<a href="ymsgr:sendIM?am3n_group">
<img src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=am3n_group&m=g&t=14"
border="0" /></a>

If you use WordPress or Joomla even better, there are plugin for those script.Wordpress users can use Yahoo Messenger Online Status and for Joomla can use JP Yahoo Messenger Status With Custom Image

But there is a catch, the visitor need to install Yahoo Messenger client on his/her PC and also need to have Yahoo ID. My friend at Rawabokor use another method, he is redirecting visitor to use YM WebMessenger chat with him. So visitor doesn’t have to install Yahoo Messenger on his/her PC but rather straight open up a new site, login with their Yahoo ID. and have a chat with you. Below is the code: (change with your id after target=)

<a href="http://messenger.yahoo.com/edit/send/?.target=am3n_group"><img
src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=am3n_group&m=g&t=14" border="0"  /></a>

Now what if your visitor don’t have a Yahoo ID but you still want them to have a chat with you. Here’s the simple how-to you can follow:

1. Put this Javascript in your head section, it will open livechat.html on the center of the screen.Change am3n.net with your site.

<script type="text/javascript">
// custom size, centered popup
function custom_sized_centered_popup(width, height)
{
mypopup = window.open("http://am3n.net/livechat.html","PopupWindow",
"menubar=0,toolbar=0,resizable=1,width=" + width + ",height=" + height);

// calculate the center of the page
x = (screen.availWidth - width) / 2;
y = ((screen.availHeight - height) / 2);

// move to the center of the page
mypopup.moveTo(x, y);
}
</script>

2.Put this php script on your body, the place where you want the YM Status will show. Change $id with your YM ID and  $online/$offline with your own picture/graphic showing that you are online or offline. You should create those picture by yourself. You can also change the width and height of the popup window (410,490).

<a href="#" onClick="custom_sized_centered_popup(410, 490);">
<?php
$id = "am3n_group";
$online = "http://am3n.net/online.png";
$offline = "http://am3n.net/offline.png"; 

$buka = fopen("http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=".$id."&m=t","r")
or die
("<img src='http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=".$id."&m=g&t=2'/>");
while ($baca = fread( $buka, 2048 ))
{ $status .= $baca; }
fclose($buka);

if($status == $id." is ONLINE"){
echo "<img border=0 src='".$online."'/>";
} else {
echo "<img border=0 src='".$offline."'/>";
}
?>
</a>

3. Create livechat.html with content like below. You should get your own personal pingbox from Yahoo! Messenger Pingbox, replace below sample with what you get from Yahoo!

<object id="pingbox" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" width="400" height="480">
<param name="movie" value="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<param name="flashvars" value="wid=PlBHMui6TjFTEEQgAp.hC7OsIWc-" /></object>

And for shortcut, you can generate a simple code on YMGen.com There are many opensource script that can provide live chat feature for your site, like the famouse LiveZilla, but the fantastic of using Yahoo ID is that you can always online using your phone, Blackberry or just SMS. So you can provide 24×7 support (or chat )

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- Copy paste below script on notepad.
- Save as .bat file (i.e. noYMads.bat)
- Run it (double-click on the file)

@ECHO OFF
TITLE Remove ads from Yahoo Messenger 8-9

ATTRIB -R "%PROGRAMFILES%\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache\urls.xml"
ECHO "" >"%PROGRAMFILES%\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache\urls.xml"
ATTRIB +R "%PROGRAMFILES%\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache\urls.xml"
SET CONTENTPATH=""
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET CONTENTPATH="*"

> %TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO REGEDIT4
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO.
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\YUrl]
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Messenger Ad"="*"
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Webcam Upload Ad"="*"
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Webcam Viewer Ad"="*"
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Webcam Viewer Ad Big"="*"
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Webcam Viewer Ad Medium"="*"
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Change Room Banner"="*"
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Conf Adurl"="*"
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Chat Adurl"="*"
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Y Content"=%CONTENTPATH%
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\Locale]
>>%TEMP%.\noYMads.reg ECHO "Enable Messenger Ad"="0"
REGEDIT /S %TEMP%.\noYMads.reg
DEL %TEMP%.\noYMads.reg

Update: 24 Dec 2008
Yahoo release new Messenger and the ads can’t be removed using the above tricks. You should patch YM in order to remove the ads.

1) Make sure you are logged in with Administrator privileges
2) Make sure that the YM_Patch.bat and YMPatch.bin files are in the same location
3) Run the YM_Patch.bat batch file

Note:
This is the preliminary version. It performs minimal error
handling, etc. It only supports versions 9.0.0.2018 and
9.0.0.2034. It does not remove ads in chat rooms and webcam.
In the near future, I will upgrade this to a more elegant
patch program that supports all versions of Messenger.

by dedndave

Download YM Patch No Ads

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Update January 18th, 2009 (directly from dedndave-self)

YM Remove Ads Patch for 9.0.0.2018/2034/2112
It provides links to download the pre-patched exe files for all 28 countries.

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