This is a quick guide to using the new IM and Chat beta launch.

Rooms Tab:
The global-chat is open to all registered fans.

There is another room that is reserved for users of a certain level, and you'll also see that in the Rooms tab. In the past, we've had a few ngẫu nhiên people come in and hit on the people in the chat rooms, so the reserved room should be relatively free of such riff-raff.

Contact Tab:
Setting custom status messages: click on the pencil, and type away!

Turning off chat: Click on the bubble tiếp theo to "I am online" and click on the red "Log out" option on the menu.

Contacts are your mutual những người hâm mộ that are currently online *and* signed into chat. bạn need to be mutual những người hâm mộ to see each other on chat.

Notifications:
Your browser may ask bạn to allow fanpop to send bạn notifications. This will pop up a small window in the corner of your screen if someone sends bạn a message and lets bạn see messages without having your fanpop browser tabs in the foreground.

Future features:
We're looking into a feature that lets bạn create a smaller người hâm mộ danh sách specifically for chat in case bạn get too many messages when logged in.

Some những người hâm mộ have requested an invisible mode, so we are considering that, as well.

Private multi-fan chat rooms are being considered.

Mute (no audio) and auto-away are also on the list.

Thanks for trying it out!