Pulver.Communicator Buddy Lists can be configured for maximum efficiency and effectiveness.  Also, the application offers a number of BL-specific features that can be of great benefit to users, including the ability to import the Buddy Lists of other subscribers.

Viewing Buddy Properties
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Information for each buddy on your Buddy List can be easily viewed using pulver.Communicator. 

  1. Highlight the contact on your Buddy List whose information you wish to view by clicking on their name one time.

  2. Invoke the View|Buddy Properties menu command, or invoke the View Buddy Properties command via the right-click menu.

    

The Buddy Properties dialog will display.

Six (6) information sections are offered via the Buddy Properties dialog:  Personal, Home, Work, Other, Image, and Ringtone.

Personal Offers the following information fields:  First name, Last name, E-mail, and Homepage.
Home Displays home contact information fields:  Phone, Cell, and Address.
Work Presents work contact information fields:  Company, Job Title, Address, Phone, FAX, and Homepage.
Other Shows fields for the Buddy's Gender and Age.
Image A configurable section that provides a means for putting an image (photo, graphical, etc.) to the selected Buddy.  Refer to Displaying Buddy Images.
Ringtone A configurable section that offers subscribers an opportunity to affix a custom ringtone to the selected Buddy.  Refer to Customizing Ring Tones.

  1. Click on a section name in the left-hand pane of the dialog to gain access to the Buddy information embedded therein.  

Note:  The bottom portion of the right-hand content section of the Buddy Properties dialog changes according to the selected information section, while the top portion -- the part displaying the ID and Display Name fields -- remains static throughout.

  1. Click OK to close the Buddy Properties dialog.

Renaming Buddies and Groups
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When adding contacts to your Buddy List one at a time, pulver.Communicator provides a means for giving the contact a Display Name (refer to Adding Buddies: Adding a Contact to the Buddy List).  When a Buddy List import is performed from another IM Network, however, the contacts are added to the pulver.Communicator Buddy List in IM Network/IM Network Name format (i.e., Yahoo/Charlie_Parker).  For this reason -- and because you may wish to rename a Buddy for any other reason at any time -- pulver.Communicator provides renaming functionality.

  1. Highlight the contact on your Buddy List whose display name you wish to change, or the Group that is to be renamed.

  2. Invoke the right-click menu Rename Buddy or Rename Group command, as appropriate.

 The selected display name will activate.

Note:  Another way to activate a display name is to click on it again once it has already been highlighted (not a double-click per se, but a click-and-then-another-click).

  1. Type the new display name into the activated field.

  2. Click the Enter key or move the cursor to any different location to deactivate the display name field and complete the renaming.

Note:  Display names can also be edited via the Buddy Properties dialog (refer to Viewing Buddy Properties).  The Display name field is present at the top of all information sections for the dialog, and it can be edited.  Any renaming performed via the Buddy Properties dialog will complete when the dialog is exited via the OK button.

Deleting Buddies and Groups
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Note:  Skype contacts, which are directly populated at login, cannot be permanently deleted via pulver.Communicator.  Users wishing to permanently delete a Skype contact from their Skype Buddies group must delete that contact using the Skype application.

  1. Highlight the contact on your Buddy List who is to be deleted, or the Group that is to be deleted.

  2. Invoke the right-click menu Delete Buddy or Delete Group command, as appropriate.

Note:  Another way to delete a contact or group is to highlight it and to subsequently press the Delete key.

A confirmation dialog will display.

  1. Click Yes to complete the deletion.

Note:  You can delete more than one contact or group at a time by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking the entities that are to be deleted.

Blocking/Unblocking Buddy List Contacts
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Pulver.Communicator offers users robust blocking functionality, with which users can easily block communications from individual Buddy List contacts, as well as defined groups of contacts.  Of course, restoring a blocked user is easily accomplished as well.

  1. Invoke the Tools|Manage Blocked Contacts command.

The Block List dialog will display.

  1. Configure the desired contact Block/Unblock action.

    Block an individual contact

    1. Select the Buddy List contact who is to be blocked from the Buddy List drop-list, or type the contact's information directly into the field.

    2. Click the Block button.  The selected contact will display in the Block List.

    Block a group of contacts

    1. Select any contact from the Buddy List drop-list to activate the Where the buddy id drop-list.  This drop-list offers bundling criteria that can be used for a group action.
    2. Determine the pertinent group action criteria from those offered in the Where the buddy id drop-list and set it accordingly.

    3. Click the Block button.  The criteria for the Block action will display in the Block List.

    Restore an individual contact or group

    1. Click once on the contact name or block criteria in the Block List.

    2. Click the Remove button under the Block List.

  1. Confirm the removal.  The selected contact is now restored and can once again communicate with you via pulver.Communicator

Allow an individual contact

  1. Select the Buddy List contact who is to be allowed from the Buddy List drop-list, or type the contact's information directly into the field.

  2. Click the Allow button.  The selected contact will display in the Allow List.

Allow a group of contacts

  1. Select any contact from the Buddy List drop-list to activate the Where the buddy id drop-list.  This drop-list offers bundling criteria that can be used for a group action.
  2. Determine the pertinent group action criteria from those offered in the Where the buddy id drop-list and set it accordingly.

  3. Click the Allow button.  The criteria for the Allow action will display in the Allow List.

Remove an individual contact or group from the Allow List

  1. Click once on the contact name or block criteria in the Allow List.

  2. Click the Remove button under the Allow List.

  1. Confirm the removal.

Moving Buddies between Groups
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  1. Click once on the contact to be moved and hold the button down.

  2. Drag the contact to the Group you want to assign it to and drop it on that Group's name.

Note:  As Skype contacts are directly populated into the Skype Buddies group at login (for users who opt to configure pulver.Communicator for that network) they cannot be moved to other groups on your Buddy List. 

Displaying Buddy Images
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Pulver.Communicator allows you to view an image for each of the contacts on your Buddy List, leaving you to decide whether to view the pulver.Communicator default image, an image provided to the system by your Buddy, or an image of your own selection.

  1. Invoke the View|Buddy Properties command, or invoke the Buddy Properties command via the right-click menu.

         

The Buddy Properties dialog will display.

  1. Click the Image link in the left-hand pane of the dialog to gain access to that information section.  The bottom right-hand content section of the dialog will change to display the Image section.

 

  1. Click Default to affix the Buddy Image that your Buddy has configured for their IM presence.

-- or --

Click Custom and then click the navigation button to its right. 

Use the ensuring Open dialog to navigate to the image you want to affix for your Buddy's IM presence.

Note:  Unless the Buddy Image has previously been set to the Custom options, it is not necessary to click Default.

  1. Click Apply to load the selected Buddy Image.  The graphic will display in the box provided.

  2. Click OK to close the Account Settings dialog.

Customizing Ring Tones
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With pulver.Communicator you can configure unique ring tones -- in .wav file format -- to individual telephone-enabled contacts on your Buddy List.

Note:  Calls from Skype contacts are routed through and controlled via the Skype application, and thus they will not display in pulver.Communicator or be subject to ring tone customization.

  1. Invoke the View|Buddy Properties command, or invoke the Buddy Properties command via the right-click menu.

         

The Buddy Properties dialog will display.

  1. Click the Ringtone link in the left-hand pane of the dialog to gain access to that information section.  The bottom right-hand content section of the dialog will change to display the Ringtone section.

 

  1. Click Custom and then click the navigation button to its right. 

Use the ensuring Open dialog to navigate to the .wav file you want to affix as your Buddy's ring tone.

-- or --

Click Default to attach the pulver.Communicator default Buddy Image.

Note:  Unless the ring tone has previously been customized, it is not necessary to click Default.

  1. Click the play button to listen to the set ring tone.

  1. When the ring tone is set correctly, click OK to close the Account Settings dialog.

Sharing Your Buddy List
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Pulver.com is all about networking people together from all over the world, and it is that goal which drove us to develop and integrate the Shared Buddy List feature into pulver.Communicator.  Via pulver.Communicator, users can import the Buddy List of any of their Buddies who are using the application, once those subscribers have set their system to allow such sharing (though, of course, individuals can set pulver.Communicator to disallow the sharing of their contact information).  Thus, pulver.Communicator is designed to act as a viral social networking tool.

  1. Invoke the File|Account Settings... command, or click the Account Settings button on the pulver.Communicator Toolbar.

         

The Account Settings dialog will display.

  1. Click the Share Settings link from the left-hand navigation menu.  The Account Settings dialog will present the Privacy content.

  1. Tick the Share my buddy list with others checkbox.
Note:  If you wish to share your own Free World Dialup information with others via shared Buddy Lists, tick the Include me in shared buddy lists checkbox.
  1. Click OK to exit the Account Setting dialog.