Create a configured room

  1. In the Chat Rooms main menu, choose Create Room

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  2. In the window Create chat room:

  • Select the Account you want to connect with to the chat room.
  • Enter the Room Name (You should only use alphanumeric characters. Spaces are not allowed).
  • In the Where section choose the server where the chat room should be hosted.
  1. Enable the option: Add custom room configuration

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  2. Click on Configure Room

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  3. In the window Configure room , you can modify the parameters related to: Basic Information, Access, Permissions, Positions and Other Settings.

5.1 Sections of the Room configuration window

Basic information

In this section you can configure these fields:

  • Room title.- This information can only be seen for public rooms.
  • Description.- This information can only be seen for public rooms.
  • Language
  • Make the room public.
  • Make the room persistent.- If you enable this option, the room will not be destroyed after the conversation is over.

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Access

In this section you can:

  • Configure a password for the chat room.
  • Make the room exclusively for members
  • Allow members to invite others to the room.

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Permissions

In this section you can change the settings regarding who can do what in the room.

You have the following fields:

  • You can select who (moderators or all) can view the account address of the people in the room.
  • An option to make this room moderated.- the moderator is the one who gives the permission to speak inside the room.
  • Allow anyone to set the room subject.- If this option is not enabled, only the moderators can modify the subject.

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Positions

In this section you can add or remove people as Owners and Administrators. You can also ban or unban people.

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Other settings

Here you can find other configuration options that may be useful to you.

  • Keep in mind that if the function Archiving is shown and enabled, all conversations in the room could be accessed and potentially made accessible to the public.
  • You can select the maximum number of previous messages sent to people when joining the room.
  • Define the maximum number of previous messages sent when a person returns to the room.

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Summary

The Summary section shows all the settings established in the previous sections.

Click on Create Room to apply all changes and create the new room.

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In the window Create chat room, select the option: Join , to be part of the conversation in the chat room or Create another room

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How to configure a chat room?

Keep in mind that to configure a room you need to have the position of Owner.

  • If you are the one who created the room, by default you have the position of Owner.
  • Another Owner can make you an Owner.
  1. In the conversation window of the chat room, click the menu

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  2. Select Configure room

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  3. Go to Create a configured room, section 5 and make any configuration changes you want.
  4. In the Summary section, click on Update Configuration to apply the changes you made in the Room configuration window.

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