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January 6, 2007 at 7:23 pm #26030Jeff HesterKeymaster
Usefull Yahoo Messenger commands and links.
Commands:
ymsgr:sendim? Example: ymsgr:sendim?myid
ymsgr:addfriend? Example: ymsgr:addfriend?myid
ymsgr:sendfile? Example: ymsgr:sendfile?myid
ymsgr:call? Example: ymsgr:call?1-800-281-5968
ymsgr:chat? <"Only used to open chat room list" Note: bigblueball does not like ? at the end of a link!
ymsgr:im?Note: bigblueball does not like ? at the end of a link!
ymsgr:getimv?doodle <"Only usefull for doodle" Links: Must log into Yahoo to work.
Yahoo! Member Directory <"Create or edit an alias"
http://messenger.yahoo.com/edit/Add hml code to a webpage to show if your online. Note: Change myid to any Yahoo ID
Add hml code to a webpage to Call a phone # if someones online. Note: Change the Phone # to an phone #, and myid to any Yahoo ID.
January 6, 2007 at 9:02 pm #156571Eagle_KiwiMember@Cchris78 212974 wrote:
<img border=0 src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=myid&m=g&t=3″>
Hi Chris.
That looks a handy bunch of stuff for sure – but I seem to find the quoted html above doesn’t work for me (and yes, I inserted my ID in the 3 places).
Would you mind rechecking it (perhaps especially the part I’ve made bold?) in case there’s a > or a ” or something misplaced ?January 6, 2007 at 9:16 pm #156567Jeff HesterKeymasterfixed i think, wow how did that happen
January 6, 2007 at 9:52 pm #156572Eagle_KiwiMemberOk, thanks, it sure works now . . . but . . . the actual CALL doesn’t seem to work!
I see that the selection of which button depends on whether the target person is online or not, but either way the Call starts, but then bombs out with Could not Connect to, and then a very strange long number, no relation to the actual home OR mobile number of the person!Has anyone ever USED this particular gizmo successfully ??
January 6, 2007 at 9:54 pm #156568Jeff HesterKeymasterlooking at the error I think it is only used to call a phone #
January 6, 2007 at 10:07 pm #156573Eagle_KiwiMemberI tried it with a friend’s ID too, same result.
And yes, of COURSE it looks as though it wants a phone number – that’s why I’m highly dubious about the original format you post:
ymsgr:call? Example: ymsgr:call?myid
Seems to me a Yahoo ID in there is quite useless (no matter how that user’s Yahoo Contact Details are set up) – so it HAS to be a hard-coded phone number, which (A) might only work when used FROM certain country/countries, and (B) would require the webpage user to not only have YM, but ALSO to have PC-to-Phone (“PhoneOut”) enabled – i.e. PAID for! – on their YM.
All of which seems of incredibly little value !?
Can I ask where you got this info from, Chris – as it seems so “suspect” !?
January 6, 2007 at 10:22 pm #156569Jeff HesterKeymasterJanuary 6, 2007 at 10:39 pm #156574Eagle_KiwiMemberHmmmm…..ok…… MAYBE !?
But it doesn’t say much for your big post, I’m afraid. Don’t you CHECK such things at all before rushing into print ?
That’s why such posts probably make life HARDER for the staff here, rather than easier. 🙁
ANYWAY, my FURTHER (initial!) testing seems to indicate that the “myID” bit DOES work, if used FROM the USA, but perhaps NOT if used from elsewhere. Still only very preliminary results, but that’s my “hunch” at the moment.
January 6, 2007 at 10:47 pm #156570Jeff HesterKeymasterI quicky make posts and edit them as best I can after. I didn’t test the call becouse I never use call.
plus I have you and others checking on things I post.
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