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+ | ====== Matrix ====== | ||
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===== What is it? ===== | ===== What is it? ===== | ||
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Matrix is in active development and items and names of components may change over time, for progress reports you can view their [[https:// | Matrix is in active development and items and names of components may change over time, for progress reports you can view their [[https:// | ||
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* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
- | * There are multiple other clients available but Element is the most feature-rich due to it being from the same team as Matrix, You can view a list of them [[https:// | + | * There are multiple other clients available but Element is the most feature-rich due to it being from the same team as Matrix. You can view a list of the other clients |
===== First Login With Element ===== | ===== First Login With Element ===== | ||
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By default you are seeing all rooms listed on AfterNET' | By default you are seeing all rooms listed on AfterNET' | ||
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+ | ==== Create A Room ==== | ||
+ | Creating a room is pretty straightforward. You can do this from two locations, the Room Explorer (public assumed) and the + (private assumed) next to Rooms on the left-hand side. | ||
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+ | If you create a room from the Room Explorer the following screen appears as it will assume its a public room, it allows you to set the room name, the topic, whether it will show in the explorer or not, the room address / alias, and under Advanced whether or not you want users from servers other than afternet.org to be able to join (this can only be enabled, not disabled) | ||
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+ | If you use the + to create a new room it will assume you are attempting to make a private room so the following screen will appear. In addition to making it public or blocking remote homeserver users it will also default to enabling encryption on the room. Encryption and remote homeserver are one-time options and cannot be changed after they are set. | ||
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==== Room and Account Names ==== | ==== Room and Account Names ==== | ||
- | * Matrix rooms utilize the following format, also called an alias: # | + | * Matrix rooms utilize the following format, also called an alias: # |
* Matrix accounts utilize the following format: @account: | * Matrix accounts utilize the following format: @account: | ||
- | * AfterNET IRC bridged rooms utilize the following format: | + | * AfterNET IRC bridged rooms utilize the following format: # |
* Other bridged networks and their room formats are available [[https:// | * Other bridged networks and their room formats are available [[https:// | ||
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When you create a room you are by default a room Administrator but do **be careful** when changing power levels especially on yourself. If you were to lower yourself from 100 to anything less you cannot get 100 again and AfterNET staff will not be able to do so for you as well due to the federated nature of Matrix. You will need someone else in the room who is an Administrator to set you back to 100. | When you create a room you are by default a room Administrator but do **be careful** when changing power levels especially on yourself. If you were to lower yourself from 100 to anything less you cannot get 100 again and AfterNET staff will not be able to do so for you as well due to the federated nature of Matrix. You will need someone else in the room who is an Administrator to set you back to 100. | ||
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+ | The IRC bridge on AfterNET is currently setup so that +o - 100, +h - 50 and +v - 1. If you are concerned about unauthorized users gaining +o and being able to wreck the matrix room note that the bridge does not allow room setting changes over the bridge aside from the room topic. | ||
In order to modify a room's setting, in Element, click on the gear icon in the top right {{:: | In order to modify a room's setting, in Element, click on the gear icon in the top right {{:: | ||
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* /unban < | * /unban < | ||
* /topic <topic - Sets the room's topic | * /topic <topic - Sets the room's topic | ||
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+ | ==== Your User Settings (Element Client) ==== | ||
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+ | === General === | ||
+ | In this tab you can change your display name (by default your full account name is used), your avatar, change your password, attach an email / or phone number to your account so other users can use that to search for you in addition to your account or display name. | ||
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+ | Also in this tab you can set your language and region, for advanced users specify your identity and integrations servers or you can deactivate your account. Note that deactivating your account will render it no longer usable on the AfterNET homeserver. | ||
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+ | {{:: | ||
+ | === Appearance === | ||
+ | This tab allows you to customize the look of Element. | ||
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+ | === Security & Privacy === | ||
+ | This tab shows you a number of security related items including: | ||
+ | * All currently logged in sessions with the ability to close them out (requires your password). | ||
+ | * Allows you to establish key backups. This is required if you want to view old encrypted messages. | ||
+ | * Setup and reset cross-signing between devices. | ||
+ | * Allows you to import and export your keys. This is required if you want to view old encrypted messages. | ||
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+ | === Help & About === | ||
+ | This tab has a core button that you may need to use if Element glitches and that is the Clear cache and reload button. This does not affect your keys or your key backups. | ||
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+ | This tab also shows you the current version of Element as what as what servers are in use. | ||
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+ | === Flair, Preferences and Voice & Video === | ||
+ | * Flair is for Matrix communities and allows you to display the icon for it if a room is configured to show it. Presently communities is not very usable, however the Matrix team has stated a rebuild in forthcoming to make it more usable. | ||
+ | * Preferences is just generic settings for Element | ||
+ | * Voice & Video configures the VoIP aspect of Element as Matrix is able to handle voice and video calls. Calls are made through Jitsi. | ||
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+ | ===== Bridges ===== | ||
+ | ==== Things To Know Going In ==== | ||
+ | * The IRC bridges are managed by the homeserver operator they are attached to, ie: AfterNET manages the bridge to the AfterNET IRC network and matrix.org manages the bridge to the Freenode IRC network. | ||
+ | * Nothing is perfect and this is no different. The bridge may from time to time exhibit odd behaviors such as communication going only one way, that is to say a user may send a message to a bridge room from the Matrix side but it wont make it to the IRC side or vice versa. This is a known issue with the bridging software. | ||
+ | * **Lag exists.** Due to the way the homeserver and bridge service communicate it can take a little time for messages to process, it has been observed that this can take up to five minutes. This is likely due to a limitation in both the homeserver and the bridge software. //This is becoming less of an issue.// | ||
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+ | ==== @appservice-irc: | ||
+ | This is the virtual control user the bridge uses to communicate with you and you with it. When you join a room that is bridged to a IRC room the bridge will make a virtual user with your name and connect it to the network. Once this is done in addition to joining the IRC room you will receive an invite from this user, accept it so you can control your IRC side. Once you accept the invite it will put you in a room named AfterNET IRC Bridge status for the AfterNET bridge. | ||
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+ | Once in the control room you will receive status messages from the appservice user such as connection state. You can also issue commands from this room, type !help in the room to see a list of what you can do. | ||
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+ | **For AfterNET bridge users that are logged into the AfterNET homeserver** you'll notice one of the commands is the !storepass for authenticating to a IRC network' | ||
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+ | ==== Bridge Rooms ==== | ||
+ | As stated earlier, the name format for bridged rooms on AfterNET IRC is # | ||
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+ | Rooms not listed in the Room Explorer can be joined by doing /join # |