What are they?

You can add links to your web pages that tell the messenger on people's computers what to do!  Insert the codes below to do this, insert them into the HTML view of your document, or add a HTML snippet.

Send an IM

Want a user to be able to send you an IM easily by just clicking link on your webpage?  Insert the follow into your webpage, replacing "YOURID" with your id, e.g. freddy18uk

<a href="ymsgr:sendIM?YOURID">Send me an IM</a>

Send an IM with a message

Want to start off the message so you know they saw your webpage?  Insert the following into your webpage, replacing "YOURID" with your id, e.g. freddy18uk and "YOUR+MESSAGE" with the message (spaces must be swapped for +)

<a href="ymsgr:sendIM?YOURID&m=YOUR+MESSAGE">Send me an IM</a>

Add a link to your favourite Chat Room

If you want to provide a quick link for people to click to join you in chat, insert the following code into your webpage, replacing "ROOMNAME" with the room name e.g. Yahoo! Chat Help.

<a href="ymsgr:chat?ROOMNAME">Join me in my Favourite Room</a>

Add a link so they can add you as a buddy

Want to allow them to add you as a friend?  Copy the following code into your webpage, replacing "YOURID" with your id, e.g. freddy18uk

<a href="ymsgr:addfriend?YOURID">Add me to your buddy list</a>