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Chat Guide Recently some people have had issues with the chat system, This thread is a small break down and explanation of the chat, what it does and how to use it. Chat Interface Before we start looking at the chat it's self we need to understand the basic interface of the chat. The main points here are the chat list, basic private chat tabs, group chat and minimize options. lets look at this from right to left starting with the minimize, if you click on the small green pill shape that has a small white dot, this minimizes the chat. Doing this gets rid of the white chat bar across the bottom of your screen. The chat rooms are where you can open a chat room and the group chat. The next icon is the Chat list, here you can open a BPCT ( basic private chat tab) and lastly the last tab is a basic private chat. Basic Private Chat First of all lets look at how to get people into your Private chat list. To open the list you click on the button on the chat bar that says 'Chat'. This is a list of all of the people you currently have on your account Friend's list that are currently online, if you click on a person's name it'll open up a small private chat box between you and that person. Within this chat you can talk to your friend without anyone else seeing what you are saying, you can also clear the chat by clicking on the cog in the top right corner ( explanation of what the cog does below ). You can minimise the chat by click the blue bar running across the top, close it by clicking the X or open your friends profile by clicking the person name when it underlines. Group Chat To open the group you click on the button that says 'Chat Rooms' on the chat bar in the very far right. When you open this tab you'll be greeted with an area like the image below. If you click on the general chat option it'll open the general chat. This room is what is referred to as the 'Group Chat' as it allows all the people on YO to talk to each other in one area. Once inside the Group Chat you'll see a list of people on the right hand side, and a large chat box on the left. The list of people is everyone who is in the group chat, and the chat box is what everyone is saying. Everything said here can be seen by everyone in the group chat, who you have not blocked ( explained more below ). If you click on a persons name on the right list you'll get another list of 3 options: Visit Profile, Private Message and Block User. Each of the does exactly what you'd expect it to do. If you click on Visit Profile it will open that persons profile. If you click private message it'll open up a private chat between you and that person. And if you click Block User it'll stop you from seeing everything that user says within the group chat. In the top right of the corner we have once again the little settings cog ( explained below ) and a small icon of an arrow going into a door way. This door icon will exit you from the room. And like in the private chat section if you click on the blue bar it'll minimize the chat but still leave it open. Chat Symbols I've spoken about some of the symbols above, one of the main ones being the little settings cog. When i refer to the Cog i am referring to this little symbol in the top right hand corner of every chat: Private Chat Cog: The private chat Cog gives you two options, one to clear conversation and the other to Block User. The clear Conversation does that, it wipes your chat log history, however, it does not do it for both people one yourself. The block user option blocks that user from sending you private messages. Chat List Cog: This is one of the most useful chat Cogs it has a list of 4 options 'Chat Sounds',' Keep List Open', 'Manage Block List...' and 'Available to chat'. If you turn the Chat Sounds off it'll mute all of the Blop noise's from any of your private message but not the group chat. If you turn Keep List Open on, it'll keep the list of your friend who are on-line open. If you turn Available to Chat off it'll close the chat windows down and make you appear offline, this means you cannot receive and private chat messages or group chat messages. The most important part here is the Manage Block List... If you click this option it'll open a small window from here it'll allow you to Unblock anyone you have Blocked in the chat, whether it is from the group chat or a private chat. You select the persons name then click unblock. Group Chat Cog: These functions are similar to the Chat list options just labelled slightly differently: Keep Room Open, Stay in Room, Chat Room Sounds and Block Private Chats are the options given. Keep Room Open means the chat room will remain open even if you refresh the page. Stay in Room will keep the chat room open even if you minimize the chat or refresh the page. Chat room Sounds does the same as the Chat sounds in the Chat List cog, if turned off it'll mute all the sounds from just that group chat. And last but not least Block Private Chats if you turn this on it'll stop anyone from private chatting you through the group chat options, in other words, it'll stop anyone who is not on your friends list from Private chat messaging you. Chat Sound The chat blop noise can help you to hear when you have a new message from someone but, you might not want all the blops from the group chats as well. To turn the sound off is simple, it means using the little cog related to the sound you wish to turn off. For example if you want to turn the chat sound for Private messages off, you go on the chat list cog and turn chat sounds off. Blocking and Unblocking To block a person there are a few different ways of doing this. In private chats you can click the cog and block the user and in the group chat you can do the same. The more difficult part is unblocking a person once you've blocked them. You firstly need to go to you chat list cog: Then click on 'Manage Block List...' Once you click this option it'll open a small window from here it'll allow you to Unblock anyone you have Blocked in the chat, whether it is from the group chat or a private chat. You select the persons name then click unblock.