Category: FAQ

How To: Block and Censor Words In Your Channel

Here on WyldRyde we strive to provide an excellent IRC network where channel owners are given a blank canvas so that they can manage and maintain their channels around their needs.  For a while now channel owners have been able to take advantage of a couple of features to maintain family-friendly channels without having to [...]

How To: Automatically Join Channels When You Connect to IRC

We have just added the ns_ajoin module to WyldRyde so you can easily auto join channels when you connect using a registered nick.  Once you have registered your nick and have identified with services you can use the following command (below) to add a specific channel to your list of channels to join upon connecting [...]

Video Tutorial: Creating a Channel for Your Community

WyldRyde makes it dead-simple for your to create a chat-room for your community or group.  This step-by-step guide will show you how to go about registering a channel, adding a BotServ bot to it, and giving selected users voice and operator status. What is required to register a channel? In order to register your channel, you will [...]

Video Tutorial: How to Register Your Nick

Registering your online handle (known as your “nick”) on WyldRyde gives you a great number of benefits that will ultimately make your experience on WyldRyde that much better. What are the benefits of registering? Some of the benifits from having a registered nick include: The ability to protect your nick Registering your nick ensures that you are [...]

How To: Get Users Into Your Chat Room

One of the most common questions I have seen over the years I have been on IRC is “how do you get more people in your chat room?”.   There are many approaches you can take to help grow your chat room – some better than others.  I’m here to share with you some of the [...]

How To Setup mIRC

mIRC is easily the most popular IRC client for Windows. With it you can connect to WyldRyde and chat in many channels. You may also use it to run very simple to very complex scripts that can even allow you to setup mIRC as a full featured IRC Bot. How To Setup mIRC for Windows: [...]

Why is gay a censored word?

Unfortunately, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are often subjected to homophobic remarks and harassment online, as in real life. We do not want anyone to feel disrespected, insecure, unwanted or unsafe. Homophobic remarks such as “thats so gay” or “this is gay” are the most commonly heard. Even since these slurs are often [...]

Can people see my host or IP? Can I see others?

On WyldRyde all our users’ IP addresses and host masks are privatized upon connection to prevent others from determining your IP address or full hostmask. Only WyldRyde Staff and YOU can see your own IP address and full host. So when YOU “/whois your-own-nick” you will see it. However, when others whois you they will [...]

When shouldn’t I help in #help?

We really appreciate everyone who hangs out in #Help and is eager to try to help others but there are some instances when you shouldn’t get involved and instead allow the WyldRyde Staff and official helpers (halfops and higher) deal with the problem. Some examples of serious issues where it would be best for you [...]

How to make an IRC Bot for Macs

Jordan Singer has posted a nice video tutorial that will show you step by step how to install and setup IRBot for the Mac.