Extension:IM Status
From MediaWiki.org
 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Tag, MyWiki |
| Description | Provides status buttons for several IM programs (AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN/Live Messenger, Skype, Xfire and Yahoo) |
| Author(s) | David Dernoncourt (PatheticcockroachTalk) |
| Last Version | 1.1-rc1 (2008-04-28) |
| MediaWiki | 1.12, 1.13 (maybe earlier versions, but not tested) |
| License | GNU GPL v3 or later |
| Download | Official website |
| Example | Test page on Wiki4Games |
The IM Status extension provides buttons to show online status of the user in various IM clients (AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN/Live Messenger, Skype, Xfire and Yahoo).
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[edit] Usage
To embed an AIM button inside a MediaWiki article (or more likely a userpage):
<aim>AIM-Username</aim>
To get some help about the AIM button:
<aim help/>
The same syntax is used for all the other supported IM programs:
- <icq help/> (ICQ)
- <gtalk help/> (Google Talk)
- <livemessenger help/> (MSN/Live Messenger)
- <skype help/> (Skype)
- <xfire help/> (Xfire)
- <yahoo help/> (Yahoo Messenger)
Use Extension talk:IM Status to report issues or ask for help
[edit] Installation
- Edit IMStatus.php: change $wgAimKey_presence and $wgAimKey_api to your own keys (see the source about how to get the keys).
- Put IMStatus.php in your extensions folder (or in a subdirectory of it, as you want)
- Add the following code at the end of LocalSettings.php:
require_once( $IP."/extensions/IM/IMStatus.php");- (replace, of course, with the proper path!)
- (optional) For additional locales, grab the latest revision of IMStatus.i18n.php at Extension:IM Status/IMStatus.i18n.php
[edit] Code
Grab the archive at http://www.patheticcockroach.com/mpam4/index.php?p=78
- The latest stable version is 1.1-rc1
- The latest beta version is 1.2-b1
To contribute to the translation, edit the localization file at Extension:IM Status/IMStatus.i18n.php.
[edit] Related extensions
NB: do not install extensions which use the same tags!
| Chat Extensions |
|---|
| AIM | ICQ | IM Status | Jabber | Skype | Yahoo |
[edit] History
- 2008-04-26 (1.0-rc1): first version
- 2008-04-28 (1.1-rc1): added MSN/Live Messenger support
- 2008-06-10 (1.2-b1): added defined('MEDIAWIKI') check, fixed various typos, made the extension localizable
