Conferencing Guide

Conferencing is one of the "Power Features" of myJabber and we do it with style. Conferencing is done on the core server and, while not a feature laden as IRC (Internet Relay Chat), it does create very useful environments for corporate level help desks, just friends getting together to make some noise or anywhere in between.

Where to begin...    Let's start at the basics.

Figure 1  How do I join an existing room?

Browse Chat Rooms: you have the option to browse though the existing rooms on a given server
Favorites: You can keep and store your favorite chat rooms in myJabber for easy access at a future time.
Join Chat Room:  this opens a simple manual dialog that will allow you to log into or create a room of your choice.  Alternatively you could create a chat room, we will cover this later.  To join a Chat room you could also place your cursor over the room you wish to join and right click, choose Join.

Screen shot of a Conference Room(aka Chat Room)

Figure 2 Create / Join a Chat Room

Server: Use this box to set the conference server you wish to connect to. This should default to the conference server of the network you are currently connected to,
Chat Room: Enter the name of the room you wish to Join or Create.
Nick Name: this is the name that you will be known by in THIS room.
Auto Join: Select this and the client will connect to the room on start up.

Press to enter the chosen or created chat room.

You can also join a conference room you have set up in your conference room directory just double click on the conference room you want to use.

 ****** More information on  the creation of   Chat Rooms ******

Figure 4 Adding A Chat Room to Your Favorites

 

 

To add a chat room temporarily Go to Tools on the file drop down menu, choose Options,Create/Join Chat Room

This screen will display not only the new Temporary room you have added but it will also show your favorite Chat Rooms.

You can change your Nick Name by placing your cursor over the appropriate area and type in your nick name.  After you have made the necessary change

Press , or if you change your mind.

Once you have joined your chat room you have created click on the and this will add your chat room to your favorites

Figure 5 Create Chat Room

Server: Choose the drop down button to select where to add chat room

Chat Room: Enter the name of the chat room.

Nick Name: Enter the name you would like to be seen online in your conference room.

Click.  Your temporary chat room is now on the public chat room site.  It will be shown on the public conference rooms for others to join in your topic with you. AS shown below

 

 

 

(remember this is only available as long as you or someone is in this room once it is empty the room is deleted).

 

figure 6 Public Chat Room Example

Conference server: This is the server that you wish to browse, currently it has to be manually set to another server if you wish to browse it.

  Chat Room  Listing: These are the rooms in the chosen server. Click on one you wish to join then it will show you who is in that contact room if wish to talk to those contacts click the button to join the room you selected. If there are contacts in the room you were going to select that you wish not to talk to then select another room.
Join Button:  Highlight the room you wish to join and click.. the Join Chat Room Dialog will open.

Refresh Button: This will refresh the displayed rooms. Handy when you have entered a new server in the Conference server Line.
Close: This loses the Dialog box and returns you to your regularly scheduled insanity.

Remove Server: This will remove any extra servers you may add on your myJabber program or conference area. Just highlight the server you wish to delete then click and the server will be removed

Add Server:  To add a server just type in the server you wish to add in the blank box and click  and this will add the server to your conference rooms i.e. conference.myjabber.org

The myJabber server browser.

Figure 7 Browse The Server

Conference server: This is the server that you wish to browse, currently it has to be manually set to another server if you wish to browse it.
  Chat Room  Listing: These are the rooms in the chosen server. Click on one you wish to join then click the button to join the room you selected.
  Join Button:  Highlight the room you wish to join and click.. the Join Chat Room Dialog will open.
  Refresh Button: This will refresh the displayed rooms. Handy when you have entered a new server in the Conference server Line.
  Close: This loses the Dialog box and returns you to your regularly scheduled insanity.

Remove Server: This will remove any extra servers you may add on your myJabber program or conference area. Just highlight the server you wish to delete then click and the server will be removed

Add Server:  To add a server just type in the server you wish to add in the blank box and click  and this will add the server to your conference rooms i.e. conference.myjabber.org

Figure 8 Favorites

On the left you will see the current path to your favorites.

From the myJabber menu item,  go to Chat Rooms and then Favorites.

Favorites are saved by 2 methods:
  Manual configuration from the Options Menu or
Click in a conference room you are currently in and choose "Add to Favorites." Located on the tool bar.

Figure 9  Screen Shot of a Conference Room:

This is the myJabber conference dialog, logged into the Development room at myjabber.net. The whole ting should be rather familiar to anyone that has been in a chat room before.

The next part is easy as well just type a message in the small screen at the bottom and the reason for the chat or question, etc. and press enter or (send button). Wait for a response from the person you sent the message or request to. A bell will chime when they send you a response.

After the person responds to you, you just follow the previous step and continue to chat back and forth. Enjoy the chatting but remember keep it clean this is a family myJabber zone.

On the left is the main chat room,  this is where all of the Normal Chat Room nonsense goes on.
On the right is the User List, listing all of your friends or co-workers that occupy the room at the present. The color of the indicates their status in the room, not the server status. So they can be(away) in here, or showing (online), yet still available in the main server. (or visa versa)
Add to Favorites : Adds the current room to your list of favorites.

Add a topic or comment to room just press " /me" no space then a space  then your comment =  i.e  /me hello steve =

How to invite others to join you

Figure 10 Invite Dialog

Invite a Friend : This opens the Invite dialog, allowing you to invite one or more of your contacts to the conference (chat) room. Double click on the contact you wish to invite then click OK.