IRC4Fun – IRC Network

On Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 IRC4Fun Administration voted for a change of Services packages from Anope to Atheme. Admins (and Users) wanted a Services Package that allowed more functionality, a web-interface (coming soon!), and less confusion.

The Upgrade was started early Thursday, July 20th, 2010 with just a few hitches: One of the few hitches is that our previous Anope databases (Services Databases) were not able to be converted.  This means that all Nicknames and Channels would (unfortunately) have to be re-registered.  (Fear not, IRC4Fun Users: IRC4Fun Administrators can still utilize the old databases to verify re-registrations of channels and nicknames to prevent / reverse any attempted takeovers)

To Re-Register your Nicknames, type: /ns register mypassword my@email.addy      To Re-Register your Channels, type: /cs register #mychannel

Your Services Bots are: N (NickServ), X (ChanServ), M (MemoServ) & V (vHostServ) - You can communicate with them by using server-shortcuts such as /cs command options (for X) or /ns command options (for N) /ms command options (for M) and /hs command options (for V) -OR- Private Message the Bots directly with /msg Bot@IRC4Fun.Services COMMAND OPTIONS

Now, let’s discuss the Bright sides of the Upgrade: All registered channels will be maintained and served by X.  X will maintain all aspects of your Channel, from channel-settings to access/ban lists. W has retired and is no longer an active CService Bot.

Access Flags have been introduced and are listed below!  (Of course if you are more comfortable with VOP, AOP, SOP; you can use those levels too!)

• +v – Enables use of the voice/devoice commands.
• +V – Enables automatic voice.
• +o – Enables use of the op/deop commands.
• +O – Enables automatic op.
• +s – Enables use of the set command.
• +i – Enables use of the invite and getkey commands.
• +r – Enables use of the kick, kickban, ban and unban commands.
• +R – Enables use of the recover and clear commands.
• +f – Enables modification of channel access lists.
• +t – Enables use of the topic and topicappend commands.
• +A – Enables viewing of channel access lists.
• +F – Grants full founder access.
• +b – Enables automatic kickban.

The special permission +* adds all permissions except +b and +F.   The special permission -* removes all permissions including +b and +F.

As always, if you need any Help or have Questions; please connect to IRC4Fun and ask in #Help or use our contact us link.

We completed a Services Upgrade without any hitches on Friday, July 9th, 2010.  Read more to see more information about the Upgrade.

Services have undergone a few changes and upgrades. Let’s start with the change-log information:

Good News IRC4Fun’ers!

Channels and Nicknames will now expire after 90 days of no use. Previously, Channels and Nicknames would expire after 30 days of no use.

We hope this will better serve our network users!

Services underwent some upgrades last night adding new commands (features) for users & IRC Operators!

Below is a detailed list of the upgrade:

Added: (New Commands/Features)

NickServ
• SIDENTIFY - New command added (SIDENTIFY) which allows users (when their registered nickname is taken by another user) to issue SIDENTIFY to forcibly give them their nickname back and IDENTIFY them to Services automatically. The user that took the registered nickname will be disconnected (killed).
• N REPORT – New N (NickServ) statistical report is kept and dynamically updated for IRC Operators to view through Uworld. (See Uworld’s new INFO NICKSERV command. *This report is only available to IRC Operators.)

ChanServ
• COUNT – New command added (COUNT) which allows users (like the DALnet command) to see statistical information about how many vOp’s/hOp’s/aOp’s/sOp’s/AKICKs/BadWords/Users their channel has.
• Count REPORT – New C (ChanServ) statistical report is kept and dynamically updated for channel users to view through ChanServ. (See ChanServ’s new COUNT #CHANNEL command. *This report is only available to channel users with at least aOp access and higher.)
• C REPORT – New C (ChanServ) statistical report is kept and dynamically updated for IRC Operators to view through Uworld. (See Uworld’s new INFO CHANSERV command. *This report is only available to IRC Operators.)
• MIGRATE – New command added (MIGRATE) which allows Channel Founders to copy over all channel settings and users to another channel that they are also a Founder of. (*This command will not copy channel passwords for security purposes.)

Uworld
• INFO – New command added (INFO) which allows IRC Operators to see statistical information related to either C or N. Report includes Forbidden nicks/chans, Suspended nicks/chans, Registered nicks/chans, Non-Expiring nicks/chans, Private nicks/chans as well as unconfirmed nicknames. (SYNTAX: /os INFO NICKSERV or /os INFO CHANSERV)
• CLIENT – New command added (CLIENT) which allows Services Administrators to create pseudo-clients and then manipulate them respectively. *This command is only available to IRC Operators>Services Administrators.)

Removed: (Obsolete/Removed Commands)

• No removed commands or features during this upgrade.

If you experience any difficulties with the new commands/features – please let us know in either #Help or by sending a Memo to STAFF via MemoServ.

Today IRC4Fun changed the Channel Expirations time in C to match N‘s nickname expiration time. Channels and Nicknames will both now expire after no use for 30 days. The previous limit was 28 days of non-activity before expiration. This limit change was to balance consistancy and be more clear to users.

Remember: If you are going to be gone for 30 days or longer; please ask for assistance in #Help to prevent your nickname and/or channel from expiring.

IRC4Fun users can now create links to the IRC4Fun webchat for their channels from their Webpages, MySpace/Facebook accounts, etc!

To create a link to the IRC4Fun WebChat for your channel; simply visit http://irc4fun.net/guides/making_webchat.php and follow the instructions. If you need Help; simply /join #Help.

*NOTE: Channel Founders should ensure that they have registered their channels with C (ChanServ) before posting links to their WebChat channel publicly so that other users cannot take control of the channel.