[JDEV] Presence indicator for web page

[Michael Brown]

Hmm...ok.  Can you show me an example?  What format database?  This still
requires that each website that wants to display my presence has to be able
to run PHP.  Say I just wanted to include a graphic that showed my status in
my (HTML) email .sig?  How would I do that?

Michael.

From: "Richard Dobson" <richard at dobson-i.net>
>

> I have created a bot type thing that you just subscribe to and it updates
a
> database which in turn php scripts use to display the status.
>
> From: "Michael Brown" <michael at aurora.gen.nz>
>
> > > I'd like to put a presence indicator on a web page (à la jeremie.com).
> > > Preferably this would be achieved by way of a PHP script. What is the
> best
> > > way to do this? Does anyone here have something like this that they're
> > > willing to share? Thanks!
> >
> > I've been thinking about this, and I think the most efficient way is to
> > create an agent that you can subscribe to, that toggles an image file on
a
> > webserver everytime it gets a presence packet from you.
> >
> > This means that all you would have to do in any html that you want to
> > include a status indicator for, is link to the one image.  This
simplifies
> > the web pages, and reduces the need for each page that you want to have
> your
> > status on - all you do is include the image - no additional scripts
> > required.  You can also include it is part of your email sig etc.  If
you
> > want to be "invisible" to all websites, you just log off that agent.
> >
> > Of course this means you must have access to a Jabber server that is
also
> > running a webserver I guess...
> >
> > Has anyone done anything similar?
> >
> > Michael.