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URL | N/A |
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Description | Primary real-time communications for TEST |
Creator/Maintainer(s) | Aevum Decessus |
TEST Sysadmins | |
Other IT Services | Link |
Jabber (or XMPP) is an open-source instant-messaging platform built on wads and wads of XML. Currently it's used as the backend for Google Talk and Facebook Chat.
Jabber allows for instant messaging, file transfer, multiuser chatrooms (like IRC), voice chat (Google Talk/Jingle), and transport gateways that allow access to other networks and services. As Jabber is an open XML-based protocol it allows for even more varied use, such as shared whiteboarding and other funky tools. O'Reilly did a good piece on what you can do with Jabber/XMPP.
As part of the fast moving nature in EVE, things can happen in minutes, Jabber allows us to do easy out-of-game fleet broadcasts and is key in informing our membership when something important is going down, even if they are out of game. In addition it is our primary out of game chat room and is one of the easiest ways to get a hold of people outside of EVE. Most significantly, when you send someone a personal message or type their name in a chat channel, it pings them with a sound. This is useful for getting the attention of older players who spend a lot of time at their computers not playing EVE. We also have the deedeereddit channel set up on jabber where newbies can go and have all of your amazing questions answered.
As stated above, Jabber allows for more interesting applications than IRC, add in the instant messaging and global announcements and we've got a tool that will really help us. Being on Jabber is very important as it is a convenient way to stay in the loop with what is going on in game even while not playing. Many players use jabber as a supplement to reddit.com, thus decreasing their productivity to an even higher degree.
To get a Jabber account:
Once done you will see your full Jabber ID (JID) in the Service Accounts list. Now you can use it to setup your client.
Auth probably hasn't read your API key yet, or assigned the correct permissions. To fix this you may need to refresh your API Key.
Depending on which jabber client you are using you will have a different setup process but the general information you need to enter is as follows:
Username | <your auth username>@pleaseignore.com |
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Password | Jabber password you set up earlier |
For other allies:
Username | <your auth username>@allies.pleaseignore.com |
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Password | Jabber password you set up earlier |
You may receive a warning about an invalid or self-signed certificate when connecting to the Jabber server . It is usually OK to accept this and set your client to remember your choice, but just to be certain, the proper fingerprint is the following:
Common Name | *.pleaseignore.com |
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Fingerprint (SHA1) | 2D:A5:9C:59:73:0F:47:93:E8:9E:30:93:3F:90:36:E0:9C:2E:8E:3C |
Activation Date | Sat Oct 25 16:59:47 2014 |
Expiration Date | Mon Dec 26 15:05:15 2016 |
Numerous Jabber clients are available for lots of platforms.
Pidgin and Adium are the most popular jabber platform used in TEST but you are free to pick whichever one works best for you.
Jabber supports multi-user chat rooms which are called 'conferences', Test uses these chatrooms to communicate more than they use in-game chat channels, so setting them up is important.
Conference | Description |
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general | TEST Alliance General discussion |
it-office | Direct line to the IT Team incase of problems with TEST services |
deedeereddit | Newbie help channel, Also Test_free channel |
dredditgeneral | Dreddit corporate discussion channel |
hr-office | Dreddit HR channel |
diplo-office | TEST Diplomats channel |
wiki | Wiki Team channel, ask wiki questions here |
Newbies: The first channel you should join is Deedeereddit. If you manage to get into the Deedeereddit chat, that's a great place to get any information you need about setting up any other part of jabber or other Test services. This channel functions the same as the in-game channel of the same name, and the same rules apply to both.
If you are not in Dreddit, your corporation will probably have its own chat channel on jabber too.
Want to find someone specific to talk to? Don't see them in general chat? Maybe you should just add them to your roster and send them a direct message.
While you are connected to TEST Jabber you will receive broadcasts relevant to you.
The standard TESTie will get broadcasts for fleets and random things. You will probably get broadcasts in Pidgin in two seperate tabs in the conversation window, to combine them into one tab see. Grouping Broadcasts
If you are interested in getting broadcasts while on the go, check out the official Test Android App, or other mobile clients here.
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Emote packs let you use things like :sun: on Jabber like you can here:
Up-to-date versions of Berachs Emote Pack are available here for multiple clients. Currently supported clients:
Contact Kline Eto if you have a client you'd like a pack for.
If Pidgin does not animate GIFs at the proper speed, you need to update the GTK that is installed within Pidgin.
Download this version of GTK, then extract the contents on top of the GTK installed in your Pidgin install directory (default location is %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Pidgin\gtk or %ProgramFiles%\Pidgin\gtk). You must extract over the current GTK because if you remove and replace GTK, you will be missing some key DLL files that are required for Pidgin to function.
Up-to-date Adium pack, built from Berach's
Legacy:
Up-to-date Psi pack, built from Berach's
Legacy:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Psi\iconsets\emoticons
or the equivalent depending on your OS/installation. On a Mac you will have to find Psi.app (usually in your Applications folder), right click on it and select Show Package Content. Go to \Contents\Resources\iconsets\emoticons
and extract the folder(s) there.Also, since having 10 chat windows open is so 1998. The “Chat” section has a “Use tabbed mode” option..
Download the SAGF emoticon pack for Miranda IM (up to date as of Summer 2012) and extract it in “miranda-im\smileys\” folder. Then select smileys in Customize→Smileys.
Note that you should have the SmileyAdd plugin installed
This pack is based on the smiley pack for the https://wiki.goonfleet.com/Jabber#Pidgin Pidgin.
Files:
Installation Instructions
<Trillian>\stixe\plugins
folder (Usually C:\Program Files\Trillian\stixe\plugins
)Hamachi's IPv4 network currently uses 5.0.0.0/8 network which is the same range as the new jabber server.
Solutions:
Refresh your API Key in Auth. Also reset your jabber service on your Auth profile page.
Set the connect server to jabber.pleaseignore.com. For Pidgin that's account settings → advanced tab → connect server. If you still can't connect please contact your ISP.