OnChat F.A.Q's & How-To's Section
OnChat's FAQ's Go to OnChat. Click on "First Time" Enter a nickname and click "enter". Once the room is done loading, type your message where it says: "<Type here. Hit Enter when done.>" How do I move in the chatroom? Take your cursor, point and click on the destination you wish to move to. Or, click your avatar and drag it to where you want to go. How do I change rooms? Some areas of the chatroom will light up. You can click on these links. These links will either lead to another room or to a webpage. How do I whisper? To whisper, click on the avatar of the person you wish to whisper to. Select the option "whisper". Type your message. How do I change the colors of my text and/pr word bubble? To change the color of the bubble your words appear in, do the following. In your text bar ((while chat applet is running)) type in this \\blue and hit enter. The bubble surrounding your text will now be blue. You can alter this by typing \\color name. Not all colors will work so experiment. To chage the color of your tect the proceedure outlined above is nearly exact but you type \color name and enter. For example:typing \\blue (hit the enter key) and \red (hit enter key again) will cause your word bubbles to be blue and your text to be red. How do I throw/toss a link to other areas of Onchat? To do this you first need the EXACT address of the place you want to go. For instance let's say you're in a room and would like to go to main's default (beginning) room. You would need to know that the address for that room is main:default. now to throw a link ((they appear as green rectangles in the upper left corners and are labelled with their destination and who threw the link)) typw this following formula into your text bar and hit enter. \throw(space here)main:default (hit enter) . So the code for tossing a link is as follows. \throw(single space)member/section name:room name. Example: \throw main:default <--- A Correct Link code. What are the rules? You must be at least 13 years old to become a member of OnChat. Each community has its own rules. If you make your own rooms, you rules apply to your room. Many communities have volunteer moderators that help enforce the rules. If you dont like how they run things, go to a different community. Adult themed rooms MUST be marked adult or your account may be terminated. Avatars FAQ's What is an avatar? An avatar is a character that represents yourself in the chatroom. How to upload an avatar? You must be a member of OnChat to upload a custom avatar. Make sure your avatar is 120x120 pixels or smaller ((or 150x150 pixels for premium members)). To change your avatar size, use an image manipulation tool like Photoshop. Go to OnChat, on the homepage, enter your username and password in "Member Login". In your My OnChat page, click "My Avatars" Then click on "Avatar Upload" and select "Browse" Select your saved avatar and click "Open" Click the"Upload". How to use OnChat's Avatar Exchange. Make sure your are logged in as a member. Click the link "Avatars" Find an avatar you like, and click it. Select "add this avatar to my collection". Where can I find avatars? You can find many avatars on either our Avatar Exchange or on the net by searching for "Avatars". How do I download an avatar? An avatar on the net can be downloaded by clicking the right button on your mouse. Select "save image as..." and save it to your desktop. How do I create my own avatar? Click on "my Avatars" in your memberpage. Click the link "Create a new avatar". This will open an avatar pain program in your browser. Use the tools to paint your avatar. Click the disk icon to save your avatar. Become a member and create your avatar now! How do I create my own chatroom? Go to My OnChat. Click on the link marked "My Rooms". Click on the link marked "Create a Room". Name your room and select a background image. How do I upload a different background? Go to "My OnChat". Click "My Rooms" and select a room to edit. Click "View/Upload" and select "Upload new Background image" Click "Browse", find your background image, click "open". Click "upload". Make sure that your saved background image is 540x385 pixels and 40k or smaller. How do I use the Object Editor(s)? The Object Editor helps you put room links and web links into your chat room. Go to "My Rooms" in your OnChat account. Select a room to edit and click "Object Editor v2.0" From there, you can do things like add room links and webpage links. How do you lock your room? Go to "My OnChat". Click on "My Rooms". Select a room to edit. Click on "lock room". Once your room is locked, type the usernames of the users you wish to have access to enter your room. Connection Problems FAQ'S I forgot my password It says I got the wrong password, when I know it's correct. Please make sure you got the correct username as well as the password. Remember to not use any caps on your username. Using OnChat with AOL OnChat does not work well with some versions of AOL. Please try running Microsoft Internet Explorer outside of AOL. To do this: 1. log onto the Internet with AOL. 2. start Internet Explorer from the startbar on your computer. Using OnChat with Web TV Sorry, our avatar chat does not work with Web TV or Sega Dreamcast. You could however use our new HTML chat, to go there, click here. Using OnChat with Mac OnChat does not work well with older Macintosh systems. OnChat uses a computer language called Java, which does not work well on a Mac. Mac OS 8.6 has a much improved version of Java. Please consider upgrading. Setting up your browser to accept all cookies Using Netscape: On your menu bar, click on "Edit" and scroll down to "Preferences". On your Preferences page, on the left, click on "Advance". Then on the right click where it says "Accept all cookies". Using Internet Explorer: On your menu bar, click on "Tools" and scroll down to "Internet Options". On your Internet Options page, click on "Advance". Then scroll down to "Cookies" and set up your browser to accept all cookies. Fixing the most common problem Sometimes fixing a problem can be as easy as restarting your computer, and going back to OnChat. How can I put OnChat on my Web Site? To add OnChat to your website, please check out our affiliate program.
