One of the more popular features from the old Bates site, the new 1MC has been successfully installed and tested! Sporting a new look and new functionality, this site-wide communication system offers a means to connect in real-time with other shipmates visiting the site. If you are familiar with Facebook's real-time messaging service, you'll feel right at home on the 1MC. If not then you may need a little hands-on training, since it is somewhat more advanced than the old version.
Two components replace the single small pane that used to exist in the right-hand column. Now, you'll find a COMMS tab in the upper left corner, and a user-to-user tab in the lower right corner. These tabs will float with changes in screen size, so if they are obscuring the page you are trying to read, merely resize your browser window larger...
...and the tabs will move out as the window expands.
The COMMS tab has four user-to-site announcing systems named after the equivelant announcing and sound-powered phone systems on the boat. These channels accommodate multiple users at once, just like the boat, and tag each person's comment with their name and date. The COMMS channels mimic the old site 1MC system, but now not only are there four channels, but you can create your own temporary channels if you want a separate conversation from the 1MC.
The real difference is the Shipmates tab in the lower right. Not only does it indicate how many site members are on the chat system at any given time, but it also lists them each by name, and allows you to have a private user-to-user chat that only the two you can see, just by clicking on their name!
There are multiple options and buttons available on both tabs which should be pretty self-explanatory, which means you'll find more instructions specific to the COMMS and Shipmates tab in the image gallery below.
If you have any other questions, please leave a comment or contact the Site Administrator.
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