Chat Help

There is no registration required to join a chatroom.
It's up to you, whether you use your genuine name, or a nickname. If you prefer, you can remain completely anonymous.
The more applies: Please behave properly! external link:Wikipedia on Netikette

Notes:

The operator of the chat has no influence on the expressions of opinion in the chatrooms, and therefore cannot be held responsible for contents.

Notes for the webmaster [german]:
FAQ

Keyboard instructions:

The following codes can be used in the message input field (some of them only by the admin):

/clear deletes content of private rooms (Admin: all rooms)
/archiv (only Admin): deletes content of room and ads to archive.
/pn @nick sends a private (hid) message (whispers) to nick
raumname_pr produces a clickable link to a private room
/color #000000 Color for the own nick and message (Hexcode)
/ignore nick hides all messages sent by nick from your sight. Max. 3 ignores are possible.
/show Shows all messages from ignored nicks.
/ban nick [min] (only Admins & Mods): bannes nick for [min] minutes (use min without the square brackets)
/kick nick (only Admins & Mods): removes nick immediately from the chatroom and bannes for 24 h
/maulkorb nick [min] (only Admins & Mods): same as /ban, but the "muzzled" can still read.
/ghost (only Admins): Hides the Admin from the user online list. Sending a message (except whispering) terminates the ghost mode.
/del room (only Admins): Deletes a room (without warning!).
/erase string (only Admins & Mods): deletes (all) message(s) containing string. (in date/time, nick or message).
/approve Zeichenfolge (nur Admins): gibt (alle) moderierten Nachricht(en) frei, die Zeichenfolge enthalten. (auch im Datum oder Nick).
Alternativ und schneller: Nick der zu freizugebenden Nachricht anklicken.
/add URL (only Admins): tries zu insert gif-image URL into the popup "more smileys.
/offline (nur Admin): Schaltet den Chat offline. Dazu wird ein Raum namens Offline erzeugt.
Wahlweise kann der Admin in diesen Raum weitere Erklärungen zum offline status schreiben. Wieder online schalten: Raum Offline löschen (mit /del Offline)

Private messages (whispering):

To send a privat message (whisper), click any user in the user online list, and only you and the clicked user (the receiver can read the message.

And for whom rather uses the keyboard:

/pn @nick (case sensitive) sends a private message.
A private message could look thus as follows:
@Bill only the two of us can read this message /pn

It does not matter, in which position within the private message the code /pn and the nick (with leading @) appear. Even multiple receivers are possible.

Note:

Private messages are not "secure". There are various possibilities of reading private messages. And, of course, the Admin can read all private messages.

Private messages are deleted after 1 minutes (configurable).

Rooms:

If the standard room becomes too crowdy, you can select one of the public rooms by clicking a room in the list.

To enter public rooms type in the name and press "Enter", or select from the list.

Creating new rooms

Use a text editor to create a blank file with the name of the new room.
Caution! The room name = file name must contain only letters, numbers and underscores, and must I begin a capital letter.
Upload this file to the directory /rooms on the server.
Caution! The file name must not have any extension such as .txt or the like. Some text editors automatically save files with a .txt extension. If necessary, delete the extension on the server using an FTP client.

Private rooms (whispering rooms):

If your topic is not intended for the public, you can create your own private room at any time. Simply attach _ pr (underline +"pr") to any random room name (without blanks). Example: Muenchen_pr. Private rooms are not listed.

If you want to chat in a private room, you have to inform your partner about the name of the new room. Obviously it's not a good idea to do so in a puplic chat room, but rather through a private message, or by means of a hint, which only your partner is able to decipher.


Hint: It's a good idea to store the private room in your bookmarks. This way, your preferred display options (date, time, sounds on/off) will also be saved.


All public rooms are deleted after 30 days of inactivity (configurable).
All private areas are deleted after 3 hours of inactivity (configurable).
But you can easily create a private area at any time again, as described above.

Note:

Private rooms are not "secure"! Anyone who knows or guesses the name of a private room, can enter it.

Insert images:

Simply input an URL, e.g. www.example.com/image.jpg
... sorry, you can't upload imgages.

Delete messages:

The admin can delete one ore more messages.
Input /erase string deletes all messages containing string in date/time, nick or message.
Right click on a nick in the message window copies /erase time into the input field.
Warning! /erase is very powerful. E.g. /erase 05 deletes all messages sent in the month of may, even if date/time is not shown.

Set the color for your nick and your message:

Input /color #0000FF (hexadecimal color code), or select from the dropdown menu. adjust.

Reference to privacy

All messages are stored on the server, and can be read there by the server admin.
Private rooms can be cleared by anyone: Just enter /clear. Cleared data are not stored on the server.

Cookies:

The script tries to save cookies on the users computer. If your browser accepts cookies your nick (and a possibly selected color and other settins) are saved, and reused when you rejoin the chat.
The cookies are deleted automatically after 360 days.

external link: Cookie: what is that? - is it dangerous?

Thanks:

Background images by photocase and mandolux.

Special thanks to: Rainer for many ideas, Martin "the bugfinder", Slava for the utf-8 support,
micox for asynchronous upload,
getID3, for checking of upoaded files, .

Notes for blind users

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The experienced ones among you will clearly come also without this kurzanleitung, because the Chat is to a large extent barrier-free and self-describing.

General references

If you should lose once orientation or stand at the side beginning, the following rule of thumb applies:
Navigate to the first input field for the message. Over it are directly the messages, among them the Button for mailing and the input field for the name.

  1. Support by sounds:
    Different sound signals announce changes on the side. In addition Flash must be installed:
    a) With detailed messages the following sound signal sounds: Signal for entrance
    b) When setting a message off the following sound is to be heard: Signal for mailing
    C) If a new visitor enters the area, or a guest with its own name announces itself for the first time, is the following sound to be heard: Signal for new visitor
    D) In the case of actualization of the side by means of F5 as well as change of the area or change of the indicator options, also this is supported with its own sound signal: Signal for actualization
    Notes: the clay/tone for detailed messages comes now and then to injustice, for example with the change of the area, or also when mailing own messages. This is a well-known error. In addition, the clay/tone comes, if a visitor enters the area only briefly, and again leaves this immediately, without leaving a message.
    All tones come also with not active or minimized Browser window, which makes a "acoustic observation possible" of the Chats.
  2. Actualization:
    As soon as a message arrives, the side in the Browser is updated. This is for users of screen readers however only then desirably, if someone waits for a message, with the Mitlesen the current actualization rather disturbing would affect itself. More about actualization gives it with the notes to the individual screen- and/or to Web readers.
  3. Messages:
    The messages are at the side beginning and thus before the form for input for the own message.
    Through navigate upward find you first the message written last; older messages stand over it.
  4. Message write:
    The first input field on the side is that one for the message. The switch with the inscription "lot" and the input field for the name follows.
  5. Further options:
    These can be in and/or faded out by the offerer.
    Below the form for message and name there can be two further forms:
    - in first you can change the area,
    - in the second date and time out and again fade in, and the sound signals out and restart.

To these pre-setting kann's go loosely - bookmarken before however still the page!

Suggestions on navigating with screen readers

Jaws

During the first use:

Reference (only for Jaws version 6.2):
First the page personalisieren with Jawskey (Einfg) + switch + V: "side update: out "

The first message write:

After the structure of the side you are on the input field for the message. If not: With f to the 1. Form.

register the message and this with tab in the input field for that.

enter with 2 times tab in the next input field and a name.

Enter sends the message.

After the message is sent:

It is advisable to only activate the Jaws cursor if the clay/tone for a received message were to be heard.
Reason: If the Jaws cursor is active, in the Browser is updated, Jaws >probably does not indicate this however not.

You find not in an input field, kanns you with p and/or switch + p von Absatz to paragraph and thus from message to message jump.

With tab or F geht's back to the message field.

Window Eyes

During the first use:

After the structure of the side you are on the input field for the message. If not: With f to the 1. Form.

with tab in the first input field, MSAA deactivate (switch + STRG + A) and the message registering.

enter times tab in the next input field and the name with 2.

Enter sends the message.

After the message is sent:

It is meaningful to leave the MSAA mode deactivated until click for a message in-arrived comes, because otherwise the messages are not updated.

After receipt of a message and an announcement by clay/tone activate and read MSAA mode upward.
Note: navigation between the individual messages with P and do not switch + P functioned in Window Eyes .

f leads again back to the form or tab to the input field for serves message.

Home Page reader 3.02

During the first use:

Element read mode stop.

With o to the form.

with tab in the first input field and Enter press, message a registering and with Enter the input field close.

with two times tab in the next input field and a name register and with Enter the input field close.

also switch + tab to the switch "lot" and with Enter the message send.

After the message is sent:

After click, which indicates the a-long to a new message, kanns you with cursor left for last message navigates and/or you by the messages moves.

With tab you arrive again into the input field for the message.

Note:
- fading out date and time does not function in the Home Page reader 3,02.

Home Page reader 3.04

During the first use:

Element read mode stop

With o to the form.

with tab in the first input field and Enter press, message register and the input field with Enter close.

with two times tab in the next input field and name register and the input field with Enter close.

also switch + tab to the switch "lot" and with Enter the message send.

If a message already comes in during the letter, you can close and with cursor left navigate the message field upward with Enter, in order to read it. If you are however outside of the input field, it can be that the following message appears: "the side changed. Please F5 for updating press ". Afterwards you stand at the side beginning and must navigate to the last message, which goes with o (to the form), followed from cursor left fastest.

WebFormator

During the first use:

Reference
In order to fade out date and time also in the Webformator, mussst you in the option dialogue (alto + o) on register register representation the check box "only really visible elements indicate" anhaken.

After the structure of the side you are on the input field. If not: Press with STRG + E to the input field for the message, Enter and the message register.

register Enter with 2 times tab or STRG + in the next input field and the name.

also switch + tab to the loose Button and with Enter send.

After the message is sent:

As soon as a message is enough, from which go to current position (message field) with the cursor keys upward.

Who would like to reread writing in peace, temporarily the stop mode with STRG + S in and afterwards again should switch off.

With F5 side contents can again be developed at any time; you are thereafter again in the input field for the message.

Thanks:

Thanks to Eva Papst for patiently testing the accessibility, for many suggestions, and for the production of these references for blind users.