What Is a Skype Link ID?
Websites that feature Skype communication technology depend on links that facilitate direct calls to active Skype accounts. These links enable visitors to call you from one or more of the pages on your website. Therefore, a personal Skype ID is a requirement for installing a Skype link or button on your website. If you already have a Skype link or button that contains your Skype ID, find a suitable location on your website for it so that site visitors speak to you live or leave a voice message.
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Skype Link ID Description
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Skype usernames appear within Skype button code. You can find it in the section that references your Skype username along with the word "call." It resembles this: "skype:skypeid?call". So a Skype link ID is the portion of HTML code that enables placing Skype calls from one Skype user to another. The Skype ID portion of a link can also be found in what is known as a "call to" link.
Call To Links
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"Call to" links feature Skype username IDs within a URL style format and resemble this: callto://YourSkypeID. Skype users who have enabled the Skype "call to" links option in their Tools panel can click this style of Skype link to place a call to the account associated with your Skype ID. Your site's visitors must have this Skype option enabled for it to function -- so you might want to consider featuring a Skype button instead of a Skype "call to" link on your website.
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Skype Link Buttons
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Replace bare Skype "call to" link on your website with a custom button, or use Skype's button wizard. Skype's button wizard will requests your Skype ID, and after you provide it, you can customize the look of a button and obtain code that contains a Skype ID link. The button you customize through Skype's button wizard can be set to hide or show your Skype status.
Where to Place Skype Link or Button
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Skype links that contain your Skype ID are suitable for placement on a contact page or in the header area of a website. If you place a Skype link in the header area of your website, it remains visible to your site visitors, irregardless of the page that they happen to view, unless your site features pages that omit the header area. Should you elect to feature a Skype link on just your contact page, realize that site visitors may not discover how easy it is to get in touch with you until they view the contact page.
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