Here you can find answers to questions about how the board works. Use the links or search box below to find your way around.
Smile | :) | ![]() |
Grin | :D | ![]() |
Blink | *) | ![]() |
Tongue | :p | ![]() |
Sad | :( | ![]() |
Angry | :< | ![]() |
Unsure | :? | ![]() |
Laugh | lol | ![]() |
Smug | :/ | ![]() |
Surprised | :o | ![]() |
Wink | ;) | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() You may change the size of your font by accessing the right-click content menu. To do so, right click on the content area (the area where messages are displayed) and a small menu will appear. Select "Font Size" to show the font selections allowing you to change your font size. Click on the font size you'd like to use. You may also increase/decrease the size of the displayed text by using the Zoom-In and Zoom-Out buttons located in the Button Toolbar. |
To change your text color, you may right click in the content area (where messages are displayed) and select "Colors". You may also access the color dialog by clicking the Color button within the Button Toolbar.
A sample color dialog is shown to the left. You may select a color directly from the web-safe palette, or you may manually adjust the red, green, and blue scrollbars to find the color that you wish to use. Click the Apply or OK button to apply your new color settings.
URL's, as well as email addresses may be entered into the chat at any time to share with. you may be allowed to click on them to launch either another web page, or your default mail application.
Note: Many modern systems are now equipped with popup-blockers. Web sites, and popups launched from the Chat may be prevented by your browser if this is the case. To override, simply hold down the "Ctrl" button while clicking on a popup link or button.
To send private messages, use the /msg command. I.e., to send the private message Hello, there to the
user Timmy, you would type:
/msg Timmy Hello, there
Private messages are shown in a seperate color within the display to be easily differentiated.
You may also initiate a private message session with another user by double clicking on his/her name, or by right clicking on a username and selecting "Send Message". Once doing so, a popup dialog will appear for you to communicate with the other user in privately. The recipient may receive all messages in the main content area until he/she also double clicks on your name. To close a private message session, simply click the X in the upper-right hand portion of the window. Audio emoticons are not available within private message sessions.
You may toggle the timestamp on/off by clicking the button shown above. The timestamp may also be accessed from the right-click menu in the main content area (where messages are displayed). When this feature is turned on, all incoming messages will be displayed with the time that they were received. This time is relative to your own computer, and the timezone in which it resides.
Click the Float/Dock button to load the chat room into a separate window. This feature allows you to conserve screen space while you chat by minimizing the browser window that you floated the chat room from. When you wish to return the chatroom to it's browser, simply reclick the Float/Dock button.
Note: With most modern web browsers, you must keep the browser window that the chat room was floated from open. Closing this window, or changing the web address may cause the chat software to close.
When clicked, the Copy Content button will display a popup window allowing you to easily copy text entered within the chat room (both private and public messages may be copied) by right-clicked, or using either the Ctrl-C (PC) or Alt-C (Apple) keyboard commands to copy text to your system clipboard.
The Message Scrollback Feature allows you to scroll back through the previous messages you have entered into the chatroom. To use this feature, simply press the Up and Down arrow buttons in the blue box where you type messages. Often times, we make typos, or we are censored by SigmaChat's text filter. This feature makes it easy to simply go back and edit the message that you have just typed. Ther might be a slight delay to prevent message flooding within the chat room.
If you are running a version of a Microsoft Windows, or a BSD/*NIX variant and
see only a broken link icon, you will need to download a copy of the Java Virtual Machine in order
to run our application. You may download Java Support for your browser from the link below: