Participate
phpBB is all about creating communities, and similarly, phpBB Weekly is all about involving and responding to our community. While we appreciate it when you download and listen to our podcast (or even better, subscribe), we want you to become a part of the community and contribute to our show. Here’s how you can do just that.
Listen and Chat Live!
We stream our show live Saturdays at 1 PM EDT (1700 UTC) on the homepage of our website, but we also encourage you to participate in our chat room while the show is live. We pay close attention to the chat room during our shows and often respond to comments made in the chat room as well; it’s a great way to share your comments on what we’re talking about and (indirectly) be a part of the show.
To participate in the chat room, you must be a registered member of uStream and logged in, otherwise you can only access a read-only view of the chat room. If you are not registered, you can register quickly with any OpenID-supported account (including Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook, WordPress, etc.). Once you are logged in, you can participate in the chat room on phpBB Weekly’s site homepage (when the show is live) or anytime on our uStream channel.
Alternatively, you can connect to our uStream chat room via Internet Relay Chat (IRC). Here’s how to connect:
- Download and install an IRC client. For Mac, we recommend Linkinus or Colloquy; for Windows, we recommend mIRC or HydraIRC.
- Type “/server chat1.ustream.tv” (without quotes) to connect to the server.
- Type “/nick <username>:<password>” (without quotes, and substituting your uStream username and password) to login.
- Type “/join #phpbb-weekly” to join the chat room.
Discuss the Show on Our Forum
We really really like getting suggestions or feedback on our discussion forum. If you heard something on the show you found interesting, or want to offer comments, please head over to our forum and do so! Also keep an eye open for our Discussion of the Week, announced on each episode of phpBB Weekly and conducted on the forum. (A user account on StarTrekGuide is required to participate.)
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