VOCAL
HELP PAGE
TIPS
FOR USING
VOCAL SITE
                   VOCAL IRELAND USES JAVA SCRIPT FOR THE CHAT ROOM.

               MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION OF JAVA  
        
JAVA DOWNLOAD


IF YOU HAVE ISSUES LOGGING INTO THE ROOM TRY THESE FOLLOWING STEPS

1. REFRESH THE LOGIN PAGE
2. CLEAR JAVA CACHE
3. DOWNLOAD LATEST JAVA VERSION


                               
TO CLEAR YOUR JAVA CACHE IN INTERNET EXPLORER


1. OPEN A BROWSER WINDOW
2. SELECT TOOLS
3. SELECT SUNJAVA CONSOLE
4. SELECT CLEAR
5. CLOSE BROWSER WINDOW
6. RE LOGIN TO CHAT

                                                                 
ERROR MESSAGES

IF YOU RECEIVE A MESSAGE SAYING THAT YOUR ARE ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT
FROM AN
INVALID HOST OR BANNED MESSAGE

CONTACT CHATADMIN WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.

1. YOUR INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS ( IP ADDRESS )
2. YOUR HOST NAME ( ISP NAME )
3. YOUR CHAT NAME

                                  
         
 LOST & FORGOTTEN PASSWORDS

                                                      
CONTACT CHAT ADMIN WITH  REQUEST FOR YOUR PASSWORD TO BE RE-ISSUED.

NB: THAT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR YOUR PASSWORD
TO BE RETRIEVED FROM OUR SYSTEM. PASSWORDS WILL BE CHANGED EACH TIME
YOU REQUEST A NEW ONE

 FORUM  USE

IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE IN POSTING ON THE FORUM LET US KNOW TO AMEND /
REMOVE THE POSTING

 
 WEB LINKS

                                      PLEASE DO NOT POST WEB LINKS IN THE CHAT ROOM.
IF YOU WANT TO POST A LINK THEN SEND IT TO US AND WE WILL POST IT ON THE
LINKS PAGE OF THE SITE

 MAP

  THE VOCAL MAP REQUIRES A FLASH PLUG IN.

IT WILL PROMPT YOU TO INSTALL FLASH - CLICK ALLOW TO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE
MAP.

ENTER YOUR ZIP/POSTAL CODE WHEN PLACING YOUR PIN TO HAVE THE PIN AS
CLOSE TO YOUR LOCATION AS YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. THIS SAVES YOU
HAVING TO ZOOM IN TO FIND YOUR CITY/TOWN/STREET.

THE MAP WILL "GREY" OUT OVER CERTAIN COUNTRIES AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, THIS
IS THE SOFTWARE INVOLVED NOT ANYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.



CHATADMIN CAN BE REACHED VIA EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE -
CHATADMIN