
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Angry |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| :D |
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Big
Grin |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| B) |
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Cool |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| :)) |
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Laugh |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| :O |
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Oh
My |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| (:) |
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Ninja |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| :L |
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Tongue |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| o:o |
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Wacko |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| >:) |
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Wub |
Basic,
Advanced, Pro, Enterprise,
Server |
| ::blink |
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Blink |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::blush |
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Blush |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::closedeyes |
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Closed
Eyes |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::excl |
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! |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::glare |
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Glare |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::happy |
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Happy |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::huh |
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Huh |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::mad |
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Mad |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::mellow |
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Mellow |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::rolleyes |
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Rolleyes |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::sad |
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Sad |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::sleep |
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Sleep |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::unsure |
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Unsure |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::beer |
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Beer |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::coffee |
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Coffee |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::smoke |
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Smoking
Man |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::eye |
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Eye |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::lips |
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Lips |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::rose |
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Rose |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::thumbup |
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Thumb
Up |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::thumbdown |
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Thumb
Down |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| ::aspirin |
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Aspirin |
Advanced,
Pro, Enterprise, Server |
| Add
Custom Icons |
Enterprise,
Server |
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Room Audio  |
ParaChat is already equipped with
the following sound files, depending
on which service you are using:
| bark |
beep |
boing |
bong |
| bubbles |
busy |
cat |
chicken |
| chirp |
clink |
clockcuckoo |
computer |
| cow |
cowbell |
crash |
cuckoo |
| dialtone |
doorbell |
drip |
enter |
| fastbusy |
flush |
gong |
laugh |
| laughter |
quack |
ring |
rooster |
| spacemusic |
splat |
touchtone.0 |
touchtone.1 |
| touchtone.2 |
touchtone.3 |
touchtone.4 |
touchtone.5 |
| touchtone.6 |
touchtone.7 |
touchtone.8 |
touchtone.9 |
| touchtone.pound |
train |
waterdrop |
whistle |
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Float Button  |
If you wish to resize your chat
room, click on the "Float" button.
This option opens the chat room
in a separate window. This separate
window can be resized and moved
about on your screen. Close the
window or click Unfloat to
return the window to the original
Web page. The default size of the
floating window is 75% of your screen.
Drag a corner or edge to resize
it. |
Control Panel 
(customize your chat session & roam
to a different room) |
The 'Control Panel' button envokes
the ParaChat Control Panel. The
control panel allows you to customize
your chat session. The control panel
allows you to do the following:
- Rooms Tab - diplays other available
rooms chat in.
- Create Tab - create a new public
or hidden room
- Users Tab - search for other
users
- Color Tab - diplays a list
of colors that you can use to
change your displayed user name
in the main chat window.
- Icons Tab - click on a icon
to be displayed in the main chat
window.
- Font Tab - local font size,
my user font, and window color.
- Settings Tab -
- Double space text
- Beep on enter
- Beep on exit
- Join/leave message
- Timestamp messages
- Heartbeat - set a pulse
to stay connected to the chat
room
- Block all private - blocks
all private massages
- Turn off Profile - turns
off profile information
- Page admin (if room admin
is present)
- Admin Console (if you are
logged in as admin)
- Moderation Console (if moderation
is turned on)
- About Tab -
- ParaChat Server version
- Your operating system version
- Your Java version.
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Clipboard Button  |
Click the "Clipboard" button to
"screen dump" the chat text from
within your main chat window into
a separate plain text window. When
the chat text appears in the plain
text window, you may copy the text
using your keyboard's "CTRL-C" Copy
function, or your "right-mouse"
button's "Copy" option. |
Search Button  |
This button is enabled in our Free
ParaChat service to allow users
to search the internet for any topic
that might be discussed in the chat
room. Using ParaChat Professional
and above, this button can be customized
to any URL. |
Help Button  |
If you have any questions on how
to operate your ParaChat room, click
on the "Help" button and you will
be directed the the ParaChat help
pages. You can also type %help to
see help commands in the main chat
room. |
Log Off button  |
If you wish to leave a chat room,
click on the 'Log off' button and
you will exit the room |
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"User(s) in" |
This option displays the number
of people in the room. |
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Page Room Admin |
To
page the room administrator / operator
, open your control panel, click
on the Settings tab and then click
"Page Room Admin" button. This will
notify the admin user that you would
like to chat with them. If the admin
is not present, you will be given
a message notifying you of this
fact.
If you would like to use keyboard
commands, type %page |
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Leaving a chat room |
If
you wish to leave the chat room
click on the "Log off" button. |
Source http://support.parachat.com/userguide/User_Guide.htm |
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