Welcome Message in FC Chat?

[Vally]

In most fc's I've been, there was usually a welcome message in fc chat every time one logs in. Now that I have my own little fc, I wanted to set it up as well, but can't find the way to do it. Neither Wiki nor Google are much help. Can anyone here enlighten me?

[Jojoya]

Bring up the FC window. At the top of Topics, there's a section called Company Board that has an Edit Company Board button to the right. That's what you want to click to set the message.

[Vally]

So that should be it? It would make sense, yes. I have a message there, yet I don't see it in my chat when I log in. Is there something else I'm missing?

[Canadane]

So that should be it? It would make sense, yes. I have a message there, yet I don't see it in my chat when I log in. Is there something else I'm missing?

It is right after the text regarding server/event/etc information when you log in, assuming you have Free Company Announcements turned on in the log filters.
It'll just say "Company Board: Your text here King Canadane is super cool"

I'll let you in on a hot tip though. Nobody ever reads it. Just like nobody ever reads the server login text. It has important information regarding downtime, events, etc. But people gloss over it like it's nothing and will proceed to ask questions about those very subjects.

[Vally]

... assuming you have Free Company Announcements turned on in the log filters.

That was indeed the issue.

I had disabled a lot of stuff in my filters, in the hope to get the chat logs less cluttered. The trouble is, there are so many different settings and for most of them I'm not even sure what they do.

This is perhaps a question for a different part of the forum, but is there some comprehensive list of what different filter options actually mean?

[Jojoya]

I'm not aware of a detailed list of what filter options affect what messages but that doesn't mean one isn't out there somewhere.

If you click on an option in the filter list, it will usually give an example of the type of message affected at the bottom of the window. A few that might still be confusing:

Echo - the /echo command allows you to type a message (or display a message set in Alarms) that will only be visible to you. For example, if i type "/echo Coeurl Rhodonite ingot price 2500" as a chat message, "Coeurl Rhodonite ingot price 2500" will appear in my chat log if I have Echo enabled on that lot. I might then check the other worlds on my data center for prices, creating an Echo message for each world's price so I can compare without having to remember or write them down separately. I don't suggest using Echo in your General chat log, it's better used in the Event or 4th log you can rename since those will have fewer messages displayed.

NPC Dialog/NPC Dialog Announcements: NPC Dialog would be the messages displayed by a specific NPC when you are interacting with them or during a cutscene. NPC Dialog (Annoucements) are the random messages NPCs will sometimes say as you pass by them though you aren't interacting with them.

System server messages cannot be disabled unfortunately (somewhat annoying if you're doing a lot of world hopping). Those would be the "Welcome to ServerName/Welcome to FFXIV/Event is now underway", "Server maintenance is scheduled to begin" "Join us for Community Team stream" type messages. Other system messages generally can be disabled.