SkypeLink

Background and rationale

Similar to the links MoinMoin provides for email using macro <<mailto()>>, it would be useful to have a macro for links to Skype.

Description

SkypeLink is a macro to insert a link to Skype. Without an argument, the macro will insert a icon link that simply shifts the focus to the Skype application. If a Skype username provided, the macro will insert a Skype icon and username as links to invoke a Skype call. Adding a prefix to the Skype username argument controls which type of link (icon and/or text) is inserted.

Prerequisites

For the link to work, Skype must be installed on the client's machine.

For the macro to insert the Sykpe icon, skypeicon_16px.png must be installed in the folder common under in static html path specified by url_prefix_static in wikiconfig.py.

The icon image file be downloaded in https://cdn.dev.skype.com/upload/skype-button-assets.zip, or by saving the image displayed in the examples below.

Usage

<<SkypeLink(text)>>

Argument "text" is optional.

<<SkypeLink>> or <<SkypeLink()>> - icon link to shift focus to Skype.
 
<<SkypeLink(username)>> - icon + text link to call 'username'.
 
<<SkypeLink(prefix:username)>> - prefix to controls the type of link inserted.

prefix = icon - icon link only
prefix = user - text link of username only
prefix = both - both link types 

Example

No argument - <<SkypeLink>>; <<SkypeLink()>>

Username only - <<SkypeLink(test123)>>

Suffix includeded -

Icon: <<SkypeLink(icon:test123)>>

User: <<SkypeLink(user:test123)>> 

Both: <<SkypeLink(both:test123)>>

No argument -  ;  

Username only -  test123

Suffix includeded -

Icon:  

User: test123

Both:  test123

Download & Release Notes

Copyright

• @copyright: 2011 Ian Riley <ian.riley@internode.edu.au>

License

GNU GPL, see COPYING for details.

Known issues and limitations

None

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