User Manual

GridGather is a website at gridgather.net with in-world boards that bring it into your sims. It provides:

• •The Main Feed: posts, pictures and shout-outs from across the Hypergrid
• •Region pages: your sim gets a public profile, a photo feed, likes and live visitor counts
• •Venues: clubs, stages and stores with an event calendar and live attendance
• •Events and a calendar covering every grid
• •Collaborators: run a Region or Venue as a team without ever sharing a password
• •The Beacon (notifications) and GatherChat (live chat)
• •Friends, Following and private messages, with photos
• •360° snapshots and YouTube videos that play right in the Feed
• •In-world Gate boards and the Gather Event Broadcaster (GEB)
• •Calendar feeds, Hypergrid teleport links, and feeds for w4os and 2Do boards

All times on GridGather are shown in Grid Time (SLT): Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles), the standard for OpenSimulator events.

• •Region: a whole sim on the Hypergrid, listed so people can explore it
• •Venue: a place where events happen (a club, stage, store or theater), often on a single parcel
• •Gate board: the free in-world board that shows events and counts visitors
• •Venue key: the key that connects a Gate board to a Venue
• •GatherPoint / GatherPoint key: a board spot on a Region, and the key that connects a Gate board to it
• •Collaborator: someone you invite to help run your Region or Venue, using their own account
• •Beacon 🔆: your notification bell
• •Messages ✉️: the envelope next to the Beacon, for your private conversations
• •Moderator: a member of the GridGather team who looks after posts, comments and GatherChat
• •GEB: the Gather Event Broadcaster, a big board showing events from every grid
• •Hop URL: a HyperGrid teleport address (hop://grid:port/Region/x/y/z)

1. 1.Visit gridgather.net and click Sign Up Free
2. 2.Enter your display name, email address and a password (at least 8 characters)
3. 3.Confirm your email if asked, and you're in

Verified Neverworld Grid residents get the NWG plan: everything in Gold, free. Verify any time from Account Settings (see section 21). Already on a paid plan? Verifying never moves you down.

*Every 30 days, counted from the day your plan started. Recurring events count as one active event, and every plan can make them.

Click Log In and enter your email and password. Forgot your password? Use the reset link on the login page.

• •Usage meters: Regions, Venues and active events against your plan, plus shares, Featured Regions and Ad Credits left this cycle
• •Your plan badge and when your 30-day allowances next refill
• •My Venues and My Regions, including the ones you're a Collaborator on
• •My Events, with Edit buttons

Click your name in the top right for:

• •My Dashboard
• •My Profile
• •Friends
• •Messages
• •My Ads
• •My GEB Keys (Diamond)
• •My Regions
• •My Bookmarks
• •Account Settings
• •Block List
• •Moderation (Moderators) or Admin Panel (Admins)

1. 1.From your Dashboard, click + Add Venue
2. 2.Upload a venue photo (required; widescreen 16:9 works best)
3. 3.Enter the venue name and a description
4. 4.Enter your Grid Name (e.g. Neverworld Grid) and Grid URL (e.g. hg.neverworldgrid.com:8002)
5. 5.Enter the Region Name, and check the Hop URL (it fills in for you)
6. 6.Click Register Venue

1. 1.From your Dashboard, open the Venue
2. 2.Click the Details tab and change what you need
3. 3.Click Save Changes

1. 1.Open the Venue from your Dashboard
2. 2.Click the Settings tab and scroll to the Danger Zone
3. 3.Click Delete Venue and confirm

1. 1.From your Dashboard, click + Add Region
2. 2.Upload a region photo (a landscape shot, 16:9, works best)
3. 3.Enter the region name, grid, category and rating
4. 4.Enter the Hop URL
5. 5.Write a description: what makes it special?
6. 6.Click Add Region

Every Region has its own feed. You and your Collaborators post news, updates and pictures there, and the pictures build the Region's photo carousel automatically. Tick Share to Main Feed to put a post on the front page too (that uses one of the Owner's shares).

A GatherPoint is a spot on your Region with a Gate board. It reports how many people are on the sim, and its position becomes the landing spot for Hop links.

1. 1.Open the Region from your Dashboard and click the GatherPoints tab
2. 2.Click + Add GatherPoint and give it a label (e.g. Main Plaza)
3. 3.Copy its GatherPoint key
4. 4.Paste the key into a Gate board on the Region (section 7)

Silver, Gold, NWG and Diamond plans can feature Regions every 30 days. On your Region's dashboard page, click Feature itto put the Region on the gold Featured card at the top of the Main Feed for 30 days.

Open the Region from your Dashboard. The Details tab edits it; the Settings tab → Danger Zone deletes it.

Pick up the free starter package at the NWG Welcome Region or the NW Marketplace on Neverworld Grid. It includes the Gate board, the Gather Event Broadcaster (GEB) board and the GridGather Updater.

1. 1.Rez the board somewhere visible. On a Region, its spot becomes the landing point for Hop links
2. 2.Touch the board → Settings → Enter Key
3. 3.Paste your Venue key (at a Venue) or a GatherPoint key (on a Region) and submit
4. 4.Choose Count, Display and Teleport (below)
5. 5.The board shows ★ ONLINE and starts showing events

Visitors touch a row to get a map pin, or touch the base for a menu with a clickable Hop link, search and filters. Only the owner sees Settings.

1. 1.From your Dashboard, click Post New Event (or + Create Event on a Venue page)
2. 2.Upload your event flyer (required; no blank listings!)
3. 3.Enter the title and description, and pick a category
4. 4.Pick a Venue (yours, or one you're a Collaborator on) and the location fills in. Or type a location by hand
5. 5.Enter the date and time in SLT
6. 6.Click Publish Event

• •Your plan limits how many active (upcoming) events you can have at once
• •Past events don't count. Once an event is over, its slot frees up
• •A recurring event counts as one, however often it repeats
• •Events at your Venues use your plan, including events your Collaborators post there
• •At your limit, GridGather shows a pop-up explaining what your plan allows and how to upgrade

1. 1.Tick Recurring Event when creating the event
2. 2.Choose Daily, Weekly, Every 2 Weeks or Monthly
3. 3.Set the start date and time to the FIRST occurrence

A recurring event runs for 6 months. A week before it ends, your Beacon offers a one-click Renewfor 6 more. If it has already ended, renewing puts it back on the calendar as long as there's a free slot.

1. 1.Find the event under My Events on your Dashboard
2. 2.Click Edit, change what you need, and click Save Changes
3. 3.To delete, scroll to the bottom of the edit form and click Delete Event

• •Main Feed and GEB boards: events in the next 14 days
• •Gate boards: the Venue's next 9 events
• •Venue pages and the Calendar: events in the next 90 days, including every recurring date

1. 1.Open your Region or Venue from your Dashboard → Collaborators tab
2. 2.Start typing their avatar name and pick them from the list. They need a GridGather account, on any plan
3. 3.They get an invitation in their Beacon 🔆 and click Accept or Decline
4. 4.Once they accept, your Region or Venue appears for them whenever they post

• •On a Region: post to the Region's feed; their photos join the Region's carousel
• •On a Venue: post events, which show on the Venue page, its Gate board and the calendar. They use the Owner's event limit
• •Share to the Main Feed using the Owner's shares, at no cost to themselves

• •Your account, your password, your settings and your billing
• •Collaborators can't change your Region or Venue details or delete it
• •You can remove any Collaborator post from your Region, and that also ends their collaboration
• •Collaborators can leave on their own any time

The limit depends on the Owner's plan. The people you invite can be on any plan, Free included.

You can post on your own profile, and on a Region you own or are a Collaborator on. A post always shows where it was made.

Tick Share to Main Feedto put the post on GridGather's front page too. That uses one share. Posts on a Region use the Region Owner's shares. Once shared, a post can't be un-shared; deleting it removes it.

React with emoji, comment and reply. Filter the Feed by Events, Venues or Announcements. Anyone can read the Main Feed; posting, reacting and commenting need an account.

Add one photo to a post: JPG, PNG, GIF or WebP, up to 15 MB. Click a photo in the Feed to open the post and see it full size.

1. 1.In your viewer, take a 360 snapshot at the highest quality (Firestorm: Avatar → 360 Snapshot) and save it
2. 2.Start a post and press 360°, then pick the image. It must be the wide 2:1 shape the viewer saves
3. 3.Write a short description of where it was taken (required for 360° posts)
4. 4.Optionally add a thumbnail: an ordinary picture used for the preview

In the Feed, a 360° post shows a glowing 360° button. Press it to drag and look all the way around, scroll or pinch to zoom, use the arrow keys, or go full screen.

Paste a YouTube link in your post (youtube.com, youtu.be, Shorts and live links all work). If the post has no photo, it shows the video's thumbnail with a play button, and the video plays right in the Feed. A link with a start time starts there.

The Beacon is your notification bell at the top of every page. It lights up when:

• •someone reacts to or comments on your post, or replies to your comment
• •someone likes your Region, or a Collaborator posts on it
• •you're invited to collaborate, an invite is accepted or declined, a Collaborator leaves, or you're removed
• •an Owner removes your post from their Region
• •someone sends you a friend request (with Accept and Decline), or accepts yours
• •someone @mentions you in GatherChat
• •one of your recurring events is about to end (with a Renew button)

New private messages light up the envelope ✉️ next to the Beacon instead (section 13).

Click a notification to jump straight to it. Similar ones are grouped, so twenty likes show as one line. Read notifications are cleared after 90 days.

GatherChat is the live chat in the right rail of the Main Feed (on phones, tap the chat button). Signed-in members can chat; type @ and a name to mention someone, and they get a Beacon.

1. 1.Open someone's profile and press Add Friend
2. 2.They get a Beacon with Accept and Decline
3. 3.Once they accept, you're friends both ways, and each of you shows on the other's Friends tab

Your profile's Friends tab shows your friends as avatar cards. Friends in the menu under your name is where you accept or decline requests, cancel ones you sent, and remove friends.

Press Followon a profile to keep up with someone without being friends. It's one way: they don't need to follow you back. Press it again to unfollow.

Press Message on a profile, or click the envelope ✉️ next to the Beacon to see all your conversations. Each person has one conversation, with your whole history together on one page.

• •Send text and links (up to 2,000 characters), and one photo per message
• •Unread conversations are marked, and the envelope shows how many
• •Only you and the other member can see a conversation
• •Delete a conversation to clear it from your side. Once both of you have deleted it, it is gone for good

Anyone can message you, unless you switch off Allow messages from anyonein Account Settings. Then only your friends, and people you've already been talking with, can message you. GridGather Admins can always reach you about your account.

On someone's profile, press ⋯ then Block User. Once blocked:

• •they can't message you or send you a friend request
• •any friendship, follow, or pending request between you is removed
• •they aren't notified

See everyone you've blocked, and unblock them, from Block List in the menu under your name (gridgather.net/dashboard/blocked).

1. 1.Copy the Public GEB Key from gridgather.net/how-it-works
2. 2.Rez the GEB board
3. 3.Touch the board → Settings → Enter Key, paste the key and submit

Diamond members create private GEB keys. A private key shows your grid's events at the top of the board, then all global events below a divider.

1. 1.Open My GEB Keys from the user menu
2. 2.Click Generate New GEB Key and enter your Grid Name and Grid URL
3. 3.Paste the new key into your GEB board

• •Two columns, 10 events per page
• •Category colours: Magenta = DJ Set, Green = Live Music, Cyan = Dance, Gold = Social
• •With a private key, your grid's events show in light cyan above a separator line

The front page shows posts from across the Hypergrid, the Featured Regions card, upcoming events, GatherChat, and Hottest Right Now, the Venues and Regions with the most people right now.

Browse Venues at gridgather.net/venues and Regions at gridgather.net/regions. Region pages show the photo carousel, the Region feed, likes and Hop links; Venue pages show upcoming events and live attendance.

gridgather.net/calendar shows every event in Daily, Weekly or Monthly view, in SLT.

• •The flyer and full description
• •Date and time in SLT, with a countdown
• •Region, grid and Hop URL
• •Like button and Share buttons (Facebook, X, Pinterest, Discord, OpenSimWorld, Copy Link)

Click the heart on any event page (you need to be logged in). Like counts show on event cards. Diamond members also get liked events in their personal calendar feed.

Click the heart on any Region page. Likes help the best destinations rise, liker avatars show on the Region page, and the owner gets a Beacon.

Click Bookmark Venue on any Venue page. My Bookmarks (gridgather.net/dashboard/bookmarks) lists them with live status and a Copy Hop URL button.

1. 1.Go to My Ads and click + Create Ad
2. 2.Upload the ad image (800×450 recommended)
3. 3.Enter the title, tagline and link (https://, hop:// or secondlife://)
4. 4.Choose the length and pay with PayPal, or use a free Ad Credit (Diamond, 30-day ads)
5. 5.Wait for review, usually within 24 hours

• •Visitors and Free members: everywhere
• •Silver: only on the Venues, Events and Calendar pages
• •Gold, Diamond and NWG: nowhere

• •No adult content, scams or misleading links. We may decline any ad
• •If we decline an ad you paid for, you get a full refund
• •Once an ad has been approved and is running, it is not refundable

1. 1.Go to gridgather.net/pricing (you must be logged in)
2. 2.Choose Silver ($2/month), Gold ($3/month) or Diamond ($30/year)
3. 3.Complete payment with PayPal
4. 4.Your new plan starts straight away

Main Feed shares, Featured Regions and Ad Credits refill every 30 days, counted from the day your plan started (not the 1st of the month). Unused ones don't carry over.

Subscriptions renew automatically: monthly for Silver and Gold, yearly for Diamond. Cancel any time in your PayPal account and you keep your plan until the end of the period you've paid for.

If you try to add a Region, Venue or event your plan doesn't have room for, it isn't listed: GridGather shows a pop-up with what your plan allows and how to upgrade. Moving to a smaller plan never deletes anything, but you can't add more until you're under the new limits. Leaving Diamond switches off your private GEB keys.

Verified Neverworld Grid residents get everything in Gold, free. See Account Settings (section 21).

1. 1.Copy gridgather.net/api/events.ics
2. 2.In Google Calendar: + Other calendars → From URL
3. 3.Paste the link and click Add calendar. It updates automatically

Diamond members get a private calendar link with their own events and the events they've liked. Find it in Account Settings. Treat the link like a password, and reset it there if it ever leaks.

At gridgather.net/dashboard/profile, change your display name, profile photo, banner, bio, quote, interests and website.

In Account Settings, enter your Neverworld Grid avatar name and in-world password. They're checked once with Neverworld Grid to confirm you're a resident; GridGather keeps your avatar name and UUID, never the password.

In Account Settings, switch Allow friend requests and Allow messages from anyone on or off. Your Block List is linked there too. See section 13.

At gridgather.net/dashboard/settings, enter your current password, then the new one (at least 8 characters) twice.

Email gridgather@gmail.com. Deletion is completed within 14 days, as described in our Privacy Policy.

• •Account data: display name, email, and (if you verify) your NWG avatar name and UUID
• •What you post: listings, events, posts, comments, chat messages and images
• •Gate board data: head counts and the board's position. Never visitors' names or keys
• •Payment confirmations from PayPal. Never your card or bank details
• •Anonymous, cookieless page-view counts

• •We do not sell your personal data
• •We do not serve third-party advertising. Spotlight ads come from GridGather members
• •Gate boards do not collect personal information about visitors