How to Build a Workable Instant Message on My Website
Although it is possible to build an instant messaging program from scratch, it requires advanced programming skills. The more common way of adding instant messaging to a personal website is signing up with with one of the many instant messaging service providers. Most providers allow webmasters to customize the instant messaging program to make it match the theme and style of its destination website.
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Search for a website that offers instant messaging for webmasters. A few of the many options available include bravenet.com, jabbify.com and neomessenger.com.
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Sign up for an account with the service provider of your choice. Each website will have its own requirements. Some will require you to pay for a membership while others will offer a free trial version or ad-supported service.
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Customize the instant messaging service to match your website. You want it to look like it was created by you, so use the same style, colors and fonts you used to build your pages.
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Add the instant messaging service to your website. Most providers will give you a piece of code to add to your HTML document or code editor. Be sure to place the code on the page on which you would like the instant messaging to appear.
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Manage your instant messaging service through your user account on your service provider's website.
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