[Coco] CoCo activity

[Roger Taylor]

Well, it's getting close to fall here and there's usually a spike in CoCo 
activity everywhere in the cooler months, so I wanted to mention some of 
the features at CoCo3.com that you might enjoy this winter.

Forums (http://forums.coco3.com) or (www.coco3.com/forums)

1) Anyone should be able to post calendar events.  There's a little 
calendar icon at the top of the page that takes you to a real nice calendar 
screen.
2) You can add a photo of yourself to your profile.  Go to My Controls and 
you'll see the link in the left sidebar for uploading your photo.  You'll 
get a folder browser where you can point to your picture file on your 
computer, then hit Upload.  When people click on your name, your photo will 
appear as part of your profile.
3) You can post image URLs as part of your messages, and those images (if 
hosted on a server that allows direct linking) will appear as part of your 
messages.  You can add as many URLs as you like.  That is, your message 
could consist of many photos stacked on one another if you insert a line 
feed between the URLs.  Show off your CoCo systems or projects you are 
working on?
4) You can contact another forum member directly using the built-in private 
messenger.  Members logged into the forums should appear at the bottom of 
the page.

Live chat (http://chat.coco3.com) or (www.coco3.com/cgi-bin/chat.cgi)

The multi-room chat script is holding up well and should work nice for most 
modern web browsers.  Lots of testing has been done to help support the 
typical web browser.  You should be able to schedule your own meetings soon 
after that part of the script is complete.  Your meetings will appear on 
the front chat page so everybody can see the date/time/topics/room.  To 
schedule a meeting, you just fill out the small form and then click on the 
link supplied in the confirmation e-mail you receive.  You can also cancel 
meetings before they start.

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Roger Taylor