Call a Skype user in a html page
Introduction to html-based Skype interaction
When the user has installed Skype, one can open Skype directly from a webpage. The protocol is skype:skypename - and optional flags.
The example will use the chinese demo user of Skype (echo-chinese) - which will record a call and play it back or ping back the typed in chat messages.
Call a skype user
The optional flag is call - to force Skype to call somebody. It can also be left out - but if the user changed the default behaviour to e.g. chat - Skype will open an IM session instead. So - go the save way and use the call - flag.Example: call a Skype user
<a href="skype:echo-chinese?call"><img src="http://skype.com/i/images/helloagain/skypeout.png" border="0"></a>
Send an Skype IM message to a Skype user
The optional flag is chat. See the example below to see the usage in a html page.
Example: send a chat message to a Skype user
<a href="skype:echo-chinese?chat"><img src="http://skype.com/i/images/helloagain/skypeout.png" border="0"></a>
Send a voicemail to a Skype user
The optional flag is voicemail - as you might have guessed.Example: send a voicemail to Skype user
<a href="skype:echo-chinese?voicemail"><img src="http://skype.com/i/images/helloagain/skypeout.png" border="0"></a>
Create a Skype conference call with multiple users
This is as easy as the examples above - just more usernames before the "?" and call as flag.Example: create a Skype conference call
<a href="skype:echo-chinese;echo123?call"><img src="http://skype.com/i/images/helloagain/skypeout.png" border="0"></a>
Create a conference chat with multiple users
Same as conference call - with chat as flag.Example: open a conference chat with multiple users - in html
<a href="skype:echo-chinese;echo123?chat"><img src="http://skype.com/i/images/helloagain/skypeout.png" border="0"></a>
