For those of you who have been using the Skype Web Status button to display your online/offline status on your webpage, you may have noticed that it can’t be used on SSL secure pages. An internet search reveals many people looking for this same thing from Skype – an ability to use the Skype web status button on a secure page, such as a shopping cart payment page.
Including the default non-secure version on an “https:” SSL secured page will cause your client’s browsers to display ‘insecure’ messages, or fail to display the lock icon and certificate information associated with a secure page. This can reduce consumer confidence in your service, as well as look unprofessional.
We’ve developed a fix for it – with just a small upload and a change in the default Skype web status code, you can now include your web status on ANY page, secure or not. You can see an example of it working on our website contact page.
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Download the Secure Skype Web Status code for your website. |
We welcome your comments and any questions regarding the installation and use of this code.
If you missed our original Skype web status article, check it out here on how to keep your Skype web status online behind a firewall.
Update May 2011:
As requested, here is a cURL PHP version for if you cannot use allow_url_fopen on your webserver:
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Download the Secure Skype Web Status code (cURL version) for your website. |
Tags: certificate, https, insecure, offline, online, secure, skype, ssl, status, web
Installation instructions:
1. Download the file (skype_on_ssl.zip)
2. Extract the ZIP file
3. Open the ‘insert_code.txt’ in Notepad, and change the 2 occurences of ‘YOUR_USERNAME’ to your Skype username.
4. Save ‘insert_code.txt’
5. Upload the ‘skype’ folder to your webserver
6. Now copy all of the text from ‘insert_code.txt’ and overwrite your existing Skype web status button on your secure webpage
7. Done!
Thank you so much.
I am looking for a very long time for this solution.
It works just great !
Kind regards.
C.A.M
Hello.
I noticed that requires allow_url_fopen this solution.
Unfortunately, this is not safe for the Joomla CMS.
Is there a solution to the allow_url_fopen does not need?
On a solution I would be very happy.
Kind regards,
Muck
Hi Muck,
The alternative to using fopen() in PHP is to use the cURL library. You can find instructions and examples of how to use it at http://au.php.net/curl
Hope this helps!
- Christina
Hi Christina,
Thank you for your attempt to help me.
Unfortunately, this is far too high for me and I know nothing of php and my english is also not really good.
I’d be very grateful if you could help me again and could give me and the other noobs a suitable solution.
cURL library is available on my webspace.
I thank you in advance again.
Friendly greetings,
Muck
Hi Muck,
Try this version – I have rewritten it to use the cURL library:
http://www.trystaltech.com.au/download/Skype+Secure+SSL+web+status+indicator+using+cURL+library
Let me know how it goes!
- Christina
Hi Christina,
Many many thanks.
You are my heroine. It works perfectly.
Friendly kiss and greeting,
Muck.