Instant Message Maker
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- intoxicated
Happy 4th July brother Americans. I know I should be relaxing but I'm a workaholic! Anyway this is fun to me!!
OK, client sends me an email saying he want people to be able to send IM messages from his site as well as just emails.
Is this possible? From PHP? I don't really use IM or seen this kinda feature so I'm stumped.
Anyone know what I need to do? Any scripts? Tutorials?
If y'all too busy kicking back and eating baby-back ribs, dats cool. Chow.
- ringspun0
What Instant Messenger does he want to send messages to? An existing one like MSN, AIM, ICQ? Or does it matter - ie could it be one specifically written for this application?
- vena0
a href="aim:goim?screenname=myname
probably the simplest unless you want to use a command line AIM client.
- intoxicated0
Oh yeah hi, ummm I think he means ICQ and AIM - they seem to be the most well know. It's need to be a server-side type script (PHP) that uses a form (so the site visitor can enter his mates IM#s and his name etc.) and then press the send button and hey presto! His mates get IM'ed. C'est possible, non?
Think of it like a email tell-a-friend script but tageting IM (AIM and ICQ).
- spk0
flash mx is the way to go... we just built a solid chat client using flash and sockets
- spk0
moock has a nice one for sale.. flash chat with sockets. plus he's a nice guy.
- ringspun0
When you say Instant Message - do you mean one way? as in the website visitor can send a message, but the webmaster cant send one back?
if so then all u have to do using ICQ is send an email to
replacing the 0000000 with an ICQ number - it will come up in the persons ICQ instantly like an IM message.
- intoxicated0
Hey I knew it was something easy!!!
Thanks Ringspun you're a star.
I'll check out the Moock stuff too to see what that's about...
- intoxicated0
Sorry to keep buggin' - so does AOL's AIM have the same kinda feature?
or something...
Thanks again guys you is a rockin'
- ringspun0
'fraid i know nothin about aim
- JazX0
ribs yum!
- intoxicated0
Thanks anyway...
Yo Jax! That Union Fonts link is Kaput!!!