# \&welcome

Sender-Side Option! ([`&push`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/push))

## Aliases

* `&entrymsg`

## Options

Example: `&welcome=Hello`

<table><thead><tr><th width="192"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>(string)</td><td>the message the guest will see when joining the room</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Details

You can set a message on the guest-invite link that appears as an overlay, appearing to be from the director, once the guest joins the stream.

example: [`https://vdo.ninja/?room=roomname&welcome=hello`](https://vdo.ninja/?room=roomname\&welcome=hello)

![](https://2943598173-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MZHXv1G8N0MDxwotaT9%2Fuploads%2FkYyTitqH4O0yZYHArC9G%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=49f57cf9-7582-41aa-8e69-f2df334b771e)

The message can be URL encoded, to allow for spaces and special characters. You can do so with this tool: [https://www.urlencoder.org](https://www.urlencoder.org/)

You can also activate the welcome message as a director via a new toggle option. When selected, it offers the director an input text prompt and then auto-encodes the message for the director to the guest invite link.\
![](https://2943598173-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MZHXv1G8N0MDxwotaT9%2Fuploads%2Fydh15cvkk9wjxubSrWdT%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=feb3a357-caf6-4575-8c32-945b1a2ce102)

## Related

{% content-ref url="and-welcomeb64-alpha" %}
[and-welcomeb64-alpha](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/and-welcomeb64-alpha)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="and-welcomeimage" %}
[and-welcomeimage](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/and-welcomeimage)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="and-hangupmessage-alpha" %}
[and-hangupmessage-alpha](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/and-hangupmessage-alpha)
{% endcontent-ref %}