Star Wars Fanon:IRC

Star Wars Fanon's IRC channel (chat room) is a place for real-time general chit-chat, as well as a method of quickly notifying admins about vandalism in progress or asking questions.

How to join
For advanced users:  irc.freenode.net #swfanon

For others:

You can either use the standard Wikia web client in your web browser or install a specialized chat program called an IRC client. These are available for a variety of platforms.

Web client

 * Wikia has a CGI:IRC gateway for the #swfanon channel at irc.wikicities.com/starwars that lets you join the chat room from a normal web page. Just put in your username and choose "#swfanon"  from the drop-down list.

Windows

 * mIRC is the classic Windows IRC client. Main drawbacks of mIRC are the fact that it's not free and that the configuration options are waaay more extensive than a lot of users are used to.
 * Trillian handles IRC. It's a little complicated to set up, but if you don't want to use the very easy CGI:IRC linked by Angela, then Trillian is a handy program to have anyway for the other things it does.
 * Miranda IM - a multi-client, like Trillian, but rather minimalist and open source.

Linux

 * Gaim is a multi-client that comes preinstalled with Ubuntu and several other Linux distributions.

Mac

 * Snak handles IRC rather nicely, and is one of the few Mac-only clients that still work flawlessly.

Crossplatform

 * ChatZilla is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
 * JWChat - had some script errors in Firefox, but clicked "Stop script" and it worked fine after that.
 * X-Chat is perhaps the most well-known IRC client for Linux, included into nearly every distribution, which has recently grown in popularity on Windows as well. Note that the official Windows version (as opposed to Linux) is shareware, but unofficial free Windows builds are available, for example, here.

Setup instructions
To log in, you need to configure your client. After you log in, it is rather straightforward. The parameters are:


 * Server: irc.freenode.net
 * Channel: #swfanon (note the correct spelling)

Your web browser may be preconfigured to open IRC links in some IRC client, so you can try clicking this link:


 * irc://irc.freenode.net/swfanon

Most IRC clients, in particular mIRC, Miranda and X-Chat, have "Freenode" in the default network list, you only need to select it. After you are connected to the server, type /join #swfanon in the reply box and press Enter.