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Add Yahoo Messenger Button on your Website

February 10, 2009

Want to add a Yahoo Messenger status button on your website or blog so that visitors can contact you? Here is a simple way to add your own Yahoo Messsenger button displaying Online Offline status on wordpress, blogger blogspot or any other web blogging platform! If you are looking for a colorful Yahoo messenger widget then Pingbox online chat from Yahoo will serve your Website/blog better.

Copy the below code which renders a little horizontal Yahoo button indicating your messenger status (Offline/Online).Whenever a user wants to interact with you, they can click on the button and add you on Yahoo messenger.You can put this code into your blog, website or social networking profile such as Myspace.Here is the code

<center><a href="ymsgr:sendIM?YM_ID"><img border=0 src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=YM_ID&m=g&t=1" /> </a></center>

 

Note : Make sure you change “YM_ID” into your own Yahoo messenger ID

For wordpress user you can copy the above code into your widgets.Select text widget and edit the widget by pasting the above code, Save it!

For blogspot bloggers, add widget and click on the insert Html/Javascript option.Select the above code, paste it and refresh the blog inorder to reflect the messenger status button.

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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

Rockstar Sid October 4, 2009 at 10:22 am

@donna – Have u refreshed your cache? Try it once again.

@James – Of course Google talk is faster :D

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James September 30, 2009 at 10:22 am

Who is faster to load during chatting? yahoo messenger or google talk?

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Zara September 22, 2009 at 12:01 pm

Please add me!

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Zara September 22, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Zara from Pakistan.

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donna July 23, 2009 at 9:26 pm

It still says i am not online when i am actually on.Why is that?

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Des3ZONER June 7, 2009 at 4:29 pm

Thanks for the script.. I’m helped.. :-)

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