Adding Instant Messaging Hyperlinks to a Web Site (included messenger clients: Msn,Yahoo,Aim,Google Talk,Skype)

[Marik]

If have a site, a forum or a blog and want your users to contact you any time via your site?

Here’s how you do it. You can place links with which your users can contact at any time on MSN, Googletalk, Aim, Yahoo and Skype. Also included other instant messaging commands.

Use the below html codes in your site to add various messenger functions:

Note: These codes must be placed in your "Signature"

Interact via Yahoo messenger

• Replace USERNAME with [email protected]
  
• <a href=”ymsgr:sendIM?USERNAME”>Contact me via yahoo</a>
  
• <a href=”ymsgr:addfriend?USERNAME”>Add me to buddy list</a>
  
• <a href=”ymsgr:sendIM?USERNAME&m=YOUR+MESSAGE”>Send me an IM</a>
  
• <a href=”ymsgr:call?USERNAME”>Call Me</a>
  

Interact via Msn

• Replace USERNAME with [email protected]
  
• <a href=”msnim:chat?contact=USERNAME”>Chat with me</a>
  
• <a href=”msnim:add?contact=USERNAME”>Add me to your contact list!</a>
  
• <a href=”msnim:voice?contact=USERNAME”>Voice chat with me</a>
  
• <a href=”msnim:video?contact=USERNAME”>Video conversation with me</a>
  

Interact via Aim

• Replace USERNAME with AOL “screenname”
  
• <a href=”aim:goIM?screenname=USERNAME”>Contact me via aim</a>
  
• Open new IM window with a screen name and a message ↓
  
• <a href=”aim:goim?screenname=USERNAME&message=MESSAGE”>Chat in aim</a>
  
• Grabs shared files from a screen name ↓
  
• <a href=”aim:getfile?screenname=USERNAME”>Get Shared Files</a>
  
• Opens a chat room ↓
  
• <a href=”aim:gochat?roomname=CHATROOMNAME”>Go to chat room</a>
  
• Automatically adds screen name to the “Add Buddy” window ↓
  
• <a href=”aim:addbuddy?screenname=USERNAME”>Auto add buddy</a>
  
• Automatically adds screen name and group name to the “Add Buddy” window ↓
  
• <a href=”aim:addbuddy?screenname=USERNAME&groupname=GROUPNAME”>Auto add Screen name and Group name</a>
  

Interact via GoogleTalk

• Replace USERNAME with [email protected]
  
• <a href=”gtalk:chat?jid=USERNAME”>Contact me via Google Talk</a>
  
• <a href=”gtalk:call?jid=USERNAME”>Voice Chat with me</a>
  

Interact via Skype

• Replace USERNAME with your Skype user ID
  
• <a href=”skype:USERNAME?chat”>Contact me via Skype</a>
  
• <a href=”skype:USERNAME?voicemail”>Leave voicemail</a>
  
• <a href=”skype:USERNAME?userinfo”>View Profile</a>
  
• <a href=”skype:USERNAME?add”>Add 2 Contact List</a>
  

Source: DotNetWizzard