MomChat Help

The main chat display region is where messages appear have been sent to the chat room. All users in the room will see the same messages.

You may copy and paste content from the display by selecting the text with your mouse. Right click anywhere in the display region to view a menu allowing you to copy text, clear the display, set font size & style, and much more. Explanations for items whose functions aren't apparent are provided below:

Font Face & Size: Here you may set the font style and size used in the main display. Other users will not see the setting you have chosen.
Show Markup: Enable or disable special markup, including text colors, HTML markup, and BBCode.
Show Time: When selected, every public message will indicate the time it was received.
Audio: Enable or disable sounds from being played.
Audio Notify: Play a short message when a public message is received.
Popup Notify: Popup a small window indicating when someone has entered a new message.

Your chat room may allow you to change your status to Away and back to Online while you are logged in. When you need to step away from your computer for a short period, or if you are consumed with an instant-message session, you may wish to change your status to Away.

The User List provides a list of all users logged into the chat system, including a list of all available chat rooms. Chat rooms are indicated by a gold door icon (see image to the left) and users are indicated by a pawn icon. Your chat room may be using slightly different icons to represent users and rooms.

Blue icons indicate a user with normal privileges. Green icons indicate a Guest Speaker or Celebrity. Yellow icons are reserved for Moderators. Finally, red icons are used to denote a user with administrative privileges. A full user function menu (right click on a user in the user-list to see this menu) for administrators is shown to the right.

You may double click on a room name to enter that room. Some rooms may prompt you for a password before continuing.

Emoticons are image representations of emotion, used to convey thoughts or feelings with an image that replaces a single word (trigger). The emoticon window will display emoticons available in your chat room.

Click on any emoticon to add it's corresponding trigger to the input field. When you send your message to the chat room, the emoticon image will display instead of the trigger.

Your chat room may be equipped with Avatars. Avatars are single images used to represent you in the chat room. You may select any single avatar, or click the Do not use an avatar button to choose not to use an avatar.

Once you have selected an avatar, your avatar image will appear next to all messages that you send to the chat room.

Use the input field to enter and send messages to the chat room. After typing a message press Enter, or click the Send button to send the message to other users.

You may also right-click your mouse in the text input field for additional features. A input field right-click menu is shown at the right. The Emoticons and Audicons submenu allow you to quickly select an emoticon without using a popup emoticon window. The Markup window allows you to customize your message by inserting BBCode or HTML code.

The following commands may also be available to you in the chat room. To enter a command, ensure the text input field is blank, and begin the command with a forward slash (/) followed immediately by one of the commands listed below. E.g., to clear the chat display, type /cls and press Enter.

User Commands: