POPUPS
I
am a Popups Addict! Popups are highly contagious and there is no known
cure, so with that word of warning, I'll show you what they are, how to
get them, and how to use them. If you have any problems then just feel
free to contact me!
Mail me
How
to Make Popups
Popups
are colorful messages that can be played to a certain nick or to the channel
as a whole. They are accessed by right clicking on the Main Channel or
on a name in the NickNames list and selecting what you want to play from
a box that pops up. (hence the name..lol).
If you click
on Tools | Popups (or on your popups icon), you'll see 4 tabs...ServerWindow,
Channel(Names List), Channel (Main Pane), and Private Msg/DCC Chat. The
two Channel tabs are where the bulk of your popups will go, although you
may want to put some in the Private Msg/DCC Chat pane as well so you'll
have access to some pops when you are in private chats.
So how do you
get them in there? One of the advantages to using Pirch is that you can
copy and paste popups right off the channel without losing any of the color
codes. Here's how:
To
Save a PopUp in pIRCh:
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Highlight the
popup that you want by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it across
the popup. (when you release the button, the highlight will disappear...but
thats okay...it's already been copied to the clipboard).
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Open up your popups
and click on the Tab where you want the popup to go.
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Now, click in
the window where you want the popup to go, then RIGHT CLICK and select
PASTE. You should then see the popup you just copied.
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Now, you need
to edit out the name of the person who played it, and give it a name followed
by a : For Example NiceHug:(be careful not to accidentally erase the 's...those
are the color codes)
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If the popup has
a nick in it, edit out the name and replace it with $1. $1 will be replaced
with the nick you choose when you play the popup.
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When you are done,
go to the bottom of the pane and click Save.
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Try it out! Highlight
a nick, and then right click in either the NickNames List, or in the Main
Channel (depending on where you put it) and you should see it listed.
Popups Tips
and Tricks
Making Your Own
Popups
The best way to
learn about how to make your own popups is to look at the popups you have
and see how they are done, and to experiment on your own. Try changing
the color codes, making a single line popup into a multi-line, etc. Here's
a rundown of the codes:
The various
symbols you can use with the Ctrol-S symbol code can be found in your windows
Character Map under Symbol font.
Multi-Line Popups
These take a little
more editing. The pop needs to be all on one line with each line separated
with a | (Shift-\) symbol. Make sure there is a space before and after
the |. Here's an example of a three line hug...
MultiLineHug:8,2(((((
$1 ))))) | 8,2((((( $1 ))))) | 8,2((((( $1 )))))
Nesting
Nesting is
another name for organizing your popups. This gives you more room in your
popups windows, and makes it easier to find what you want. Here's an example:
Hellos
.Names
..Hello1:/me
says Hi to $1!
..Hello2:/me
says howdy to $1!
.Channel:
..HiChan:/me
says Hi to everyone in # ! (# will put in the channel name)
For more examples
of nesting, look at the popup files for download on this page. Mail me
The more elaborate,
big pictures you'll see in chat rooms are usually either Aliases or Text
Files.
Popups
for Downloading
Download
Instructions
Internet
Explorer - Right click on the filename and choose "Save Target As..."
from the menu that pops up.
Netscape
- Hold down the shift key and click on the filename with your mouse, or
you can also right click and choose "Save Link As..." from the menu that
comes up.
After
downloading you can use your Explorer and double click on the file, it
will open in notepad. Then all you do is cut and paste it into your aliases,
give it a name and save.
You
can also use your left mouse button to open the file and cut and paste
it yourself into notepad.
Have a Look at
even pIRCh Alias. This will teach you to make
cool alias.
