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| Joining a Chat Room |
| To join a chat room, enter your
user-name or handle into the "Name" field in the Login screen and click on
"Join" or press . If a password is required, enter the password in the login
screen. |
| Sending a Message in
a Chat Room To All Users : |
| Once connected, you will be able to
chat with other users by simply typing a message into the field at the bottom of the
screen and pressing on your computer. Any message you type will be sent to ALL users
unless you select a specific user from the user list. |
| Send a Private
Message: |
| To send a private message to a
particular user, select the user’s name from the user list. The Private box will
automatically be highlighted. Only the select users will see the message (you will notice
that your name and the name of the recipient with be enclosed in double quotes, indicating
that you have sent a private message). To switch from Private chat to Public chat mode,
simply select the All Users entry from the user list. Clear Erases all the current message
in the Chat area box |
| Key Features Instant
Language Translation |
| Our Chat Rooms now have Instant
Language Translation in 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and
Spanish. Choose what language you would like to type in and what language you would like
to receive your messages in, and you can instantly communicate with people who speak a
different language. |
| ™Invite a friend
to your Chat Room with Chat-in-the-Box |
| To invite your friends to join you in
your chat room, simply click on the 'Invite' button while within your chat room. You will
be forwarded to a Chat-in-the-Box™ forwarding page where you can enter as many e-mail
addresses as you like to forward your chat room. |
| Invite a Friend
Within the Chat Room |
| Invite a friend or colleague to join
you in a chat room. Simply submit the following line in the chat room (just as if
you were sending a message to someone else in the chat room): /invite:Friend Email,Your
Name for example: /invite:JohnM@localhost.com,Kate This will prompt the system to sent an
invitation e-mail to the specified user, describing the chat room and specifying the exact
URL where the chat room is located. Search All Multicity Chat Rooms for a User Searches
all the public Chat Rooms for a particular user name. This feature is helpful in finding a
friend or colleague even when the person is chatting in a different forum: /find:User name
for example: /find:john Note: The search is NOT case-sensitive. Active Chats List This
feature allows the user to join other chat rooms. When pressed, a list of all publicly
available active chat rooms is shown. Each forum name is proceeded by the number of active
users. Simply select the forum name from the list and select Jump to Forum (which will
switch you automatically to the other forum) or Jump to Web page, which will open a new
browser window and load the page containing the desired chat room. To create your own
forum, enter the forum name in the topic box and press Create. To make a forum private,
simply proceed the name with '*' (i.e.: *Jane's Private Room). Anyone who tries to create
a chat room with the same name will be taken to this newly created chat room. |
| Advanced Features |
| Sharing your homepage and other
information Personal info. Allows a user to type in their own information such as
hobbies, physical description and more. Other users can view this information by clicking
on "view info", while selecting a user name from the user list. View info View
users’ personal statement (information entered by a user describing the user's
hobbies, physical description and more see personal info). Select a user name from the
user list, and click on "view info" to view that user’s personal info. View
homepage This allows you to load another user’s homepage (if one is specified by that
user). Select a user’s name from the user list and click on "view homepage"
to view that user’s homepage. Double-clicking on a user's name in the user list will
also display the user's home page. When you load a user’s homepage, you will be
logged out of the chat room. Paging other Users in a Chat Room Page user Once you select a
user from the user list, you can click "page user" to beep that user; they will
hear a musical sound if they have speakers. A note will also appear on the chat room
screen to let you know that the user was paged. Sound When this is not checked a user will
not hear sounds created by the chat room, such as the paging sound. |
| Navigate Internet |
| If you wish to continue surfing the
Internet while chatting, you can use this feature. Click on ‘surf’ and an
additional browsing window will be opened at the Multicity.com homepage. View only Private
Messages with Show broadcast message When this is not checked, messages sent to ALL users
are NOT displayed - only private messages will be shown. This allows less text to appear
on your chat room screen. Float: Open your Chat Room in a Separate Window Use applet in
floating window, a window that can be moved and resized on the user's terminal screen.
This is suggested for optimum viewing. Note: Loading another HTML page will automatically
log-you off the Chat Area. If you wish to continue surfing the Internet while chatting, we
recommend to click on the "Navigate Internet" command in the
"advanced" menu. |
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