This is a tutorial on getting into the #lounge chat channel on IRC
Ok, so you want to chat, but have no idea how IRC works, what IRC is or how to use it ... you don’t know your onepug.com server from your IRC Client.
Well, thats ok, all you want to do is chat right?
First things first, you need a way to get online. You won’t be using your web browser, you need some special software (thats called an IRC Client). There are lots of clients out there, mIRC, Pirch, Xchat, Chatzilla .... the list is long. For ease of use, I’ve always gone with Virc (Visual IRC).
Version 2.0 can be downloaded here:
http://www.visualirc.net/beta.php?name=2.0
Below is a step by step walk through in configuring it, and getting into the chat.
1) Download the client, save it to your desktop.
Now double click it.2) Welcome to the Install Wizard
Keep on hitting NEXT, without changing anything, until you get to step 3
3) Make it easy on yourself and let it give you detailed help
4) Welcome to the Setup Wizard! Step through this wizard, page by page, replacing “smeg” with your nickname.
5) Next step is to simply hit START
6) Then, hit the little icon of two computers and a check (this button connects you to the server)
7) Once it connects to the server, it will automatically join you into the #lounge channel. Thats it! Enjoy!
*NOTE* In future visits, simply start at step 5 above
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