Skype Online Status

The plugin Skype Online Status allows you to add one or multiple, highly customizable and accessible (!) Skype buttons to your blog. You can pick any of the available Skype button themes that will show your online status and place them in your pages and posts content (with a neat little Skype quicktag button in the WYSIWYG editor), in your sidebar via widgets (unlimited number) or anywhere in your theme template files.

The Skype Status admin page and Skype Widget options are adequately annotated but there is also a Quick Guide section with lots of information on all the possible ways to get you blog Skyped. If you still cannot get it working the way you want to, find a Skype link to the developer on the Notes & Live Support section.

Button themes are mostly based on the themes you can find on Skype’s button wizard page but more feature rich, like showing your online status in the alt text of the image, more accessible (!) and much more customizable, like setting your own Status texts in your blogs language. Even a button to invoke normal phone calls or multichats or conference calls is possible!

Which version?

Older versions have been developed for WordPress 2.0+, 2.1+ and 2.3+ but with versions 2.6.x the main development focus was on WordPress 2.6. From version 2.6.9, WordPress 2.7+ is supported but support for below WordPress 2.1 has been dropped.

This plugin also has been tested on WPMU.

Translations

Since version 2.6.4.0, Skype Online Status is ready for internationalization. Anyone who wants to contribute can do so by making a transation. Read translation instructions (also included in the latest package) for more info.

• Italian * Author: Gianni Diurno)
• Danish * Author: Georg S. Adamsen)
• Dutch * Author: R.A. van Hagen (unfinished)
• German * Author: Fabian Schulz
• Russian * Author: Leonid Jack
• Belorussian * Author: M. Comfi
• Ukrainian * Author: Michael Svystun

New translations and their Authors will be mentioned here. Read translation instructions for more info.

Donations

Top donators making my continued work possible:

• G. Pelzer Life is a journey. Life Coaching
• Yamisi Daniel, USA What could you do with more time? inTouch Virtual Assistance
• Michelle Vandepas, USA Live Your life’s Purpose. Divine Purpose unleashed

Installation

Quick installation: Install now

Note: When upgrading from version 2.5.x or previous: please deactivate plugin and remove the old directories and files before uploading!
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Just use that slick installation and auto update feature on your Pugins page and forget about the following steps

Steps:

1. Download archive and unpack.

2. Upload (and overwrite) the /skype-online-status/ folder and its content to the /plugins/ folder.

3. Activate plugin on the Plug-ins page

4. Configure (or update) your SkypeID and settings on the Options > Skype Status page

5. Activate the widget or put <?php if (function_exists(get_skype_status)) { get_skype_status(''); } ?> in your sidebar.php (or any other template file) and use the quicktag in your posts to display the Skype button on your blog pages.

Read more on usage in the Quick Guide section of the Options > Skype Status page, available after installation.

FAQ

Q. Why is my Skype button showing Offline even when I am online?
A. First, you have to change an option in your Skype client settings to make your online status publicly visible:

1. Open your Skype client and go to ‘Options > Privacy’ or ‘Advanced’ (depending on your client version).
2. Find the option ‘Allow my status to be shown on the web’ and place a checkmark beside it.
3. Close the Options window and change your Skype status to Offline and back Online again to update the Skype server.

If your online status is still incorrect, type in your webbrowser http://mystatus.skype.com/yourskypename and check what is shown there. The plugin takes your status directly from the Skype server and should correspond with your status shown on the above URL (using your skype name obviously). If your status is not correct on that URL, it basically is out of your hands. You can wait for the Skype server to get ‘up to date’ or browse the Skype forums for fixes suggested by others…

Q. I have found a bug. Where do I report it?
A. For bug reports, go to Skype Online Status Google Group and describe what is happening there. Please provide as much related info as you can but at least give me your plugin and WordPress version number.

Q. I have a feature request. Where do I ask?
A. For all ‘normal’ feature requests go to Skype Online Status Google Group but if you want custom development, please contact me directly. I will gladly consider any proposal. You can find my Skype ID on the Notes & Live Support section of your WordPress Options > Skype Status page, available after installation. Or browse to my website 4Visions.

Q. I have trouble setting up a Skype button on my blog. Where do I get help?
A. Have you read the Quick Guide section of your WordPress Options > Skype Status page, available after installation already? For all remaining questions, go to Skype Online Status Google Group and post them there. I will be happy to respond in due time

Q. I would like to contribute. Is that possible?
A. Ofcource! What did you have in mind? Monetary funding is always appreciated but if you can help me out in development, that’s cool too Right now, translation (.mo) files are MORE then welcome! Read translation instructions (also included in the latest package) for more info.

Any small donation via PayPal to keep me developing is VERY welcome. Thanks!

Read more on usage in the Quick Guide section of your WordPress Options > Skype Status page, available after installation.

Changelog

Really? Ok then… Go ahead and read the full Skype Online Status changelog if you dare!

Download

Latest version: Download Skype Online Status 2.7 [zip]
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