Create New Rooms
Create New Rooms
Creating a new room helps you communicate with the other contacts easily and effectively. It means that you add people into a group to talk together. Chat rooms are set up to handle group discussions so whoever join the same room can acquire what is happening in this room. Step 1. Click the
icon on the chat bar and select Add Room
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Room name | The name of the room. This field is required. |
 button | To accept adding a new room. |
 button | To exit/close the New Room form. |
After creating a new room, there will be a Room Configuration form to configure some information related to the created room:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| General | This part contains all general information of the created room |
| Room name | The name of created room. You can not change value of this field. |
| Persistent Room | This option is to allow the room will be remain without any member or not. |
| Enable logging | This option allows to log room's conversations or not. |
| Presence Broadcast | Sets the list of roles of which presence will be broadcasted to the rest of the occupants. This feature is useful for implementing "invisible" occupants. |
| Who is | Users corresponding to the selected groups in ''Presence Broadcast will received the inform message. |
| Room Desc | The brief description of the created room. |
| Max users | The maximum users can join the created room. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Public Room | This option is to allow publishing the created room or not. It means after the room is created, all users can join this room. |
| Member only | This option is to publish for members of the created room only or not. |
| Allow Invites | Sets if occupants can invite other users to the room. If the room does not require an invitation to enter (i.e. is not members-only) then any occupant can send invitations. On the other hand, if the room is members-only and occupants cannot send invitation then only the room owners and admins are allowed to send invitations. |
| Reserved nick | This option is to prevent anonymous users or not. It means if this option is checked, only registered users can join this room. |
| Password Protected Room | The option to allow having a password to enter the room or not. |
| Password | The password is used to protect the room. This field is shown only when 'Password Protected Room' option is checked. |
| Moderated Room | This option is to require approve/reject the created room or not. |
| Room Admins | Members that are administration of the created room. |
| Room Owners | The email address of room's creator. |
Step 5. Click the OK button in the Room Configuration form to accept setting values or click the Cancel button to quit without creating a new room.
After creating a new room, the Conversation window will open with status locked. With this status, both the creator and other members can't join this room to chat. You have to wait until your configuration is confirmed by server with the message This room is now unlocked. It means this room has the unlocked status and users can join this room to communicate.
