How to Post My Skype Status on My Web Site

Enable Web site visitors to see your Skype status and quickly contact you.

Many popular social Web sites like Facebook and Twitter provide the ability to embed their content in your Web sites so that you can share your status and activities with others in a centralized space. The Skype VOIP service also offers a Web site embedding feature, so you can show Web site visitors your current Skype status and allow them to call you by clicking a button. You can choose from a pre-made design to quickly add your status indicator to your Web site, or you can use Skype's wizard to make a custom design to your liking.

Instructions

Configure Skype

1. Click the "Tools" menu in the Skype interface, and then choose "Options." A new window appears.

2. Click the "Privacy" button on the left side of the window. If only a couple of options are revealed, click the "Show Advanced Options" button to display the rest.

3. Select the "Allow my online status to be shown on the web" check box.

4. Click the "Save" button in the bottom-right corner to commit your change and dismiss the window.

Predefined Status Indicator

1. Navigate to the "Get a Skype button" Web site. See Resources for the link.

2. Type your Skype name into the "Enter your Skype Name" text field.

3. Choose one of the two designs under the "Skype buttons with status" heading. Click its corresponding radio button to select it.

4. Copy all of the code from the "Copy & paste this code" text field. Paste this code into the body of an HTML document on your Web site to make your Skype status appear online.

Customized Status Indicator

1. Navigate to the "Customise your Skype buttons" Web site. See Resources for the link.

2. Type your Skype name into the "Enter your Skype Name" text field.

3. Click the "Show" radio button next to the "Skype status" title.

4. Specify the behavior of your button from the "Function" drop-down menu. This determines what will happen when a visitor clicks the button on your Web site.

5. Customize the appearance of your button by clicking the appropriate radio buttons for the remaining 5 options. Some options are incompatible with each other, so change previous options if a radio button is greyed out.

6. Copy all of the code from the "Copy & paste this code" text field. Paste this code into the body of an HTML document on your Web site to make your Skype status appear online.

Resources

• Skype: Get a Skype button
• Skype: Customise your Skype buttons