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Introduction:  The Wildlandfire.com Chat Room is provided as a service to our audience.  It's purpose is for open conversation and information exchange between our viewers and/or our staff.  The Chat Room is generally an un-moderated and un-censored area.  Opinions, comments, or other content submitted by users should be considered as their own.  Wildlandfire.com is unable to accept liability for users submission, viewers should use their own discretion as to the validity or accuracy of any content or information.  Wildlandfire.com will make every effort to discourage or ban abusers according to the Abuse Policy shown below.

New!  Use smiley faces  or chat acronyms in chat to express your self!

    Directions

1. Register: Prior to your first entry into the chat area, each user will need to click on the "register new user" link and complete the registration page. Enter a "new nickname" as you want it to appear in front of each message you post in the chat room. Then enter a password twice. You need not enter your real email address, but you must provide something to be allowed access.

2. Login: After completing the Registration, you may enter the chat area. Prior to entering the chat area, you may observe how many other users are currently chatting.

3. Sending a Message: Inside the chat area you will see a text box at the lower bottom of your screen where you enter your message. You can either click on the "post" button or hit your Enter key to upload your message. You have the option of addressing your message to all users or by using the drop down box, selecting to send a private message to just one other user. Others will not see your private message.

4. Options: To the right of the message input area is a link to "options" where you may modify how often your browser refreshes, change font color, set new messages to appear at top or bottom, and change your password.

5. Profile: Warning! You may complete the "profile" as completely or little as you wish. Use good judgment when entering information here! ALL users will be able to access and view your profile. The chat area is currently open to any and all users. The "pause" link allows you to stop your browser from refreshing until you desire it to begin again.

6. Ralfs Link: There is a link to ralfschat where this chat script was downloaded. It is a free chat script and may be downloaded and used without charge.

7. Other Users: at the right hand side of the screen you will see a list of other current users. You may click on their nickname and view their "profile".

8. Help: Typing /help in the message text box will bring up a small list of help options.

9. Logout: Please remember to use the Logout link when departing the chat area. Although you may re-enter the room at any time, you may be required to login again and other users may continue addressing you or your comments, unaware you are no longer present.

    Abuse Policy

1. The chat area may be monitored or reviewed by an Administrator at any given time.

2. Cursing, swearing, flaming, or other abuse by users will not be tolerated.

3. Abusive users may be kicked out of the room at any time as a warning.

4. Continued abuse will result in users being permanently banned and can result in a complaint being filed to their Internet Service Provider (users are logged in with their name/password and IP address).

5. The privacy of users names and IP addresses is NOT guaranteed in the Chat Room as it is with correspondence to the They Said It page.

    Known Issues:

1. Some users may experience "timeouts". There are several reasons this may occur; your software settings, your ISP's settings, slow connections, and inadequate bandwidth. There isn't much we can do about some of the issues, but we are looking to so how we can adjust those parameters we can.

2. Sometimes the text input screen which is in a frame at the bottom does not appear. A couple clicks of the "refresh" or "reload" buttons at the top of your browser usually takes care of this issue.