DotBlu IM

Welcome to the DotBlu IM support page on the Meebo Wiki. If you have a question about DotBlu IM that we haven't addressed here, please let us know by sending an email to support@meebo.com

DotBlu IM is an IM network for DotBlu users that is powered by Meebo! Chat with your friends through the IM bar at the bottom of the DotBlu site.

Chat on Meebo and your DotBlu friends will appear on your buddy list just like your other chat buddies do (i.e. Yahoo, MSN, AIM, etc.). To access your DotBlu account through Meebo simply add your DotBlu login information to your Meebo network accounts page.

If you don't have a Meebo account. It's pretty quick and painless to create one. We have all the steps tocreate a Meebo account linked and ready to go.

To add your DotBlu account to Meebo

1. Log in to Meebo.com
2. Select the “account” link at the top of the page
3. Enter your DotBlu login information
4. Select save

Login to your DotBlu account at DotBlu.com and add friends just as you normally do from their profile pages. They will be automatically added to the friend list in the IM Bar, and also when you log in through Meebo.

Login to your DotBlu account and go to your friends list and select remove. They will be automatically removed from your DotBlu friend list in the IM Bar, and also when you login through Meebo.

You shouldn't have to refresh it at all! But if you need to, just minimize the buddy list to refresh it!

Simply click the drop down arrow next to your user name and choose away or busy.

After you have selected your status, you can choose to leave a personal message to go along with that by entering text in the field right below your user name where it says “type a status message here.”

Open up your DotBlu IM buddy list, Select the drop down arrow to the right of your user name, and choose sign off chat .

On the bottom right hand side of the page you'll see “You are offline. Sign on now. Click the box and you will be signed back in.

To block someone while logged into your DotBlu IM on DotBlu.com

1. Log into your DotBlu account
2. Open your DotBlu IM buddy list
3. Select the drop down arrow under your DotBlu IM icon in the DotBlu IM bar
4. Select “block

Note: You should not receive another message from the person you've block. The DotBlu IM username should remain blocked until you unblock them.

To report a user while on DotBlu.com

1. Log into your DotBlu account
2. Open your DotBlu IM buddy list
3. Select the drop down arrow under the persons DotBlu IM icon
4. Select report

The Meebo pop-out will allow you to interact with your DotBlu IM buddies in another browser.

You'll notice at the bottom left of your DotBlu IMbuddy list is a pop out Icon. When you click this icon a separate browser will open and take you to Meebo and automatically load your DotBlu IM buddy list.

Unfortunately, some of the things you can do in Meebo for other networks aren't yet supported for DotBlu IM.

• Renaming a user
• Dragging and dropping a friend to invite to a conference
• Starting a group chat
• Chat logs
• Invisibility

DotBlu IM should display and function properly with all browsers. Recently we've seen some issues with IE8 Beta. You'll have to make sure and click the Compatibility View button in the tool bar in order for the IM bar to display correctly.

If you are having an issue with DotBlu IM, please send an email to support@meebo.com. If you are having a DotBlu.com issue, please review their FAQ.