Yahoo Pingbox

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I am trying to figure out how to create a box for RN 2.5 and put the code below in it:

Quote:

I stared out some stuff because I didn't know if it was a security thing or not.

It is a box that allows people that come to your website to chat with you. I found it here: http://messenger.yahoo.com/pingbox/ and I thought it was a cool idea. (not advertising for yahoo, just trying to explain what it does).

registered · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:53 pm

Are you looking to create a block or just include it somewhere in your site?

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:17 pm

If you want to use it as a block, create a block in the blocks folder with something like this in it:

Code:




<?php


if ( !defined('BLOCK_FILE') ) {


    Header('Location: ../index.php');


    die();


}





$content='<object id="pingbox*********" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" width="240" height="420"><param name="movie" value="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="wid=******************-" /></object>';





?>

if you want it included in your theme, just use something like this:

Code:




echo '<object id="pingbox*********" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" width="240" height="420"><param name="movie" value="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="wid=******************-" /></object>';

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:53 pm

You need to have your message installed on your computer otherwise it doesn't work. U need to create your own customize account at http://messenger.yahoo.com/pingbox/studio/ and it requires your username and password from yahoo. I had this long time ago installed on my website but I removed it because of the nasty flash code from yahoo.

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:45 am

If it is going to be a problem for my site, then I don't need it. I just thought it looked like a cool idea to try out. Nuken: thank you for taking the time to do that.

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:38 pm

thumpn8974 wrote:

If it is going to be a problem for my site, then I don't need it. I just thought it looked like a cool idea to try out. Nuken: thank you for taking the time to do that.

I tested it as a block on my site and it seemed to work fine as long as I had yahoo messenger opened up.

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:06 pm

Thank you so much for the help. I do have one other question though, how do I center it?

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:10 am

Wrap it in a div like so:

Code:




<?php 


 if ( !defined('BLOCK_FILE') ) { 


     Header('Location: ../index.php'); 


     die(); 


 } 





 $content='<div style="text-align: center"><object id="pingbox*********" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" width="240" height="420"><param name="movie" value="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="wid=******************-" /></object></div>'; 





 ?>

I think style="text-align: center" will center the object tag, but you may have to use something like style="width:xxxpx; margin:0px auto;"

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:46 am

Thank you Nuken! That worked perfectly. It is centered now and looks good. I really appreciate it.