Chat platform

This page are graphical versions of the instructions on the registering to the chat platform page.

Please read that page first for more information.

Sign up

Create an account

1. Go to https://chat.archaeo.social/#/welcome in your web browser to create an account and follow the instructions

   • ⚠️ make sure the server is set to ‘archaeo.social’ (URL: https://matrix.archaeo.social) and NOT just the default ‘matrix.org’

   

2. Fill in the username and password details as necessary

   

3. Check your email account to confirm the account
   • The confirmation email might take up to 10m to arrive in your mail post
   • Don’t forget to check your spam folder!
4. Confirm your password as instructed in the email

5. Skip the onboarding survey

   

6. You should then see the initial chat page of the archaeo.social workspace!
   • Note that this is not yet the ISBA space but the common space of the archaeo.social collective!
   • Feel free to go through the onboarding steps (e.g. turn on notifications)

7. To join the ISBA space: in the search bar at the top,

   

8. Search for #isba:archaeo.social

   • If this does not work, go to the following link in your web browser https://matrix.to/#/#isba:archaeo.social and open the redirect in your Element client/app

   

9. Once you’re in the ISBA space, should see at least two public ‘rooms’ (a.k.a. channels) - General and Random.

   

10. Go to to the room ‘Introductions’

    • If you don’t see the ‘Introduction’ room in your side bar, press the + symbol next to the ‘Room’ section of the side bar

    • Press ‘Explore rooms’

      

    • Press the ‘Join’ button that will appear next to the ‘Introdutions’ room (in this case I’ve already joined)

      

11. Introduce yourself!

Verification

First step: encryption

1. Open the personal settings menu (click on your face/profile picture in the top left)

   

2. Go to the ‘Security and Privacy’ section

3. In the menu, under Encryption, and Secure Backup, press ‘Set up’

   

4. Select either generate a security key (similar to Two-factor authentication backup OTP codes), or enter a security phrase (like a second password)

   • Even if you use a security phrase, you will get a security key (in case you forget your phrase)

   • You’ll then be asked to confirm your password (not phrase or key!)

     

5. Insert your security phrase

   

6. Confirm your security phrase

   

7. Save the security key somewhere safe (e.g. print it off and store somewhere secure!)

   

8. Press done to complete the process

   

Second step: Cross-sign

1. If not already in a session, log into the first session (e.g., in the web-browser client as at the end of the procedure for ‘sign up’)

2. Make sure cross-signing is available

   • Go to personal settings menu (click on your face/profile picture in the top left)

     

   • Navigate to Security and Privacy > Cross-signing

     

   • Make sure it says ‘Cross-signing is ready for use’ (if it does not say this, check the encryption step above)

3. Log into the second session on a different client with your account and password (e.g., the Element mobile app, see all options above)

4. After logging in you will be prompted to ‘verify with another device’

   • This may come up as notification or a banner at the top of the session

     

5. Press the ‘verify’ button, and follow the instructions

6. Go to your other device, and you should have a notification to ‘verify session’

   

7. Press ‘verify’

8. Follow the instructions to either cross-compare an emoji combination displayed on both sessions, or scan a QR code (in this case, I only had one option)

   

9. Press verify on both sessions when you see the shield. You should then be done