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#1 2006-05-22 6:32 pm
Skype hyperlink - how to
I use Skype for all of my long distance and added voicemail so I could use my Skype phone number for business. Its a lot less than a land line. I was wondering if it was possible to insert a hyperlink into a web page to link to Skype ... and it is.
<a href="skype:skypeusernamehere?call">TEXT</a>
You have to include a JavaScript in your page to get the link to work.
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"></script>
The behaviour: when you click on the link it looks for Skype on the local users machine and (if Skype is installed) initiates a Skype to Skype call.
From a usability/design point of view, I'd be interested in getting everyone's opinion as to whether including such a link is a good idea or not.
Thanks in advance for any/all opinions
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#2 2006-05-22 7:40 pm
Re: Skype hyperlink - how to
You don't need to include the JavaScript to make the link work. In fact, from a usability standpoint, I'd recommend against it.
If you want the skypeCheck.js to do anything, you need to add
Code:
onclick="return skypeCheck();"
to the <a> element. For some reason their button wizard doesn't do that, but they mention it here.
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#3 2006-05-23 1:55 pm
Re: Skype hyperlink - how to
Miles wrote:
If you want the skypeCheck.js to do anything, you need to add
Code:
onclick="return skypeCheck();"to the <a> element. For some reason their button wizard doesn't do that, but they mention it here.
thanks for the tip. that was the functionality that i thought was missing. it seemed like if you were going to incorporate a 'Skype link' in a page then you have to plan for the user who clicks on the link and doesn't have Skype installed. this seems to fix that. a pop-up window appears with instructions to initiate a Skype download and install the software on the user's machine. cool.
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