Section 5

Entering a Different Room

To enter a different room, click on the "Rooms" tab on the left side of the window. A list of available rooms will be displayed on the Rooms page. Choose any room that is displayed, and you will be present in the new room, as well as the room you were originally in.

The following line of text will be displayed:

*** Now talking in the <room name> *** 

ChatSpace 2.0 allows you to be in several rooms at one time. Multiple room tabs will appear at the top of the chat screen, and when members respond, the tabs of the room will light up. This will allow you to keep track the conversations in each room.

Other messages that may be displayed:

“You cannot join #name-of-room. You have been banned (+b).”

Either you have been banned from the named room, or someone else from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) has been banned from it.

Using ChatSpace 2.0, a private message can be sent to one of the Room Moderators to ask about the ban and to request that it be canceled. To locate the Room Moderators for that room, type /WHO #name-of-room. The following will be displayed:

“#name-of-room Sethra 127.0.0.1 (MODERATOR) :Sally #name-of-room Kiera dialup32.msn.com :Kathy”

Identify the line that contains the word (MODERATOR). The first word after the #name-of-room is the nickname. To send a memo to the moderator follow the memo instructions earlier in this manual.

“This room requires a password in order to join. Enter password to enter #name-of-room.”

Enter the password for that room in the box provided and press the OK button. Otherwise, press the Cancel button. If the password is unknown and you wish to join the room, send a memo to a Room Moderator and request the room's password.

“You cannot join #name-of-room. You must first be invited.”

When attempting to join a room that is set to "invite only," members will be given the opportunity to "knock" for entry. If any Room Moderators are presently in the room, they will receive the notification. If a Moderator wishes for you to join, you will be invited and a dialog box will be displayed. Clicking "Yes" will take you into the room.

“You cannot join #name-of-room. It is at max occupancy (+l limit reached).”

This room has been "locked" to a certain number of members, and that number has been reached. This room cannot be entered until someone leaves or a Room Moderator increases the number of people who can join.