Introduction

The ICQ Greeting Card plugin enables you to make and send creative greetings for every occasion. Making ICQ Greeting Cards is simple and fun to use—the virtual alternative to expensive paper cards and postage stamps, and to a sometimes unreliable and slow mail delivery system. You no longer have to remember special occasions weeks in advance, you can now prepare and send greetings instantly.

See: Greeting Cards—Sending

See: Greeting Cards—Receiving

See: Greeting Card Plugin—Configuring Preferences

This Help File including Help Cards is provided as a convenience only (See Welcome to ICQ version 2000a) and is subject to the provisions of the ICQ Terms of Service.

Copyright © 1996-2000 ICQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Greeting Card Plugin - Configuring Preferences

Configuring Greeting Card Plugin Preferences

You may add a new plugin or configure the settings of the Greeting Card Plugin from the ICQ button in your ICQ Window. You may also add a disabled or removed Greeting Card Plugin.

To set your preferences for the Greeting Card plugin:

1.	Click on the ICQ button in your ICQ Window.

2.	Select Preferences to display the Owner Preferences For: [User] dialog.

3.	Select Greeting Card to configure your settings.

4.	Choose from the following options.

•	Check the Play Sound box if you wish to set ICQ to play a sound every time you receive a Greeting Card.

•	Click on the Play [image] button to hear the sound that will play. Click on the [image] button to select a sound from another directory.

•	Select the Set ICQ to display a response dialog radio · button to set ICQ to display a response dialog every time you receive a Greeting Card.

•	Select Greeting Card and click on the Remove button to disable the Greeting Card plugin. Click on the Restore button to restore a disabled Greeting Card plugin.

To add a removed Greeting Card Plugin:

1.	Click on the ICQ button in your ICQ Window.

2.	Select Preferences to display the Owner Preferences For: [User] dialog.

3.	Select Greeting Card.

4.	Click on the Add button.

Tip: You may need to go offline and then online again in order to activate the change.

To reactivate a disabled Greeting Card plugin:

1.	Click on the ICQ button in your ICQ Window.

2.	Select Preferences to display the Owner Preferences For: [User] dialog.

3.	Select Greeting Card.

4.	Click on the Restore button.

Tip: You may need to go offline and then online again in order to activate the change.

To remove the Greeting Card plugin:

1.	Click on the ICQ button in your ICQ Window.

2.	Select Preferences to display the Owner Preferences For: [User] dialog.

3.	Select Greeting Card.

4.	Click on the Remove button.

Tip: You may need to go offline and then online again in order to activate the change.

Caution! By downloading, installing, activating or using any software component for ICQ (“ICQ Plugin”) developed or provided by third parties, you may be subject to various immediate and long-term risks and may cause extreme damage to your system. To review the list of ICQ Plugins developed by ICQ Inc., please refer to the ICQ Plugins Center available at http://www.icq.com/plugins.

See: Greeting Cards—Sending

See: Greeting Cards—Receiving

This Help File including Help Cards is provided as a convenience only (See Welcome to ICQ version 2000a) and is subject to the provisions of the ICQ Terms of Service.

Copyright © 1996-2000 ICQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Greeting Cards-Sending

Sending Greeting Cards to ICQ Users

Sending ICQ Greeting Cards to other ICQ users is easy and convenient. Creating a card begins by choosing a user directly from your Contact List, and is as simple as sending a message. If a user on your Contact List entered his or her date of birth upon registration, ICQ automatically reminds you two days before his or her birthday, and again on the day of his or her birthday by displaying a balloon [image] icon next to the user’s name on your Contact List. You no longer will forget to send a card on time—ICQ Greeting Cards arrive just moments after you’ve sent them.

Sending Ready-made Cards to ICQ Users

ICQ provides you with a wide variety of ready-made designs for greetings, allowing you to choose a design quickly and send an appropriate and attractive greeting.

To design and send a ready-made greeting card to an ICQ user:

1.	Click on the name of a user on your Contact List to whom you wish to send a Greeting Card to display the pop-up menu of options.

2.	Select Greeting Card under the Plugins for ICQ heading to display the Send Online Greeting Card dialog.  (If you send an invitation to a user who is offline, the Send Offline Greeting Card dialog appears.).

3.	Select the Pick out a card from the ready-made collection provided radio · button.

4.	Select an occasion or theme from the list under the heading Select a theme from list.

5.	Select a more specific occasion or theme from the list under the heading Select a card title.

6.	Click Next.

7.	Enter text in Title field if you wish to give your card a title different from the default one displayed.

8.	Enter the name of the person to whom you’re sending the greeting in the Receiver field, if you wish the name to appear differently than it does on your Contact List.

9.	Enter a personal greeting in the Message field.

10.	Enter your name in the Sender field if you wish to change the name that appears as the default.

11.	Click Next.

12.	Click on the Preview The Card On Your Browser button to see a full preview of the Greeting Card that the recipient will receive. Close or minimize your browser to return to the Send Online/Offline Greeting Card dialog. Click on the Back button if you want to change the design of your card.

13.	Click on the Send button to send your Greeting Card or click the Cancel button to cancel sending your Greeting Card.

To send an American Greetings Card:

1.	Click on the user’s name on your Contact List to whom you wish to send an American Greetings Card.

2.	Select Greeting Card to display the Send Online Greeting Card dialog (or the Send Offline Greeting Card dialog).

3.	Click on the American Greetings button to open the American Greetings Web site via your Web browser.

Creating Your Own Cards and Sending Them to ICQ Users

You also have the option to design your own cards to send to ICQ users using the online ICQ Greetings Gallery or the online American Greetings Gallery.

To create your own card and send it to an ICQ user:

1.	Click on the user’s name on your Contact List to whom you wish to send a Greeting Card

2.	Select Greeting Card to display the Send Online Greeting Card dialog (or the Send Offline Greeting Card dialog).

3.	Select the Create Your Own Card radio · button.

4.	Read the message from ICQ explaining that you will create the card by going to the ICQ Greetings Gallery via your browser, and click on the OK if you wish to proceed.

5.	Click on the Click to Create button to go to the ICQ Greetings Gallery.

6.	In the ICQ Greetings Gallery, select the colors.

7.	Click on the radio buttons next to the fonts you would like for the Title Font and Message Font.

8.	Check the Preview box next to Card Border. Browse and select a border from the pull-down menu.

9.	Check the Preview box next to Image. Browse and select an image from the pull-down menu.

10.	Click on the Preview Your Card Design button to see your card. Read the Security Alert dialog and click Yes if you wish to proceed.

11.	If you want to change the design of your card, click on the Back to Card Generator button. If you are satisfied with the design, click on the Save Design button. Read the Security Alert dialog and click Yes if you wish to proceed.

12.	Note the Design Number of your card and close or minimize your browser to return to the Online/Offline Greeting Card dialog.

13.	Enter your card’s design number in the Design Number field and click Next.

14.	Enter a title for your greeting in the Title field.

15.	Enter the name of the person to whom you’d like to send the greeting in the Receiver field if you want to change the name that appears.

16.	Enter a message for the main body of your Greeting Card in the Message field.

17.	Click Next to see the text you’ve just entered. Click Back if you wish to edit the text.

18.	Click Preview The Card On Your Browser to view your finished card (text and graphics). Close or minimize your browser to return to the Send Online/Offline Greeting Card dialog.

19.	Click Send to send the card or click Cancel to cancel sending the card.

See: Greeting Cards—Receiving

See: Greeting Card Plugin—Configuring Preferences

This Help File including Help Cards is provided as a convenience only (See Welcome to ICQ version 2000a) and is subject to the provisions of the ICQ Terms of Service.

Copyright © 1996-2000 ICQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Greeting Cards-Receiving

Receiving Greeting Cards

When you receive an ICQ Greeting Card it will either arrive directly to your ICQ Window or to your e-mail address. If it arrives to your e-mail, it will come as a link to a URL and you must go to the site using your Internet browser. If the card was sent to you through ICQ, you will be notified by a flashing Greeting Card [image] icon next to the sender’s name on your Contact List and in your desktop tray.

To receive an ICQ Greeting Card:

1.	Double-click on the flashing Greeting Card [image] icon next to the sender’s name on your Contact List or in your desktop tray. Or, click on the sender’s name on your Contact List and select Receive.

2.	Click on the Click here to see the card on your Web browser button to view your card. Choose from the following options on the Web site.

•	Click on the Reply with an ICQ Greeting button to send a Greeting Card back to the sender. Follow the instructions on the site.

•	Click on the Send an ICQ Greeting button to send a Greeting Card to someone else. Follow the instructions on the site.

3.	Minimize or close your browser and choose from the following options.

•	Click on the Reply button to choose an event from the pull-down menu and send it to the sender.

•	Click on the Preferences button to be led to the Plugins tab of the Alert/Accept dialog to change your Greeting Card preferences for the sender. Refer to Plugins Tab of Alert/Accept Modes for more information.

4.	Click on the Close button to exit the Incoming Greeting Card dialog.

See: Greeting Card Plugin—Configuring Preferences

See: Greeting Cards—Sending

This Help File including Help Cards is provided as a convenience only (See Welcome to ICQ version 2000a) and is subject to the provisions of the ICQ Terms of Service.

Copyright © 1996-2000 ICQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.