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How to add Yahoo Messenger Status on your webpage

Using the next link : http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/help/online.html I wrote a small tutorial on how to add your or someone elses status from the Yahoo Messenger client.
Their default code is :

  1. <a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg?.target=YAHOO USERNAME&src=pg"><img border="0" src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=YAHOO%20USERNAME&m=g&t=2" /></a>

but after doing some more research on the Internet I found that you can use several styles (small, medium, large) for the online/offline images.


For inserting a small image about your Yahoo Messenger! status you must copy the code below and replace YAHOO USERNAME with your yahoo username (without @yahoo.com).

  1. <a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg?.target=YAHOO USERNAME&src=pg"><img border="0" src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=YAHOO%20USERNAME&m=g&t=0" /></a>

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The output should be small_yahoo_on.gif for online and small_yahoo_on.gif for offline.


For a medium size image, do the same as below but with the following code

  1. <a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg?.target=YAHOO USERNAME&src=pg"><img border="0" src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=YAHOO%20USERNAME&m=g&t=1" /></a>

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The output should be medium_yahoo_off1.gif for online and medium_yahoo_off1.gif for offline.


The last style is for big image that you can add using the following code

  1. <a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg?.target=YAHOO USERNAME&src=pg"><img border="0" src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=YAHOO%20USERNAME&m=g&t=2" /></a>

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The output should be big_yahoo_off.gif for online and big_yahoo_off.gif for offline.

I hope this will help you ;) .

Here is my status :

Small
Medium
Large

Posted in Webpage Tips & Tricks.


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  1. scott says

    Hi,
    I put the code on,but my status says not available.
    And im available on my desktop messenger.Do you know what i might be doing wrong?
    I also put my id where i was suppose to(newlifesystems2002)

    Thanks,
    Scotty

  2. Trimbitas Sorin says

    Hi Scotty,

    It seems it stopped working?!

    Regards

    Sorin

  3. RaduBM says

    Hi guys..
    it’s working allright – just make shure to replace the name both in “YAHOO USERNAME” and also in “YAHOO%20USERNAME” .

    Cheers! ;)

  4. Sudhanshu Sahoo says

    yeah its working

  5. Edgar says

    code works great !!!,,
    thank you!!!

  6. Nathan P. says

    Got code for any other IM clients (ie. MSN, Skype, ICQ primarily)?



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