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Tutorial: your first day

A guided walk from your first message to a registered nickname.

This takes about ten minutes.

1. Say hello

  1. Open /chat/ and pick any room with a few people in it.
  2. Keep the guest nickname for now. Type "Hi everyone" and press Enter.
  3. Notice the member list on the right and the topic at the top.

2. Look around

  1. Click Find more rooms and search for something you like.
  2. Join a second room. Both are now in the room list on the left.
  3. Click between them. The icon beside a room turns green when something new is said there.

3. Talk privately

Click a name in the member list. A private conversation opens in the room list.

4. Register your nickname

Choose the nickname you want to keep:

irc
/nick YourName
/msg NickServ REGISTER yourpassword you@example.com

5. Make a room

irc
/join #your-room
/topic #your-room Welcome! Say hi.

6. Make it permanent

irc
/msg ChanServ REGISTER #your-room My first room

7. Invite someone

Send them https://www.conferencerooms.org/chat/your-room/.

What next

Tutorial: a community room, Moderating: overview.

Say hi in #CR.

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