FAQ

Usage: HELP FAQ <faq> [<parameters>]

The FAQ command allows you to read numerous help files on subjects that several people have problems with.

EVENT - How to run a moderated chat event.

REGISTER - How to register your nickname and room.


Some of the help files have additional subsections that you can also read. When they have more information they will show that at the bottom.

Examples:
 
/as help faq register

These are the steps to create a moderated room or run a large-scale event. The moderators currently should use an IRC client rather than the web chat client.

Step 1:

You will need to oper yourself using the oper command:

/oper <nick> <password>

Step 2:

You need to now select the rooms that will be running the moderated event and the room that the moderators will scan questions from.

Examples:

All users and moderators would enter the room #live-chat

All moderators would also be in the channel #live-scan

Step 3:

Moderation settings:

/join #live-chat

/samode #live-chat +o yournickname

/mode #live-chat +tnmcdAM #live-chat


/join #live-scan

/samode #live-scan +o yournickname

/mode #live-scan +snN #live-chat

The moderators/operators should be opped in both rooms. The regular users will be in #live-chat anything they say in that room will be forwarded to #live-scan. You can then select the questions you want to answer from #live-scan and paste them back into #live-chat.

Additional Channel/Room mode information:

/helpserv cmodes

This is how to get started really quickly on registering your nickname and room. Keep in mind all the commands start with a /.

Step 1:

Change your nickname from Guestxxx to your own nickname:

/nick your-new-nickname

You may get notification that the nickname is owned by someone else and that you must identify, which means you'll need to find a new nickname. You can find out if a nickname is already registered by using this command:

/ns info nickname

Step 2:

Registering your nickname:

Now that you have selected a nickname that you would like to own type the following information to register it:

/ns register yourpassword youremail

You do not put your nickname in this command, choose your own password and put your real email in the email field since it is a determining factor when trying to retrieve your password in case you lose it. Select a password that is hard to guess, using numbers and letters such as myp@ss or mypass987.

Example:

/ns register mypass987 example@confrooms.org

Step 3:

Your nickname is now registered, which means you should now set secure options on, in order to avoid future takeovers and confusion. You can view additional options by typing:

/ns help set on the server. 

Example:

/ns set PROTECT on

Should be used if you don't want people to use your nickname:

/ns set secure on

Secure will ignore your hostmask and force you to identify if you want access to rooms or additional settings on your nickname.

Step 4:

How to register a room:

To register a room you need to first /join #room. Substitute #room with the name of the room you want. To check if the room is not already registered type:

/cs info #room.

Rooms always start with the # sign. When you join the room you will be opped, you will have a @ or a spider or your name will be in a different color, once you have this by your name you can register the room.

Example:

/cs register #room password description

Once again substitute the password with your own password. The room description is a few words describing the type of room it is.

Step 5:

Now that your room is registered you should add the following settings:

Only nicknames on the room list, will be opped:

/cs set #channel OPGUARD on 

Locking room modes to prevent outside messages and topic changes from people who are not operators in the room:

/cs set #channel MLOCK +nt

Only SOPs are allowed to change the topic and ChanServ will remember your topic:

/cs set #channel topiclock SOP 

From this point on if you want to add additional people to your room list you should consider adding them as AOPs instead of SOPs. Only people you strongly trust should be added as SOPs.

Step 6:

To Identify to NickServ use:

/NickServ identify YourNicknamePassword

or

/pass YourNicknamePassword

Identify to ChanServ using

/ChanServ identify #room RoomlPassword

Additional Information:

/NickServ help

/NickServ help <commands>

/ChanServ help

/ChanServ help <commands>