Topic - Set room topic
Just enter the new topic and click on Set. Note new topic is
visible for any new user entering the room.
Open/Close
- Open or close room to visitors
If the room is closed, click on Open to open the room. To
close the room, enter the message users will see when they visit
and the click on the Close button. When a room is closed, new
users cannot enter the room but any existing users can remain
in the room. If you want visitors currently in the room to leave,
check the 'Also empty this room'
Transcripts - Start
or stop logging for transcript of chat session
Pick the name for the log file (transcript name) and click on
Start to begin logging. All messages (that are not private
messages) in the room will be logged from the time you hit the
Start button. To stop the logging, click on the Stop button. In
order to prevent the log files from running too large, the
logging stops automatically if the room administration logs off
or is disconnected from the chat room. To resume logging, click
Start again and use the same log file name to append to it or use
a new log file name.
Log files are stored under the directory name for each room in the
logs directory under the chat server main directory. You must log into the
Room Configuration administration web pages to gain access to them.
Password - Set and remove Room password
Either enter a password and click on Set, or click on No
Password to make the room accessible without a password.
Profanity - Turn the Profanity Filter on & off
Turning the Profanity Filter ON will replace all words that are filtered by the chat server
with "%%%%" in the chat window. Turn the Profanity Filter OFF to prevent words from
being filtered by the chat server.
Please note that the profanity filter is a "filter", and text is filtered by the chat server before
being distributed to the other users in the room. As such, if you were to type a bad word into your
chat window, you would see the bad word because it is written directly to your own chat window
without being filtered by the chat server. However, your text is filtered by the chat server prior
to being distributed to other users. So the bad word that you typed, and can see, appears as "%%%%"
in the other user's chat window. You may test this by opening your chat room in two different browser
windows, and logging into the room with two different user names. Type a bad word into one window,
and see how it appears in the second window.
Expel/Ban
- Expel or ban user by name or IP address
Either enter the user name or click on Get User to get the
highlighted user name from the chat window. Check on options
"also ban the IP address" and "also ban the entire C class IP range"
and then click on "Ban/Expel" button to expel or ban the user.
Remote Control
Execute chat commands on behalf of any user who is logged into the chat room.
For example, the room admin can change the chat window properties (i.e. fonts,
colors, font size, etc.) of another user's chat window.
Live Connect (TM)
Send Live JavaScript commands to any user that is logged into the chat room.
The JavaScript command is executed by the remote user's browser. Using this
feature requires customization of the chat applet. Please contact
for assistance.
Messages
- Send a message to a single user, or to all users.
This is especially useful for sending routine or common messages, which can be
saved to the chat server for future reference. Either enter a message in the
text box, or select the message from your pre-defined list. To send the message
to a single user, highlight the user's name on the user list, select "To Highlighted User",
and press "Send Message". To send the message to all users in the room, select "To Entire Room"
and press "Send Message".
To add a new message to the "Stored Messages" list and save it for future use,
click "Add Message" then "Save to Server". To remove a message from the "Stored Messages" list,
click "Delete Message". To retrieve your list of Stored Messages, click "Load from Server".
Cruise
- Force a new browser window to open to a specified URL.
This is especially useful for sending routine or common URLs, which can be
saved to the chat server for future reference. Either enter a URL in the text
box, or select the URL from your pre-defined list. To send the URL to a single
user, highlight the user's name on the user list, select "To Highlighted User",
and press "Make them Cruise". To send the message to all users in the room, select
"To Entire Room" and press "Make them Cruise".
To add a new URL to the "Stored URL List" and save it for future use, click
"Add Item" then "Save to Server". To remove a message from the "Stored URL
List", click "Delete Item". To retrieve your list of Stored URLs, click "Load from Server".
Paging
Sets the user who will receive the requests
when a room admin is paged from the Control Panel By default, the room admin user
is the target of Page requests.
You may change the target user to another user for when a room admin is paged from
the Control Panel, but is not in the room. You can choose to save these settings
or use them only for the current chat session. Enter a user name, or select a user
from the User List, and click "Save target". This user will receive Page requests
instead of the room admin. To retain this user as the target of Page requests, click
"Save it for future sessions" before pressing "Save target"
Moderation - Set room moderation features
- Status: This lets you either set the
room to moderated mode or remove the room from moderated
mode
- Add Speakers : This lets you select a
user or enter a user name and add it to the allowed list
of speakers.
- Remove Speakers : This lets you select a
user or enter a user name and delete it from the allowed
list of speakers.
Super - Super Admin Control
- Message: This lets you send a message to ALL rooms
on the server
- Ban User : This allows you to Ban Users across all rooms
on the server.