Updates to Website Command Pages
Apr 21st
You may not notice it right away, but we’ve been busy making the website a little easier for you to use. We’ve added details on the Fantasy commands, and we’ve added the capability to link directly to a specific command on the website. Keep reading for the details.
Fantasy Commands
First, if you use Fantasy commands in your channel, we have good news for you. We’ve added a complete listing of the Fantasy commands to our online documentation. Now you can browse through the commands and easily find additional information on everything from !AKICK to !TKB.
Remember that you have to turn on the Fantasy option to use Fantasy commands. Find all the details on the new page.
Link Directly to Specific Commands
Second, we’ve added internal links to the commands on all of the documentation pages so you can give someone the address of a specific command.
Here’s an example. Previously, if someone asked for the command to add ops to permanently to their channel, you could send them to the ChanServ page and tell them to scroll down to the AOP command. Now you can send them directly to the AOP command.
These naming conventions were used to set up the internal links:
- The link is the command name as listed in the bullet item (so, for instance, AOP).
- The link for Fantasy commands does NOT include the exclamation point (so, for instance, TKB).
- The link will show as one word with no spaces (so, for instance, SETGREET).
- The link is always in all caps (so, for instance, BADWORDS)
To give someone the link to a specific command, use this general format:
http://www.geekshed.net/commands/[Kind of Command]/#[Command Name]
Just replace the info in the square brackets with the pertinent details and remove the square brackets too to get address for the command. Here are some examples to give you the idea of how the system works:
- http://www.geekshed.net/commands/chanserv/#AOP is the ChanServ AOP command.
- http://www.geekshed.net/commands/fantasy/#TKB is the Fantasy TKB command.
- http://www.geekshed.net/commands/nickserv/#SETGREET is the NickServ SET GREET command.
- http://www.geekshed.net/commands/botserv/#BADWORDS is the BotServ BADWORDS command.
If you know the general command, this system should make it relatively easy to figure out the links you need if you’re trying to help someone find details.
—posted by Tengrrl/Bunny
How to Choose Staff for Your Channel
Apr 7th
Once you register your channel, you can add staff to help you keep order or enforce any rules you have for your channel. The commands for making someone a permanent admin, operator or half-operator are relatively simple. You can even add someone as a founder (though we don’t recommend it).
The harder part is choosing people who will make good staff. Promoting someone in your channel gives them control over what happens there. To make sure your channel stays YOURS and that it’s run the way you want it to be, you need to be cautious about choosing your staff.
Before you make someone an op or hop, ask yourself these questions:
- Do I know the person well?
- Do I trust the person?
- Does the person have good judgment?
- Is the person polite, helpful, and knowledgeable?
- Is the person cool under stress?
- Will the person follow my instructions?
- Does the person follow the channel and network rules?
- Has the person been in my channel for a while?
- Is the person active regularly?
If you can honestly answer “Yes” to all those questions, then the person could make a good member of your channel staff. If you answer “No” to even one, you should probably choose someone else.
The worst people to choose are the people who ask to be staff members. Anyone who demands, begs, or continually asks to be network staff does not have the patience for the job. Worse yet, some trolls will ask for ops in a channel only to cause trouble. Save yourself a lot of trouble, and just don’t make these folks a member of your channel staff. You’ll have a lot less drama to deal with!
[If you ended up on this page because you were looking for information on becoming a member of GeekShed network staff, visit Can I be an Oper on GeekShed?]
—posted by Tengrrl/Bunny
Welcome to Felicia Day and Geek and Sundry!
Apr 1st
Have we got a great April Fool’s Day present for you! GeekShed got a lot geekier today.
Join us in welcoming Felicia Day of Geek and Sundry to the network, along with the cast and crew of the great Geek and Sundry shows.
The Geek and Sundry Subscribathon is underway today, and the official chat is taking place in channels across GeekShed. You can see what’s going on by checking out their related Google+ Hangout.
How can you welcome the Geek and Sundry crew? Visit their site, subscribe to them on YouTube, and check out their channels!
Did you know that when you look up “GeekAndSundry” in Wikipedia, it asks if you meant “gunfoundry”? Someone needs to make them an official Wikipedia page.
—posted by Tengrrl/Bunny