Comments on: Why should I register my nickname and how do I do it?

By: emelle

emelle — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:20:01 +0000

figured it out… I went back to what looks like a chat room; clicking on “options” allowed me to “register” my nick… received the confirmation email and THEN copy-pasted all that hooey into the CHAT bar (like you said, “wherever you type what you say”) and got “emelle” registered as my nickname.

So for anyone like myself and Maribeth, who are not quite geeky enough to read code, and figure we have to type whatever in the ADDRESS bar (or in the SEARCH engine) or wherever else we can find to type it, go BACK to the chat room! enter the info as if it’s conversation! it’ll lead you right where you want to be!

yay!

{I found the GeekShed by way of the “Community” link on Geek&Sundry’s website}

By: tengrrl

tengrrl — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:50:43 +0000

Emelle,
Without some information about how you are connecting to GeekShed, I cannot give you very specific details. Generally speaking, you type the commands wherever you type what you say on GeekShed. Usually there is an area for typing at the bottom of the window, just like you’d see for IMs.

The command to join #help is /join #help

By: emelle

emelle — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:30:28 +0000

I’m lost, too. I don’t think we are too stupid, Maribeth. We’re just not quite geeky enough to be able to follow rules written in a language (computer code) we don’t speak! :)

For example, WHERE do I type these commands? WHERE is #help?

By: Acedeor

Acedeor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:30:51 +0000

Worked perfectly – thanks!!

By: tengrrl

tengrrl — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:07:19 +0000

The confirmation should mail out without much delay. Check your spam folder, and if you cannot find it, come visit us in #help. A member of network staff can check the email address you used for typos and reset the registration so you can try it again if necessary.

By: tengrrl

tengrrl — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:05:53 +0000

Safari is your web browser. You may be using it with a web client to get to IRC, but it’s hard to know for sure. If you’re still having trouble, come ask for assistance in #help.

By: tengrrl

tengrrl — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:04:54 +0000

Some IRC clients will not allow the /ns command shortcuts. Try typing out the full command:

/msg nickserv register

If that doesn’t work, come ask for assistance in #help.

By: tengrrl

tengrrl — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:03:30 +0000

If you’re having difficulty registering your nick, please join us in #help where someone can help you. Just type: /join #help

By: Peter Emery

Peter Emery — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:30:22 +0000

Have followed above instructions re registering my nickname. Yet to receive confirmation e-mail. How long does it take?

By: Maribeth Martell

Maribeth Martell — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:43:59 +0000

I do not understand how to register my nickname at all, nothing above (about registering my nickname) makes any sense to me… it it a safari problem? Or am I just too stupid?
sigh