• http://hydrairc.com/
• http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/automatically-join-irc-servers-channels-hydrairc/
• http://www.hydrairc.com/wiki/

• Options>Prefs>Scripts
• CommandProfiles: type 'OnStartUp'
• click 'Add'
• in 'Commands' add

#optionally change colorcheme
/set colorscheme=Retro Amber
/server irc.freenode.net

now each time HydraIRC is started it'll connect to irc.freenode.net

if you would like to identify yourself, and join a channel (e.g. #php) aswell (the ping commands allow a delay till the connection is supossedly ready):

CommandProfiles: 'CommandProfiles: 'irc.freenode.net_OnLoggedIn' >> Add

## will be executed as soon as you're connected
/msg NickServ identify myPass
/ping localhost
/ping localhost
/ping localhost
/ping localhost
/ping localhost
/ping localhost
/ping localhost
/ping localhost
/ping localhost
/quietjoin #wordpress