Welcome to the Bird Dog & Retriever News chat room help page.

When you are ready to chat click here

First things first... A screen will come up asking your name and profile.

Name: Use what you want... Example: Dennis the publisher

Profile: that is a little bit of information about you.

Example: Vizsla owner from WI, Grouse hunter

Then click on the Volcano or Chat button on the upper corner next to your name.

Then wait 30 seconds or so to be sent to the chat room.

To chat in the room enter your text in the white area below the slider and above the profile info then hit a return.

At this time we have a limit of 10 people in the room at a time.

We will be adding more rooms as needed.

Be nice to each other and NO X-rated stuff there are chat rooms just for that stuff.

Enjoy,

 

Dennis Guldan

Publisher Bird Dog & Retriever News

e-mail me with your comments Publisher@Bird-Dog-News.com

 

Read on for more how-tos for chat.

 

Chat Help

Getting Started
Establish Your Identity
On the Main Chat Window there are two boxes, Your Name and Your Profile. Enter your name in the first box and an optional profile in the second box. Your profile can include links to Web pages in the for http://www.address.com and links to e-mail addresses in the form mailto:name@address.com.
Enter a Chat Room
Click a room name to see the list of people in the room. Click the Enter Room button to enter a room.
Start Chatting


Type your chat messages in the space at the bottom of the chat room window and press the Enter key to send your message.


Launch a Private Chat
Once you're in a chat room, double click a name to launch a private chat session with any visitor in the room.


Menu items
Places (main chat window only)
Enter Room
Select this menu item to enter a chat room. The Enter Room button performs the same function.


Refresh Rooms
Select this menu item to refresh the list of chat rooms. The Refresh Rooms button performs the same function.


Room (chat room window only)
Close
Select this menu item to close the chat room window.
Options
Font Name
Select this menu item to choose a font for the chat rooms.
Font Style
Select this menu item to choose Regular, Italic, Bold or Bold Italic font styles in the chat rooms.


Increase Font
Select this menu item to increase the size of the chat room fonts.
Decrease Font
Select this menu item to decrease the size of the chat room fonts.


Entrance Alerts
Select this menu item to display the name and profile of each person who enters a chat room. Select it again to turn off the feature.

Audio Alerts
Select this menu item to allow other people in the chat room to Ring you with an Audio Alert. Select it again to turn off the feature. Select both this menu item and the Entrance Alerts menu item to hear a sound each time a new person enters the chat room.


People (chat room window only)
Ring name
To signal someone with a sound, click once on the name of the visitor you want to Ring, then select this menu item. The sound will be played only if the person you select has Audio Alerts enabled.


Ignore name
To Ignore someone, click once on the name of the visitor you want to Ignore, then select this menu item. All chat messages and private chat requests from that person will be ignored.


Unignore name
To Unignore someone you're ignoring, click once on the name of the visitor you want to Unignore, then select this menu item.


Help
Help Contents
Select this menu item to display this Web page.


About VolanoChat Select this menu item to display product information about the VolanoChat applet.