Instant Messenger Online/offline Graphics

[kaseytraeger]

I'd like to use those nifty little images that indicate whether you're online or offline for the instant messenging program of your choice.

 

I went to this page (http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/) and entered information about which messenger program and my online user id. However, I left the fields for "Address to online icon" and "Address to offline icon" blank because it says you should leave the fields blank to use the default icon.

 

I then took the code that was given to me:

 

Forum code to put in your signature in a discussion forum:

(URL=http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/message/msn/kasey@slac.stanford.edu")(IMG)http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/msn/kasey@slac.stanford.edu(/IMG)(/URL)

 

and tried to put it in my signature line. Please note that I swapped "[" and "]" for "(" and ")", respectively, because it wouldn't let me post that code without changing it. Anyway, when I clicked "update signature", I received an error message telling me the new content wasn't properly formatted. In fact, here's the exact text of the error message I received:

 

You are not allowed to use that image extension on this board. A valid format is: http://www.domain.com/picture.gif, an invalid format is: http://www.domain.com/picture.one.gif

 

Will someone please share their insight with me? How did you get the little instant messenger status icons to work for you?

 

Thanks y'all!!!

[schussat]

I think this issue comes up later in that same thread. I had the same problem, and fixed it by using straight HTML, rather than forum code, in my sig, like so:

 

><A HREF="http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/message/icq/ICQNUMBER"><img src="http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/icq/ICQNUMBER"></a> | <a href="http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/message/yahoo/YAHOOID"><img src="http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/yahoo/YAHOOID"></a>

 

I never got the other style to work for me, but this one works just fine, as should be apparent below in my own sig. Changing up the URL for your own messenger should do the trick. Cheers-

 

Edit: Looks like blue has had the same issue in this thread. Synchronicity!

 

-Alan

[kaseytraeger]

Thanks, Alan. It worked for me!

[Virtual Imager]

Quoting HG in "Our Gift to You" thread:

My sig looks like this

 

 

<A HREF="aim:goim?screenname=tchgurubill">

<IMG SRC="http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/aim/tchgurubill"

<A HREF="ymsgr:sendIM?tchgurubill"><IMG SRC="http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/yahoo/tchgurubill">

 

I couldn't make it work either until I copied HG...

[ThumpAZ]

There was a flaw in HG's sig, where it would look like a link (hand cursor in Windows) if you try to go back in and edit the code.

If you modify what I have below, this problem will not plague you. This will get you the basic icons and they will work (provided you have registered with TCHstatus

 

<p><A HREF="aim:goim?screenname=yourAIMname"><IMG SRC="http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/aim/yourAIMname"><A HREF="ymsgr:sendIM?yourYahoo!name"><IMG SRC="http://www.tchstatus.com:8080/yahoo/yourYahoo!name"></a></a></p>

Edited April 9, 2004 by TCH-Glenn