Open/Close  - Open or close room to visitors
If the room is closed, click on Open to open the room. To close the room, enter the message users will see when they visit and the click on the Close button. When a room is closed, new users cannot enter the room but any exisiting users can remain in the room. If you want visitors currently in the room to leave, check the 'Also empty this room'

Transcripts  - Start or stop logging for transcript of chat session
Pick the name for the log file (transcript name) and click on Start to begin logging. All messages (that are not private messages) in the room will be logged from the time you hit the Start button. To stop the logging, click on the Stop button. In order to prevent the log files from running too large, the logging stops automatically if the room administration logs off or is disconnected from the chat room. To resume logging, click Start again and use the same log file name to append to it or use a new log file name.

Log files are stored under the directory name for each room in the logs directory under the chat server main directory. You must log into the Room Configuration administration web pages to gain access to them.

Password - Set and remove Room password
Either enter a password and click on Set, or click on No Password to make the room accessible without a password.

Profanity - Turn the Profanity Filter on & off
Turning the Profanity Filter ON will replace all words that are filtered by the chat server with "%%%%" in the chat window. Turn the Profanity Filter OFF to prevent words from being filtered by the chat server.

Expel/Ban  - Expel or ban user by name or IP address
Either enter the user name or click on Get User to get the highlighted user name from the chat window. Check on options "also ban the IP address" and "also ban the entire C class IP range" and then click on "Ban/Expel" button to expel or ban the user.

Gag allows you to have a user stay in the room, but none of their chat text is displayed in the room. Their text is displayed on their screen so they think that they are still annoying the room. However, they are not aware that their text is being blocked in the room and usually give up and leave without knowing that they have been "gagged".

Remote Control
Execute chat commands on behalf of any user who is logged into the chat room. For example, the room admin can change the chat window properties (i.e. sounds, fonts, colors, font size, float, etc.) of another user's chat window.

An example of how to force a sound into the room would be to use the "OnConnect" command:

%beep play laugh.au

To add a new control to the "Remote Control" list and save it for future use, click "Add Control" then "Save to Server". To remove a control from the "Stored Control" list, click "Delete Control". To retrieve your list of stored controls, click "Load from Server".

Live Connect (TM)
Send Live JavaScript commands to any user that is logged into the chat room. The JavaScript command is executed by the remote user's browser. Using this feature requires customization of the chat applet. Please contact .

Messages  - Send a message to a single user, or to all users.
This is especially useful for sending routine or common messages, which can be saved to the chat server for future reference. Either enter a message in the text box, or select the message from your pre-defined list. To send the message to a single user, highlight the user's name on the user list, select "To Highlighted User", and press "Send Message". To send the message to all users in the room, select "To Entire Room" and press "Send Message".

To add a new message to the "Stored Messages" list and save it for future use, click "Add Message" then "Save to Server". To remove a message from the "Stored Messages" list, click "Delete Message". To retrieve your list of Stored Messages, click "Load from Server".

Cruise  - Force a new browser window to open to a specified URL.
This is especially useful for sending routine or common URLs, which can be saved to the chat server for future reference. Either enter a URL in the text box, or select the URL from your pre-defined list. To send the URL to a single user, highlight the user's name on the user list, select "To Highlighted User", and press "Make them Cruise". To send the message to all users in the room, select "To Entire Room" and press "Make them Cruise".

To add a new URL to the "Stored URL List" and save it for future use, click "Add Item" then "Save to Server". To remove a message from the "Stored URL List", click "Delete Item". To retrieve your list of Stored URLs, click "Load from Server".

Paging
Sets the user who will receive the requests when a room admin is paged from the Control Panel By default, the room admin user is the target of Page requests.

You may change the target user to another user for when a room admin is paged from the Control Panel, but is not in the room. You can choose to save these settings or use them only for the current chat session. Enter a user name, or select a user from the User List, and click "Save target". This user will receive Page requests instead of the room admin. To retain this user as the target of Page requests, click "Save it for future sessions" before pressing "Save target"

Moderation - Set room moderation features

• Status: This lets you either set the room to moderated mode or remove the room from moderated mode
• Add Speakers : This lets you select a user or enter a user name and add it to the allowed list of speakers.
• Remove Speakers : This lets you select a user or enter a user name and delete it from the allowed list of speakers.