The last new feature before I head back to Asia. Finally, got this working. A method to communicate with other members who happen to be "online". Not a chat or instant messaging system, as we already have those (Whooz Online, vBChat, and Digichat, which can be found in your Member Services / Communcation Services navigation bar, or in the upper right hand corner of each page). No, this is a way of getting other people's attention, so that you can guide them to the chat or instant messaging systems.
A pager system.
If you look on another member's post, in the upper right hand corner, lodged between the "add to reputation" icon and the "report bad post" icon, is a new small image, which highlights as "send a pager message to...." You won't find this icon in your own message posts, as you cannot send a message to yourself. If the member is currently online, he or she will get a "pop up" box in the center of his screen, the next time he changes or refreshes his browser page. If he or she is offline, they will get the page once they first log onto the forums. They will have the option of responding to you, if you click the "allow response" box in the pager.
This system is best used to get the attention of other members who happen to be online, if you so desire to talk to them. You can use the pager system to ask them to meet you in Hubz or one of the forum chat systems.
Hopefully, this will help increase communication among our members.
A pager system.
If you look on another member's post, in the upper right hand corner, lodged between the "add to reputation" icon and the "report bad post" icon, is a new small image, which highlights as "send a pager message to...." You won't find this icon in your own message posts, as you cannot send a message to yourself. If the member is currently online, he or she will get a "pop up" box in the center of his screen, the next time he changes or refreshes his browser page. If he or she is offline, they will get the page once they first log onto the forums. They will have the option of responding to you, if you click the "allow response" box in the pager.
This system is best used to get the attention of other members who happen to be online, if you so desire to talk to them. You can use the pager system to ask them to meet you in Hubz or one of the forum chat systems.
Hopefully, this will help increase communication among our members.
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