Hiyas! Here's a tutorial on setting up mIRC, and using it to connect to WyldRyde.

NOTE: mIRC is NOT free, but WILL run after 30 days of use, if you have not registered your copy. It will just become nagware, meaning you'll have to wait 30 seconds before you can click OK on the Registration Reminder when starting mIRC

1. Download and install mIRC
mIRC is avaliable from http://mirc.com (or http://mirc.co.uk). Download the setup and run it. Follow each step, but make sure you select 'Full' from the Choose Components part of the installation wizard, not Upgrade. mIRC will now install and then an icon will appear on your desktop; if you specified the setup to create an icon.



2. Configure mIRC
When you first start mIRC, and get past the Registration Warning screen (just press Continue when that appears) the mIRC Options dialog will appear. Fill in your First Name, Email Address(you don't have to provide one), a nickname you would like to use and an alternative nickname.


Now we have to select WyldRyde as the server we want to connect to. Select 'Servers' from the Category Tree-menu on the left-hand side. Then scroll to and click on 'WyldRyde' in the 'IRC Servers' list, then click Select.

Now we can connect! Click 'Connect' in the mIRC Options dialog, under the 'Connect' option in the tree menu.


The mIRC Favorites dialog will appear when you connect. This is pointless as none of the chatrooms/channels in that list are on WyldRyde. Untick 'Pop up favorites on connect' at the bottom of the dialog, and then click OK.


3. Registering your nickname and joining channels
Well, you've made it! You've successfully connected to WyldRyde. Time to register your nickname, so no one else can use it! The nickname I'm using for this tutorial is 'Tutorial1', but you can use whatever you like, as long as it isn't already registered. (You'll be notified if it is already taken)
So, to register your nickname type:

/msg NickServ REGISTER password email

BE SURE you replace 'password' with a unique password and 'email' with your legitimate email address. Make the password difficult, but make sure you can remember it, as you will need to identify yourself every time you connect to WyldRyde.

Example:
You are now registered

Now that you've got that out of the way, why not join a channel and start chatting?
If you want to talk about a certain topic, or just hang out, it's probably best to look at the channel list.

To view the channel list, type: /list

and then the channel list will start to populate. Double click on any channel you wish to join, and you will enter that channel.


It's as simple as that!

4. Disconnecting, Reconnecting and Identifying
Disconnecting
Want to log off and quit IRC? No problem.
When your done, just type:

/quit <quit message here>
You can specify a quit message of your choice like:
Cya later! or Lunch Time! Be back soon.
and then you can close mIRC.

Reconnecting and Identifying
Missing IRC, and wanting to get back on? No problem!
Start up mIRC again, and click either the connect icon ( ) in the toolbar, or click 'Connect' from the mIRC Options dialog, like we did earlier.
Then, once you've connected, you'll need to identify your nickname using the password we made during registration.
To identify, type:

/msg NickServ IDENTIFY password OR /ns id password
Be SURE to replace 'password' with the unique password we created during registration

Note: You can set mIRC up to identify you automatically, and join channels when you have identified correctly, but there are posts on this forum to assist you with those things. Check out the links section below.

You've now succesfully downloaded, installed & configured mIRC AND you've also registered your nick, learnt how to identify and how to find a channel you want to chat in

I hope this has been a helpful tutorial and will hopefully assist many of you wanting to use mIRC to connect to WyldRyde.

--Links--

Another Tutorial - http://www.tutorialnut.com/index.php/2009/01/02/setting-up-mirc-to-auto-perform-wyldryde/
Script for Identifying & Joining Channels on Connect - http://www.wyldryde.org/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/13/Using_mIRC_on_multiple_network.html#Post13
WyldRyde Forums - http://www.wyldryde.org/forums
WyldRyde Website - http://www.wyldryde.org/
mIRC Website - http://www.mirc.com
Other IRC Clients - http://www.wyldryde.org/software

Holy Amazingness its what I always needed! Sweet!

Thanks

Great tutorial!

Karol

I didnt' understand fully :\ One more time please :P

LOL

I've been thinking about creating some more... what do you think?
Alot of people are intimidated by mIRC and how it works.

FB

You did a great post Try making one of how to properly Use the mIRC Trout :P xD

Look out for the next tutorial: Loading Scripts into mIRC.

FB

niice I still want one about the mIRC Trout! >: