[JDEV] Presence indicator for web page
Michael Brown
michael at aurora.gen.nz
Sat Jul 20 20:43:04 CDT 2002
Ah - ok, with you now! Looks good. Is the code available by any chance?
And the code for the web pager style feature?
Thanks, Michael.
> Well yes it is up on my website displaying my status, the database is a
> mysql database, and only the website providing the presence image service
> needs to have php, why did you think anyone else would need php?
>
> The HTML i would put into any HTML page (or email) would be the following:
>
> <IMG SRC="http://opi.dobson-i.net/online?id=richard@dobson-i.net&m=g">
>
> It is used on my site which is at:
> http://richard.dobson-i.net/
>
> Richard
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
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