Drupal uses the freenode IRC network, irc.freenode.net, and occupies the following channels:
Essential channels to join:
- #drupal-support for support. Help for anything you can do with Drupal inside the web-based admin screens is best found here.
- #drupal-themes for theme support. If you have a question about how to create, modify or distribute your themes, then this is the place to go.
- #drupal for general Drupal discussion. This includes primarily all coding questions, but also topics about promotion, advocacy, infrastructure, and general Drupal community questions. (For which modules and other support type questions see #drupal-support)
Topical channels:
- #drupal-consultants for Drupal Consultants. You can find paid help here, as well as advice on best practices and general discussions surrounding the business side of Drupal. Ask questions here only if you're willing to pay for the advice.
- #drupal-design for drupal designers. This channel is not for theme related talks, but pure design.
- #drupal-dev is also for code discussions but is designated as a quiet place when two or more people need space to hash out some issues and #drupal is too noisy. In general, coding belongs in #drupal despite the name.
- #drupal-docs for the Documentation team to discuss and organize working on the drupal.org handbooks.
- #drupal-dojo for the Drupal Dojo group. This is where dojo lessons are discussed and organized.
- #drupal-ecommerce for the E-commerce Group
- #drupal-groups for group organizers. Receive and give tips on how to organize local Drupal user group.
- #drupal-ubercart for Ubercart support and development
- #drupal-usability for the Usability Team to discuss changes to the UI and general usability issues.
- #drupal-geo for people interested in mapping, location, and geographic topics. Drupal is a community and IRC is one means to communicate and interact with others. There are men and women of all ages and it is best to remember to treat others with respect and courtesy, as you would in any other community. Using IRC To learn more about how to actually get connected to IRC, there is a good write up on finding a good client and connecting to IRC at http://groups.drupal.org/node/2326. You can also watch videos about connecting to IRC. The intention of this book page is how to interact once you get connected to IRC.
**This information is a shortened version of http://drupal.org/irc