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I have taken my time to claim back our old IRC channel for the dinkers to chat in. After several tries by both Pillbug and Skull in creating a flash chat I decided to take matters into my own hands and create a superior meeting place for us all.
For those of you that are wondering about what this is it's an IRC chat. You can look it up on Wikipedia if you want to know more about it, but I'm going to provide you with information here to allow you to connect to the room we are in. Scroll to the end of the post for a link to a Java IRC chat applet which I setup for you.
IRC Chat Information
Server ....... : irc.freenode.net
Port ........... : 6667
Channel .... : #dinksmallwood
First of, if you would like to connect you will have to have an IRC client.
If you already have an IRC client you can click here to connect.
If you're to lazy to read my wall of text click here to connect with the Java client.
Here are a few
mIRC
XChat
Trillian
More clients here
I'd suggest that you download mIRC if you're a total beginner, because it's the most common client to use. And I will be using that client when I'm telling you how to connect in this thread. One you get to know mIRC better you can move on to use other clients, because they are very similar in the way you connect to IRC servers and so on.
When you start mIRC you'll get several messages about buying the product, but just ignore this because it's actually free anyways. After a couple of seconds the "Continue" button should be usable. The following screen will be the setup. You will have to put in your name, email address, nickname and secondary nickname that you will be using throughout the chat. It's highly recommended that the nickname you use in IRC, is the same as the one on The Dink Network so people will recognize you. The name, and email address don't need to be real. You can use anything you want here.
The next step will be to add the server you are going to connect to. The network we have a channel on is Freenode and it's already in the list of servers. Click on the "Servers" tab in the left menu. Then look for a network called Freenode in the following list. Click it and then presss the button "Select" and you will return to the window where you first wrote in your username and so on. Now all you have to do is to press "Connect" and mIRC will connect to the Freenode network.
The next step now will have to be to join the channel where we all hang out. And that channel is known as #dinksmallwood. So after you have connected to the server, mIRC will automatically give you a popup with some known channels that you can connect to, this is rather useless because none of the channels displayed there are even on the Freenode server so just close it. You could also delete those channels and add #dinksmallwood to the list so it would be easier for you to connect later on. I prefer to use the commands in order to connect though because I feel like it's going much faster. Commands will be specified below, and work in most IRC clients, including the Java applet.
Useful commands
/j #dinksmallwood
This command will let you join out channel.
/nick *newnick*
This command will change your nickname to *newnick*. It can be useful to indicate that you're away: "/nick GlennGlenn|away". Also, the Java applet connects you with a random nickname. Use this command to change the default.
/msg nickserv register *MyUsername* *MyEmail*
This command will let you register you username with the Freenode network. This is good if you don't want people to use your nickname or pose as you.
/msg nickserv identify *MyPassword*
After you have registered, this will be the command to identify yourself or log in if you will.
/me *YourMessageHere*
This command will let you say stuff like "GlennGlenn is hungry". This is not really neccesary and may be annoying in the long run.
There are many more IRC commands, but these are all you need in order to chat. mIRC has a decent help file that lists all commands you can use.
Part two:
For those of you who are too lazy to read my wall of text, you can as simply as this connect to the chat room. This is a Java IRC chat applet which I setup in order for users who still wants to chat, but don't wanna go through all the trouble downloading an IRC client and mess around with it in order to begin to chat. You will be connected as a random nickname, like "Dink028". Use the /nick command (described above) to change this.
Click here to connect to the IRC chatroom without an IRC client.
That was all from me. I hope to see many of you in the chat
For those of you that are wondering about what this is it's an IRC chat. You can look it up on Wikipedia if you want to know more about it, but I'm going to provide you with information here to allow you to connect to the room we are in. Scroll to the end of the post for a link to a Java IRC chat applet which I setup for you.
IRC Chat Information
Server ....... : irc.freenode.net
Port ........... : 6667
Channel .... : #dinksmallwood
First of, if you would like to connect you will have to have an IRC client.
If you already have an IRC client you can click here to connect.
If you're to lazy to read my wall of text click here to connect with the Java client.
Here are a few
mIRC
XChat
Trillian
More clients here
I'd suggest that you download mIRC if you're a total beginner, because it's the most common client to use. And I will be using that client when I'm telling you how to connect in this thread. One you get to know mIRC better you can move on to use other clients, because they are very similar in the way you connect to IRC servers and so on.
When you start mIRC you'll get several messages about buying the product, but just ignore this because it's actually free anyways. After a couple of seconds the "Continue" button should be usable. The following screen will be the setup. You will have to put in your name, email address, nickname and secondary nickname that you will be using throughout the chat. It's highly recommended that the nickname you use in IRC, is the same as the one on The Dink Network so people will recognize you. The name, and email address don't need to be real. You can use anything you want here.
The next step will be to add the server you are going to connect to. The network we have a channel on is Freenode and it's already in the list of servers. Click on the "Servers" tab in the left menu. Then look for a network called Freenode in the following list. Click it and then presss the button "Select" and you will return to the window where you first wrote in your username and so on. Now all you have to do is to press "Connect" and mIRC will connect to the Freenode network.
The next step now will have to be to join the channel where we all hang out. And that channel is known as #dinksmallwood. So after you have connected to the server, mIRC will automatically give you a popup with some known channels that you can connect to, this is rather useless because none of the channels displayed there are even on the Freenode server so just close it. You could also delete those channels and add #dinksmallwood to the list so it would be easier for you to connect later on. I prefer to use the commands in order to connect though because I feel like it's going much faster. Commands will be specified below, and work in most IRC clients, including the Java applet.
Useful commands
/j #dinksmallwood
This command will let you join out channel.
/nick *newnick*
This command will change your nickname to *newnick*. It can be useful to indicate that you're away: "/nick GlennGlenn|away". Also, the Java applet connects you with a random nickname. Use this command to change the default.
/msg nickserv register *MyUsername* *MyEmail*
This command will let you register you username with the Freenode network. This is good if you don't want people to use your nickname or pose as you.
/msg nickserv identify *MyPassword*
After you have registered, this will be the command to identify yourself or log in if you will.
/me *YourMessageHere*
This command will let you say stuff like "GlennGlenn is hungry". This is not really neccesary and may be annoying in the long run.
There are many more IRC commands, but these are all you need in order to chat. mIRC has a decent help file that lists all commands you can use.
Part two:
For those of you who are too lazy to read my wall of text, you can as simply as this connect to the chat room. This is a Java IRC chat applet which I setup in order for users who still wants to chat, but don't wanna go through all the trouble downloading an IRC client and mess around with it in order to begin to chat. You will be connected as a random nickname, like "Dink028". Use the /nick command (described above) to change this.
Click here to connect to the IRC chatroom without an IRC client.
That was all from me. I hope to see many of you in the chat
