JAustIRC Applet Configuration Instructions

 
You can customise your applet by adding PARAM tags in between the <APPLET> and </APPLET> tags. For this version of the JAustIRC applet, the following things can be customized:

Colours
The colours that you can specify are white, black, darkblue, darkgreen, red, maroon, purple, teal, cyan, blue, magenta, darkgray and lightgray

  • bgColour – the background colour of the channel window
  • fgColour – the foreground (normal text) colour of the channel window
  • nlBack – the background colour of the nicklist
  • nlFore – the foreground (text) colour of the nicklist
  • join – the colour of join messages
  • part – the colour of part messages
  • quit – the colour of quit messages
  • mode – the colour of mode messages
  • nick – the colour of nick change messages
  • topic – the colour of the topic and the setby message
  • action – the colour of action messages
  • kick – the colour of kick messages
  • op – the colour of the message showing you someone has been oped
  • deop – the colour of the message showing you someone has been deoped
  • voice – the colour of the message showing you someone has been voiced
  • devoice – the colour of the message showing you someone has been devoiced
  • ban – the colour of ban messages
  • unban – the colour of unban messages
  • own – the colour of your own messages
  • server – the colour of server messages
  • notice – the colour of notices
  • default – the default text colour
  • whois – the colour of whois messages

Specify a colour parameter tag like this:
                    <PARAM NAME = COLOURS VALUE = "own=red,bgcolour=blue" >
Note:
Do not use spaces in the value part of the param tag.
You do not have to specify this tag. If you do not, the default colour scheme will be used.

The main channel
You can set up the java IRC applet so that it joins a channel of your choosing automatically. The user will not be able to part this channel, and will stay there unless kicked/banned.

Specify the main channel parameter tag like this:
                     <PARAM NAME = MAIN VALUE = "#rahhh" >
Replace #rahhh with your channel name. This tag goes before the end </APPLET> tag.
Note: You cannot specify more than one channel name in the MAIN parameter tag.
If you don't specify a channel, JAustIRC will just connect to AustNet, and wait for the user to type /join #channelname to join a channel.

User's Full Name
The IRC user command that is sent to log the user onto the server contains information gathered from the user prior to connecting, which includes the users full name. It isn’t safe to provide this information to anyone who wants to know, therefore there is no place for the user to input this piece of information in this applet.

You can specify a “full name” that all the users connecting to AustNet through the applet on your site will have to use. Do not put anyones full name here. Be creative, or use it as a place to plug your website.

Specify a fullname parameter tag like this:
                       <PARAM NAME = FULLNAME VALUE = "I am using javaIRC for AustNet" >

Note: You do not need to specify this tag. If you leave it out, then the default will be used.


Quit Message
You can specify a custom quit message that will show whenever the user of the applet disconnects from the server.

Specify a quitmessage parameter tag like this:
                        <PARAM NAME = QUITMESSAGE VALUE = "I am using javaIRC for AustNet" >

Note: You do not need to specify this tag. If you leave it out, then the default will be used.


More help
If you have any problems with the applet, or have a bug to report, email sophie@austnet.org with as much information about the problem as possible. Please note, that this is only for help with installing or using the applet, and not for help with any of AustNet’s services. You can also join #austnetwebsite on the AustNet IRC Network, and we will attempt to help you.