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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: .

Using the IM Presence Macro

To add the IM Presence macro to a page:

  1. In the Confluence editor, choose Insert > Other Macros.
  2. Find and select the required macro.

Parameters

When editing, you can click on the macro placeholder and choose Edit to display the parameters for this macro in the Macro Browser.

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

Parameter

Description

User ID/Screen NameIdentify the user by their ID, account name or screen name.
Service

aim – AOL Instant Messenger

gtalk – Google Talk

icq – ICQ

jabber – Jabber

msn – MSN Instant Messenger

sametime – IBM Lotus Sametime

skype – Skype

skypeme – Skype

wildfire – Openfire Server

yahoo – Yahoo! Messenger

Show User ID

Shows or hides the User ID of the contact.

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  1. Apr 11, 2006

    richard chang

    Can you add the msn here?

  2. Oct 11, 2006

    Christian Løverås

    This noe has support for MSN: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEXT/IM+Presence+Plugin

  3. Dec 05, 2007

    Bill Callahan

    How about Google Talk?

  4. Jun 13, 2008

    Charles Reimers

    Our company uses YMess for internal messaging, so everyone had the YMess application installed.  Is there a way to create a

    ymsgr:sendIM?<userID>

    link instead of the default webmessage link?  I've tried to create my own links, but confluence doesn't seem to like the ymsgr: tag.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks,

    Charles

    1. Jun 17, 2008

      Mei Yan Chan

      Hi Charles,

      You will need to customise the macro in order for you to implement your own links.

      Regards,
      Mei

  5. Jul 17, 2008

    Anonymous

    the Macro here has no Version!

    in my Version 2.2 the ICQ presence does not Work!

    HELP please -> rsc@cybits.de

    we evaluate confluence and Jira

    rgds

    rsc

    1. Jul 21, 2008

      Azwandi Mohd Aris [Atlassian]

      Hi rsc,

      A more detailed information about this macro can be found at Confluence Extension space:

      Have you tried turning on the setting to allow other users to see your ICQ status? Also, it might be helpful to hold the shift key when you reload the page to renew the browser's cache.

      Hope this helps.

      Cheers,
      Azwandi

  6. Oct 30, 2009

    Scott Madar

    Hi- This is a great plugin but we are having some difficulties getting it to work right with Skype.  When we write the macro im:username|service=skype it triggers skype to open but doesn't bring up the username - so a person can't IM the user unless they are already connected to the user.  Are we doing anything wrong?

    Also we would like to have the service IM a Skype group - is there a way to do that?

    Thanks for any help you can provide.

  7. Nov 17, 2009

    Christian Otkjær

    Is there any way to show ones status on a local (jabber) IM server? We use an internal IM server - and I would like to have a "push-to-talk" button on users confluence space.

    Kindly,

    Christian

  8. May 07, 2010

    Anonymous

    Can this be made to work with Office Communicator?

    1. May 17, 2010

      Sashidaran Jayaraman [Atlassian]

      Hi,

      As far as I know, this macro does not support Office Communicator. However, feel free to raise an improvement request at http://jira.atlassian.com and describe in detail how you require this feature to work. Please add yourself as a watcher, vote for this improvement and add your own comments to this request. For further details on how we include new features and improvements, you might want to read this page

      Cheers
      JSashi

  9. Jun 10, 2010

    Anonymous

    Hi, 

    We're having a problem using the plugin with Skype. The status keeps coming up as 'not online' even when users are logged in. If we click on the Skype button, it is still able to call users however.

    Cheers,

    Emily

    1. Sep 03, 2010

      Sashidaran Jayaraman [Atlassian]

      Hi Emily,

      Apologies if this response is not timely. I am not exactly sure about the issue, but you might want to configure your Skype client to allow your presence to be viewable by web browsers. To do that, please follow the steps below.

      1. Launch your Skype client.
      2. Go to Tools->Options->Privacy->Show Advanced Options.
      3. Tick Allow my status to be shown on the web.

      The location of that option might differ depending on your Skype client version. If problem persists, please raise a support ticket to https://support.atlassian.com, so that your issue can be further investigated. Also provide the following:

      1. Attach a copy of your Support Utility zip file which can be created via Administration > Support utility > Create Support Zip. If you are using Confluence version below 3.1, please provide us:
        • A copy of your Confluence log file located at <confluence-home>/logs/atlassian-confluence.log
        • The system information page. You can obtain the page by accessing the http://<path-to-confluence>/500page.jsp

      Cheers
      JSashi

  10. Feb 10, 2011

    Anonymous

    How about spark?

    1. Mar 06, 2011

      John Rehill

      Isn't spark developed by the same team that do Openfire?

      Spark is merely an IM *client* not an IM *server/protocol*. If you use wildfire/openfire this should work.

  11. Oct 24, 2011

    Anonymous

    Microsoft Lync?

  12. Nov 10, 2011

    Anonymous

    Im also interested to know if this works with Lync?

  13. Dec 22, 2011

    Anonymous

    Lync would be cool (smile)

  14. Jan 16, 2012

    Anonymous

    Lync would be huge actually. 

    1. Jan 16, 2012

      Anatoli Kazatchkov

      Hi,

      Please vote for this issue if you want to get Lync integration: CONF-24431