This communication tool has been getting a large share of users Throughout its 7 years of life, it was launched in May 2015. The popularity of chatting among gamers has positioned it as the favorite, even ahead of others that until now were ahead of it.
Discord is an application that is available on all platforms, which is why the player can use it on their phone, computer or tablet. When creating a server you will be able to add users (friends) and if they play together communicate through it.
We are going to explain how to create a server on Discord and configure it everything to start working through it from the first moment. The configuration will not take us too long, it is a very complete application and if you know how to use it you will get a lot of use out of it at all times.
The first step, register
If you have not yet registered on the platform you will not have access, that is why a brief registration is requested on the website and the application. You have several options when entering, one of them is using the address through the browser, although the most comfortable thing is to have the program on your computer or mobile device.
You can carry out this registration from various options, so you must decide where to do it, whether you download the application for your computer, phone or tablet. This process will take you a minute, having to validate the account through your email once you have registered.
To sign up, do the following:
- Use the way you want, which can be the web page of Discord, the app for Windows / Mac / Linux, application for Android o iOS
- Click on "Register", it will ask you for an email and a password, date of birth and accept the conditions of use of the platform
- Once you complete everything, you will receive an email to validate the account, click on the link and you will be registered, being able to access your new account created with your email and password
Once you create the account you have access via email / phone and the password, remember to put one whenever you remember and it is not so complicated for you. Once you are inside, you can now create your own Discord server to start communicating.
How to create a server on Discord
The first step is to enter with your credentials to Discord by any of the routes, which are quite a few today, any of them will be valid. When you enter Discord, a lot of settings will appear, but we will focus on the main one, that of creating a server.
If you want to create a server, perform the following steps:
- Log in to Discord and wait for the Dashboard to load of the application
- Already inside, look for the “+” symbol, it will be below the added users and friends, if you do not have any at the moment it will be a little higher
- It will show you a new window, it gives you the option to create a server for several things, choose the one that suits you best, if it is for games, click on «Games» and you will get more options, decide if it is for you and friends or for a club or community, now upload a photo to the server and a name, finally hit “Create”
- Invite your friends if you have been adding people to your account, place a first welcome message, customize the server with an icon and many other things
Configuring the voice channel
Communication on Discord is one of the main elements, the platform is designed so that we can chat with our friends if we are playing any game. In addition, Discord is good for more than video game communication, to connect with a family member, talk with friends about other topics, etc.
Once you have already created the server, the next step is to add the voice channels, you can create a default channel for a specific game. It is best to separate the voice channel, for example if you play Among Us and Fortnite, create two and enter one of them when you are playing.
To create a voice channel, do the following:
- Sign back into Discord via the page, program or application
- Access the server that you have created previously, in our case we access «The danilokors server», it appears on the left, under your icon
- After entering, you have the option to create two things, a text channel and a voice channel, in this case create both, the first is to communicate through messages, the second to do it with the voice
- Click on the “+” symbol located to the right of “Voice channels”, choose “Voice” and add a name to the channel, finally click on the “Create channel” button
Creating a text channel on your server
In addition to voice you also have the option to create a text channel, everything is not going to be talking on Discord. The method is the same as creating a voice channel, although this appears a little higher than the audio channel, here any user added to the server will be able to send a message in the created channel, but as long as they have permissions.
If you want to create a text channel on Discord, do these steps:
- Sign in with your credentials to Discord
- Already inside, locate the created server, for this you can locate it under the icon of your profile, click on it
- Where it says “Voice Channels”, next to it has a “+” symbol, click on it and a new configuration window will open
- Choose “Text” and give the text group a name, remember that it is best to order this by game if you are going to play and want to communicate quickly, in the “Channel name” field put an appropriate one and click on “Create channel”
- And that's it, it's that easy to create a text channel