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 This
guide is designed to assist the novice wanna be
RD mIRC'er, it only gives you the basics in setting
it up so you can connect to the #tribers chat channel
using the most popular of IRC clients, mIRC.
For general information about mIRC and IRC itself
please visit the mIRC web site by clicking here.
Why would you want to use mIRC when you can
simply click on the "#Tribers Chat' menu
on the left there? Well some people can not
use the Java IRC client that it uses to connect
to and some people just hate how it works altogether.
Compared to the Java version, mIRC is a much more
powerfull and faster IRC client that can
be used to do many things within the IRC environment,
none of which we will be going into here, but
they are there.
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Just above is a screen shot that shows the three main
toolbar buttons that we will be using to get you started.
The first button is the 'Connect'/'Disconnect' button,
this button as it says lets you connect to your chosen
IRC server and disconnect from an IRC server that you
are currently attached to.
'Connect' shows when not connected and 
'Disconnect' shows when connected.
The second button is the 'Options' button, this will
bring up the options dialog where you can customise
mIRC to your preference.
The third button that we will be using is the 'Channels
Folder' this one allows you to add channels to your
mIRC client for later use, as well as an easy way to
join a channel.
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Steps to get to the RD #tribers using mIRC:
- Download and install the mIRC client, you can get
the mIRC client from the mIRC
website.
- Load up the mIRC client.
- When you first load mIRC you should be confronted
with the 'mIRC Options' dialog box below, if you are
not then just click on the 'Options' toolbar button.
- Enter in your details for 'Full Name', 'E-Mail Address',
'Nickname' & 'Alternative'[Nickname]. 'Invisible
mode' doesn't truly make you invisible to people in
the same channel as you, just people outside of the
channels you are in will not be able to see you unless
they actually join it.
- Now we will add the server that RD currently use,
click on the 'Add' button.
- You will now have in front of you a new dialog box
like the one below, enter the details as you see it
here into your one, the fields that have to be exactly
as you see here are 'IRC Server', 'Port(s)' &
'Password', the rest you can change as you please,
when done press 'Add' to save it.
- You should now be back at the 'mIRC Options' dialog,
the larger 'IRC Servers' drop down box should have
the 'IRC Server' you created in the previous step
already selected displaying the 'Description' you
gave it. If it is not already selected, pull down
the smaller 'IRC Servers' drop down box and select
the 'Group' you entered in the previous step. If it
is not already selected now, select the 'IRC Server'
from the larger drop down box.
- Press the 'Connect to IRC Server' button, the 'mIRC
Options' dialog box will now disappear and you will
see some activity in the 'Status' window. Once this
activity has stopped and says something other than
'Unable to connect' or the like, this will signify
that you are now connected to the 'IRC Server'.
- Click on the 'Channels Folder' toolbar button.
- You will now be looking at the 'mIRC Channels Folder'
dialog box. From here you can manage your list of
channels by using the buttons to the right of the
dialog box, the main thing we are interested in here
is the ability to join a channel. In the 'Enter name
of channel to join' input box enter '#tribers' then
click the 'Join' button.
- The 'mIRC Channels Folder' dialog box will now disappear
and in a few seconds a new window will appear called
'#tribers'. This window should be split into two screens,
the one on the left is the chat window, the one on
the right is the user list. Within a few seconds
the chat window will display some text, at this point
the user list should populate with the nick names
of the people in the channel, at the very least your
nick name should be in there.
- Congratulations!! you should now be connected
to the RD Tribers public IRC channel, wasn't so hard
was it :) now go on say hello to the nice people and
have a good time.
Some things that you might like to know how to do,
- Emote, type '/me', space, then whatever you like
after it, e.g. '/me smacks a trout around with a wet
Vurt' will display to everyone in the channel '{eZZa}
smacks a trout around with a wet Vurt' :)
- Personal Message (PM), type '/msg', space, the nick
of the person you want to send a personal message
to, then the message you want to send them, e.g. '/msg
LeXie Hello LeXie :)' will send a message to LeXie
that only she can see saying 'Hello LeXie :)' and
that it was from you. If you start sending many PM's
to the same person it will be easier to start up a
query window to the person. To do this simply double
click on the nick name of the person you want to PM
in the Nick Name list on the right side of '#tribers'
window, this will bring up another window named after
the nick of the person you double clicked on. This
window, if you type in it, will direct all text to
that person, within it you never have to type '/msg
nick'.
Well that should be enough to get you started in the
very large world of IRC, there are hundreds of IRC networks
around the world, with thousands of IRC servers with,
ten's of thousands of channels and each with its
own unique purpose, for now though you are in RD's little
chat world, but hey, where else would you want to be?
As with everything in life take care & enjoy yourself!!!
If you have any difficulties I am more than happy to
help you, you can reach me by email on ezzakat@optusnet.com.au
or ICQ on 42293404.
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