OK I'm going to attempt to provide you people with a tutorial on setting up mIRC to join the WTF.com chat channel on the EFNet IRC network. (These instructions will also work for other chatrooms/channels, simply by replacing "#WTF.com" with your other channel name.)
I'll start out with instructions on just getting connected and into the WTF.com chatroom, and then I'll add some tips to make using mIRC smoother and easier.
So, to start, you have to have the install file, which you can download from this location.
The installation is very simple. Start by running the install file that you downloaded.
Click the "Next" button, then click the "I agree" button. Click "Next" again, and again.
Now you can either leave these settings as they are, or change them as you see fit. Personally I deselected the first and third options. Click OK.
Now click the "Install" button, and wait for the install process to finish. Once it's done, just click the "Finish" button, and mIRC is ready to go!
Also, before I forget, I'll mention this: mIRC is "shareware", and you never have to pay for it. After a certain period of time (I think a month), mIRC will show a request for donations every time you open it. The "Continue" button will initially be grayed out, but after a few seconds it will become active, and you can click it. Then, guess what happens! It asks you again! But you simply have to wait a few more seconds, and the "Continue" button will become active again, and when you click it, the program will open.
Basic Setup
Anyways, down to the serious stuff. Let's get you connected!
mIRC does not automatically run after installation, so now you have to find the shortcut and open the program. It should be under your Start button, "Programs" menu. You should find an "mIRC" folder somewhere in there, where you'll find the "mIRC" program shortcut.
The first time you open it, it will show the following screen.
Simply click the "Continue" button, and the smaller box will disappear. Now here comes the fun part.
Click the "File" menu, and then click "Select server..." The following box will come up.
As shown in the image, find the "EFNet" folder, and open it by double clicking on it. Then find one of the two "Random server" options and click on it. Then click the "Select" button towards the bottom-right of that box, and it will flip to the next set of options.
In the "Full Name" field you'll enter a name, which doesn't have to be your real name. As far as I know, there has to be something in this field. It could be your forum name.
There also has to be something in the "Email Address" field. I've entered my forum address, personally, but I've been told that this can be a fake address.
The "Nickname" you choose is your screenname in chat. Try to pick something that would be unique. There's simply a higher chance of it being available. And of course the "Alternative" field is a secondary screenname, in case your primary choice is already in use.
Once those fields are filled, click the "Connect" button, and mIRC will connect to an EFNet server. Once connected, the following box will come up.
As shown in the above image, type "#wtf.com" (UPDATE AUG 2013: #wtfcom) into the text box under "Enter a channel name and click join". Then click the "Join" button beside that box.
You will now be connected to the WTF.com channel. Start talkin'! Or not. Whatever you feel like!
So that's the basics. If you want to make mIRC easier to use and such, keep reading.
Favorites
First, you'll probably want to make it easy to come back to the WTF.com channel. So we'll add it to your "favorites" list.
Click the "Favorites" menu, and then click "Organize Favorites". The "mIRC Favorites" box (same as last image) will come up. Seeing as you just installed mIRC for the WTF.com chat, you probably won't need any of the channels in the list. If you want to delete 'em all, just click on the top one, scroll to the bottom, hold the shift key, and click on the bottom one. Then click the "Delete" button on the right side, and they will all disappear!
Deselect the "Pop up favorites on connect" option at the bottom of the box.
Now click the "Add" button.
Enter "#wtf.com" (UPDATE AUG 2013: #wtfcom) in the "Channel" field, as shown. Select the "Join on connect" option in the right side, and then click the "OK" button.
Click the "OK" button in the "mIRC Favorites" box, and you're set.
Advanced Settings
Now I'll just walk you through a bunch of settings. Seeing as I just reinstalled mIRC myself, I'll know exactly what settings need to be changed to make mIRC easy to use. You can pick which of these you want or don't want to use. If you aren't sure what it is, just take my suggestion.
First, click the "Tools" menu, and right at the bottom, click "Options".
In the left side, as shown above, find "Connect", and then "Options". Then select the top option ("Connect on startup"), and deselect the third option ("Pop up connect dialog on startup").
Now, as shown in this image, click on "IRC" in the left side. Select the fourth option from the bottom, "Rejoin channel when kicked".
In the left side, open the "IRC" tree, and click "Options". In the middle, under "Flash on message", select the first option, "Channel".
As above, under "IRC" on the left, click on "Messages". Select the top option, "Timestamp events".
Click "Sounds" in the left side, and make sure "Enable sounds" is selected. Click the dropdown box (that says "Query" in the above image), and click on "Query". Click the huge button below that (that says "Beep" in the image"), and it will switch to saying "Beep". If you want to choose a custom sound, click it again, and then surf to where your sound file(s) is/are located to select a sound.
As above, open the "Display" tree on the left, and click "Options". Click the "Tray" button in the right side, and the next box will come up.
Deselect the third option, "Place mIRC in tray when minimized". Select the last option, "Single click on tray icon to open". Then click "OK".
And finally, at the bottom of the "mIRC Options" box (which we've been working in this whole time), click the "OK" button.
You should now be set up nicely for ease of use with mIRC! When you start the program and click the initial "Continue" button, mIRC will automatically connect to an EFNet server, and then automatically connect to the WTF.com channel. It should flash the taskbar button for mIRC if you are using another program when there is activity in an open room, and it should notify you by a sound when someone sends you a "private message", or "Query". If/when you get kicked from a channel, it will automatically reconnect you. Unless, of course, you were also banned.
I hope this has helped! If you have any other questions, please feel free to post them in the Feedback & Suggestions forum here on the site.
Good luck!
I'll start out with instructions on just getting connected and into the WTF.com chatroom, and then I'll add some tips to make using mIRC smoother and easier.
So, to start, you have to have the install file, which you can download from this location.
The installation is very simple. Start by running the install file that you downloaded.
Click the "Next" button, then click the "I agree" button. Click "Next" again, and again.
Now you can either leave these settings as they are, or change them as you see fit. Personally I deselected the first and third options. Click OK.
Now click the "Install" button, and wait for the install process to finish. Once it's done, just click the "Finish" button, and mIRC is ready to go!
Also, before I forget, I'll mention this: mIRC is "shareware", and you never have to pay for it. After a certain period of time (I think a month), mIRC will show a request for donations every time you open it. The "Continue" button will initially be grayed out, but after a few seconds it will become active, and you can click it. Then, guess what happens! It asks you again! But you simply have to wait a few more seconds, and the "Continue" button will become active again, and when you click it, the program will open.
Basic Setup
Anyways, down to the serious stuff. Let's get you connected!
mIRC does not automatically run after installation, so now you have to find the shortcut and open the program. It should be under your Start button, "Programs" menu. You should find an "mIRC" folder somewhere in there, where you'll find the "mIRC" program shortcut.
The first time you open it, it will show the following screen.
Simply click the "Continue" button, and the smaller box will disappear. Now here comes the fun part.
Click the "File" menu, and then click "Select server..." The following box will come up.
As shown in the image, find the "EFNet" folder, and open it by double clicking on it. Then find one of the two "Random server" options and click on it. Then click the "Select" button towards the bottom-right of that box, and it will flip to the next set of options.
In the "Full Name" field you'll enter a name, which doesn't have to be your real name. As far as I know, there has to be something in this field. It could be your forum name.
There also has to be something in the "Email Address" field. I've entered my forum address, personally, but I've been told that this can be a fake address.
The "Nickname" you choose is your screenname in chat. Try to pick something that would be unique. There's simply a higher chance of it being available. And of course the "Alternative" field is a secondary screenname, in case your primary choice is already in use.
Once those fields are filled, click the "Connect" button, and mIRC will connect to an EFNet server. Once connected, the following box will come up.
As shown in the above image, type "
You will now be connected to the WTF.com channel. Start talkin'! Or not. Whatever you feel like!
So that's the basics. If you want to make mIRC easier to use and such, keep reading.
Favorites
First, you'll probably want to make it easy to come back to the WTF.com channel. So we'll add it to your "favorites" list.
Click the "Favorites" menu, and then click "Organize Favorites". The "mIRC Favorites" box (same as last image) will come up. Seeing as you just installed mIRC for the WTF.com chat, you probably won't need any of the channels in the list. If you want to delete 'em all, just click on the top one, scroll to the bottom, hold the shift key, and click on the bottom one. Then click the "Delete" button on the right side, and they will all disappear!
Deselect the "Pop up favorites on connect" option at the bottom of the box.
Now click the "Add" button.
Enter "
Click the "OK" button in the "mIRC Favorites" box, and you're set.
Advanced Settings
Now I'll just walk you through a bunch of settings. Seeing as I just reinstalled mIRC myself, I'll know exactly what settings need to be changed to make mIRC easy to use. You can pick which of these you want or don't want to use. If you aren't sure what it is, just take my suggestion.
First, click the "Tools" menu, and right at the bottom, click "Options".
In the left side, as shown above, find "Connect", and then "Options". Then select the top option ("Connect on startup"), and deselect the third option ("Pop up connect dialog on startup").
Now, as shown in this image, click on "IRC" in the left side. Select the fourth option from the bottom, "Rejoin channel when kicked".
In the left side, open the "IRC" tree, and click "Options". In the middle, under "Flash on message", select the first option, "Channel".
As above, under "IRC" on the left, click on "Messages". Select the top option, "Timestamp events".
Click "Sounds" in the left side, and make sure "Enable sounds" is selected. Click the dropdown box (that says "Query" in the above image), and click on "Query". Click the huge button below that (that says "Beep" in the image"), and it will switch to saying "Beep". If you want to choose a custom sound, click it again, and then surf to where your sound file(s) is/are located to select a sound.
As above, open the "Display" tree on the left, and click "Options". Click the "Tray" button in the right side, and the next box will come up.
Deselect the third option, "Place mIRC in tray when minimized". Select the last option, "Single click on tray icon to open". Then click "OK".
And finally, at the bottom of the "mIRC Options" box (which we've been working in this whole time), click the "OK" button.
You should now be set up nicely for ease of use with mIRC! When you start the program and click the initial "Continue" button, mIRC will automatically connect to an EFNet server, and then automatically connect to the WTF.com channel. It should flash the taskbar button for mIRC if you are using another program when there is activity in an open room, and it should notify you by a sound when someone sends you a "private message", or "Query". If/when you get kicked from a channel, it will automatically reconnect you. Unless, of course, you were also banned.
I hope this has helped! If you have any other questions, please feel free to post them in the Feedback & Suggestions forum here on the site.
Good luck!
