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connections:functionality:chatrooms [2009/07/25 18:40]
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-==== Chat rooms section =====+====== Chat rooms section =====
 +You can create chat rooms to discuss either some item, author or some other issue. You can either create a room or join an existing room. Everything starts with the "My chat rooms" widget:
  
-Following ​functionality ​available+{{:​connections:​functionality:​chatrooms_widget.png|}} 
-  ​on "My discussion groups" ​widgets you can see your last 3 favorite chat rooms +===== Creating a chat room ===== 
-  - on "List all groups" ​function ​a floatbox must open up where you must see publicly available ​chat rooms or chat rooms created by you +  ​* **Step 1:** Click on "Create chat room" ​link on the widget or click "List all rooms" -> "​Create ​chat room" 
-  ​- On "​Create chat room" ​- a floatbox must open where you can create a new chat room by specifying its options +  ​* **Step 2:** Fill out the "​Create chat room" ​form: 
-  ​- You can create ​chat rooms to be password-protected, ​invitations-only, visible/​invisible ​publicly +{{:​connections:​functionality:​create_chatroom1.png|}} 
-  ​- Only the chat room owner can change ​these settings + 
-  ​- In a chat room chat room owner can ban other usersTo unban a user - the chat room owner must go to chat room settings -> "​Banned users" list +  * **Step 3:** Edit room settings: 
-  - You can pop-out ​chat in a pop-up window ​or pop-in if popped-out +{{:​connections:​functionality:​create_chatroom2.png|}} 
-  - You can turn the notification sound on/​off ​in a chat room + 
-  ​Each user's nickname and text color must be in a different color, while the user should see himself and his texts as orange+**Please note:** 
 +  ​* Here you can set the chat-room to be password-protected, ​invitation-based or publicly ​invisible 
 +  ​* Once you have created a chat room, you are the only one who can change ​its settings 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Joining a chat room ===== 
 +  ​* Either select ​a chat room on your "​My ​chat rooms" widget or click "List all rooms" and look up any room from there, and just click on the room title: 
 + 
 +{{:​connections:​functionality:​chatroom_joined.png|}} 
 + 
 +  * Remember that the room can be password-protected or invitations-only,​ then you must be invited or know the password, otherwise you can't access the room 
 +  * Once you are in the chat room, you can add the room to your favorites by clicking the "Add to favorites"​ icon, turn conversation notification sound on/off by clicking the "Sound ON/​OFF"​ icon or go to list of chat rooms by clicking the "Return to list" icon 
 +  ​* You can also see chat room topic and title on top 
 +  * You can see chat users on the right, once you mouse-over users, you can visit their profiles  
 +  * You can pop-out ​the chat room window clicking "​Pop-out"​ icon if you have it in a floatbox or you can pop-in the chat room window ​by clicking the "Pop-in" icon if you have it popped-out in a pop-up window 
 +  ​Each user's nickname and text color must be in a different color, while the user should see himself and his texts as orange
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