This page last changed on Dec 17, 2009 by ggaskell.

The IM Presence Macro indicates graphically when a contact is signed into an Instant Messaging (IM) service. The IM presence macro appears as a small icon on the page, like this image: .

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Usage with the Macro Browser

To insert the IM presence macro into a page using the Macro Browser,

  1. Open your desired Confluence page or blog post, then click the 'Edit' button. The page or blog post opens in edit mode.
  2. Click the Macro Browser icon on the toolbar. The macro browser window opens in the middle of the screen in 'macro selection' mode.
  3. Scroll through the list of macros. Alternatively, start typing part of the name of your desired macro into the search box at the top right of the macro browser window. Macros with a matching name will appear in the main pane.
  4. Click on the desired macro to access its parameters and preview parameter changes ('preview mode').
  5. Set the macro parameters to your requirements. If desired, you can preview these changes by clicking 'Refresh'.
  6. Click 'Insert' to put the macro into the page.

You can also insert macros via autocomplete. For more information, see Using Autocomplete in the Rich Text Editor.


Once you've found the IM presence macro, enter values for 'User ID/Screen Name' and select the service from the drop-down list. Finally, click 'insert' to add the macro to your page.

Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor

The following instant messaging services are supported:

Yahoo! Presence Macro

What you need to type What you will get
{yahoo:myYahooId} If online
{yahoo:myYahooId} If offline

AIM Presence Macro

What you need to type What you will get
{aim:myScreenName} If online
{aim:myScreenName} If offline

ICQ Presence Macro

What you need to type What you will get
{ icq:icqnumber} If online
{ icq:icqnumber} If offline

Parameters

Parameters are options that you can include in Confluence macros to control the content or format of the macro output. The table below lists relevant parameters for this macro.

Parameter names are different in the macro browser and in wiki markup. Below we show the macro browser parameter names in bold text, and the equivalent wiki markup parameters in (bracketed) text. If we do not show any parameter name for the wiki markup, then you should leave out the parameter name and simply include the parameter value as the first parameter, immediately after the colon (:).

Parameter Default Description
aim
(aim)
None AOL Instant Messenger: Specify the user's Screen Name.
gtalk
(gtalk)
None Google Talk: Specify the user's Google account name.
icq
(icq)
None ICQ: Specify the user's ICQ number.
msn
(msn)
None MSN Instant Messenger: Specify the user's MSN account name.
sametime
(sametime)
None IBM Lotus Sametime: Specify the user's Sametime account name.
skype
(skype)
None Skype: Specify the user's Skype account name.
skypeme
(skypeme)
None Skype: Specify the user's Skype account name.
wildfire
(wildfire)
None Openfire Server: Specify the user's Jabber/XMPP account name.
yahoo
(yahoo)
None Yahoo! Messenger Yahoo! Instant Messenger: specify the user's Yahoo! ID.
Show User ID
None Shows or hides the User ID of the contact.



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