HNet Chat Tutorial

[MaryAnne]

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Okay, seriously, as more and more of you are using the chat room (which is great!) we thought we oughta put together a lil' tutorial for y'all. Our chat room is very easy to use but perhaps some of you out there are not aware of the functions that are available to you.

Creating Rooms

There are currently four rooms set up in our chat. The Lobby, The Boar's Nest, The Garage and The Reading Room.

Anyone of these rooms can be used for public chats. However, if you would like to set up a private room, you can do that.

At the top of the chat window there is a drop down menu called "Roam." Click on that and you'll see three tabs, Rooms, Creation, Users.

Click on the Creation tab. Give your new room a name. You can also give it a password. If you do that then anyone who wants to enter the room must have the password to get in. So it would be wise to PM the password to those folks you want to come in.

Please remember that the Lobby, Boar's Nest, Garage and Reading Room are public and can not be locked to other users.

Also please note that any room you create is temporary, once all users have left, the room will no longer exist. You will have to create it again if you wish to use it again.

Ignoring Users

If a user is bothering you in a public chat room, there is a very simple solution. It's called "IGNORE"

Simply done, right click on the user name in the left hand panel and click on ignore. All messages sent by this user to the chat room you will not have to see or deal with. (Other users may still see the messages until such time as they chose to ignore the offending user).

Now if you happen to be the user that folks are starting to ignore, maybe you need to think twice about what you're doing and learn to play nice.

If an Admin happens to be in the room at the time, remember, we can toss your posterior out and not let you back in until such time that we want to let you back in.

One on One Private Chat

To use this feature, simply right click on the user's name in the left hand panel and click on "private chat" A new window will appear, similar to a AIM type window. Private chat conversations are not seen by others in the room.

Role Playing Rooms

We have also recently created two role playing rooms. One for "Extra" characters (made up and/or established fanfic characters) and "Series" characters (made up of original characters from the show). Please note that these rooms are public rooms but the rules are pretty simple.

"Extra" Room -- This is pretty open ended and you can play your own character or one from the series. Please note that series characters are on a first come first serve basis. Whoever gets there first and claims that series character is it for that role play. As for "Extra" characters please remember that fanfic characters can NOT be used without an author's permission. So if you show up wanting to be "MaryAnne" or "Brian" and you're not MaryAnne or Brian - you're gonna be in big trouble.

"Series" Room -- This is for original characters from the series only (Bo, Luke, Daisy, Jesse, Boss, Rosco, Cooter, Enos, Cletus, Emery Potter, Miz Tisdale, ect, ect...). Characters are assigned on a first come first serve basis. No fighting over who can play what character. If a character is taken, take another one OR just agree to hang around and watch and be one of the unnamed "townfolk."

Any questions or problems with the chat, you know where to find your friendly administrators, myself, Brian or Mufn. Drop us a PM and we'll get back to you as soon as Enos gets the fax machine fixed.

[Laura Duke]

Thanks MaryAnne for explaining all of the neat features on the chat room-I sure did learn a lot! I plan on trying some of those next time I chat!

Thanks again!

Laura Duke