Community & Chat

Click Community in the navbar. If you are not logged in, you will land on the community welcome page — log in or register to continue. Once inside the community hub, select Community Chat from the left sidebar.

Yes. You must be logged in to send messages in the community chat. Reading the chat history does not require a login, but posting does.

1. 1Go to Community → Direct Messages from the left sidebar.
2. 2Click New message and search for the user by username.
3. 3Select the user and start typing.

You can also open a DM conversation from a user's public profile or from a marketplace listing by clicking their username.

Go to Community → Direct Messages. The left panel lists all your conversations sorted by most recent message. Click any conversation to open the full message history. Unread conversations are highlighted and show an unread count badge.

Console Notebook uses WebSocket (Socket.IO) to deliver notifications instantly without needing to refresh the page. You receive a real-time notification when:

1. •Someone sends you a friend request or accepts yours.
2. •Someone sends you a direct message.
3. •The support team replies to your repair request.

A red badge with the unread count appears on the bell icon in the community sidebar. Click it to open the notifications panel.

Open the notifications panel (bell icon in the community sidebar) and click Mark all as read. All unread notifications are cleared at once. You can also mark individual notifications as read by clicking them.