Getting started
After signing in, the main chat screen gives you access to the current room, room discovery, people, direct messages, friends, saved activity and your profile/settings.
The current room and its conversation.
Browse or switch between public rooms.
Find users and open profiles or private conversations.
Open your private conversations and unread message list.
Rooms
Rooms are separate conversation spaces. The room card shows the room name, topic and current activity. Use Rooms to browse other spaces.
Room topics
Room topics describe the purpose of the current room. Moderators and higher roles can update a topic where permitted.
Room management
Creation, deletion and administrative changes are available only to roles with room-management permission. The Main room is protected from ordinary deletion.
Direct messages
Direct messages are visible only to the sender and recipient. Open them from Direct Messages, a profile, or a private-message action.
Unread messages
When a private message arrives, VOXGAB marks Direct Messages and can play the private-message sound when sound is enabled. Opening the conversation marks unread messages as seen.
Ignoring unwanted messages
Ignoring a user blocks their private-message attempts according to the platform rules. Repeated unwanted attempts may also be visible to the security system.
Profile & friends
Your profile contains your display identity, avatar and profile information. Use Edit Profile or Settings to update allowed information.
Avatars
VOXGAB validates avatar/image uploads before accepting them. Replacing an avatar replaces the previous stored avatar for that account.
Friends
Friend controls make it easier to find people you know and start conversations. Friendship does not bypass privacy, ignore or moderation rules.
Links & media
Where links are enabled, VOXGAB can turn supported links into clickable or embedded media. Images, video and supported social embeds use their own presentation in chat.
Protected uploaded media is served through VOXGAB access checks. Unauthorized users receive an access-denied response instead of the file.
Message formatting
VOXGAB supports the classic formatting tags used by the chat engine:
[b]text[/b]
[i]text[/i]
[u]text[/u]
Use the emoticon picker where available.
Safety & privacy
VOXGAB uses access controls, flood protection, moderation tools and security telemetry to protect conversations and the platform.
Flood and spam protection
Sending messages too quickly, repeating content, excessive links or repeated unwanted private messages can trigger behavioral protection.
Reporting and moderation
Use Report / Help and moderation controls when a conversation needs staff attention. Actions depend on the acting user’s role.
Security scoring
Normal activity does not increase behavioral risk. The security engine targets genuine suspicious behavior while ordinary background activity is kept separate.
Roles and permissions
Standard platform access according to room and account settings.
May receive additional product features, while remaining subject to all platform and security rules.
Can perform allowed moderation actions such as mute or kick.
Broader moderation and administration permissions. Security telemetry remains active.
Highest platform authority and protected control-plane access. Security telemetry remains visible, but the engine does not throttle the Owner.
Chat commands
Commands are typed directly into the chat input. Higher roles can use commands granted to their role and lower roles.
User commands
| /me | Send an action-style message. |
| /msg USER MESSAGE | Send a private message to a valid username from the main chat. |
| /seen USER | Show when a valid user was last seen. |
| /away | Set your account status to away until you become active again. |
| /manual | Open this help guide. |
Moderator commands
| /clear | Clear current room history where permitted. |
| /kick USER | Remove a user and require them to reconnect. |
| /mute USER | Prevent a user from writing while keeping them connected. |
| /unmute USER | Restore writing access according to moderation permissions. |
| /topic TEXT | Change the current room topic. |
Administrator commands
| /ban USER | Ban a user where the administrator has permission. |
| /rename NAME | Rename the current room where allowed. |
| /global TEXT | Send an administrative message to all rooms. |
| /setmod USER | Grant Moderator rank when authorized. |
Super Admin / Owner
| /setadmin USER | Grant Admin rank to a user. |
Settings
Settings control your account experience and the features available to your role. Depending on permissions, they can include profile, sound, chat behavior, rooms, moderation, upload limits and administration.
Sound
Notification sound can be enabled or disabled independently of the optional music player.
Music player
The optional chat music player is separate. When disabled, its player script is not intended to run.
Troubleshooting
Refresh the conversation list and confirm the sender is not ignored.
Check your VOXGAB sound setting and the browser audio permissions.
Reload the page so the browser fetches current CSS and JavaScript.
The feature may depend on your role, account status or an administrator setting.