As an offshoot of the forums, some people like to speak online in "realtime". Thanks to RobAGD, you now have a chatroom that is accessible directly through our website utilizing a Java applet.
To access chat, click on the Chat link in the navigation bar at the top of your screen:
You are ready to Chat!
To access chat, click on the Chat link in the navigation bar at the top of your screen:
- A new window will open.
- If you have not accepted the java cerificate previously, you will be asked to do so at this point.
- You can answer "Yes" to accept it for this session only. "Always" to accept for every session (you will not be asked everytime you login to chat). Or "No" (if you answer "No", you will not be able to access the chatroom utitlizing the Java Applet)
- Once you have accepted the certificate, the applet will load. This may take anywhere from a few seconds to 30 seconds depending on the speed of your internet access:
- Once the applet has loaded and you connect to the chatroom, your chat window should look like this:
- If your username did not come over from the forums, you will have a chat name of "Guest" followed by a series of numbers. If you want to change your chat name (nickname) to match your forum name, write your new name in the box on the bottom right hand corner of the window and hit enter on your keyboard (as shown below):
You are ready to Chat!