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What is meebo me?

Meebo Me lets you chat with anyone who comes to your blog or web page. Visitors show up in your Meebo buddylist so you can strike up a conversation, answer questions, or just keep tabs on guests.

Publish your online status so friends can see if you're available when they visit your site.

When logged into meebo, you can chat with all of your visitors in real time and access your favorite IM networks (MSN, AIM, Yahoo, gtalk,jabber) as well, all in one place.

Go get your own meebo me widget at http://www.meebome.com/!

Embedding

Where can I use meebo me?

You can put meebo me on any web page where you can embed html and a flash widget. This includes most blogging platforms such as Wordpress and Blogger, social networks such as MySpace and Friendster, productivity tools such as salesforce.com, and any other web page you control!

meebo me does not work inside other flash projects right now.

How do I create a meebo me widget?

You need to have a meebo account in order to create a widget.

  1. Click on preferences at the top of your meebo page
  2. Click on meebo me widget from the list
  3. Click on Add A New Widget
  4. Enter a name for your widget
  5. Choose a widget size
  6. Click on Create A New Widget!

To embed to widget, copy the code from the widget embed field and paste it on your web page.

Where can I find my meebo me widget code?

  1. Click on preferences at the top of your meebo page
  2. Click on meebo me widgets from the list
  3. Click on the Widget embed text box for the embed code
  4. Copy and paste the code to your web page

My friend is on my page, but she doesn't see the widget!

Your friend will need to download the latest flash player or have at least version 7.0 to see/use the widget. It is available for download at http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash/.

Connection

The widget says I am offline but I am actually online.

  1. You need to be logged into meebo with your meebo account that created the widget in order for your widget to display you as online.
  2. Make sure your widget is enabled. Click on the meebo me widget link at the top of your meebo page. Make sure the talk bubble icon is enabled (green).
  3. The meebo me widget needs to connect to the meebo server directly; it canʼt go through any proxy. If youʼre accessing the widget page from somewhere with proxy, it will block the widgetʼs connection. A firewall can also block the widget's connect. Try accessing your web page from a different location.

The widget frequently shows me as 'offline' when I am actually online.

Check if a web caching server might be causing the problem. Try accessing the widget from a different location.

What does "Updating Connection" mean?

The widget needs to refresh its connection back to the server. This is particularly useful for when you are chatting using the widget over an unreliable connection or when you hibernate/sleep your machine. If you ever see Network Disruption, hit refresh on your browser to try to reconnect.

Modifying/Customizing/Managing

How do I modify my widget?

  1. Click on the meebo me widget link on your meebo page
  2. Click on Modify next to the widget you wish to modify
  3. A new page will appear for you to modify your widget
  4. After making changes, click done
  5. On the meebo me widget tab, click save

What can I customize?

You can customize the following: widget title, display name, size and color theme.
You can also custom colors for background, title text, title bar, chat input and chat text.

Can more than one person be logged into the same meebo account at the same time to monitor a widget?

No. Only one login session is available for an account at a time.

IM Messages

How do I talk to people using the meebo me widget?

You will need to log into meebo with your meebo account that created the widget to chat with your meebo me widget visitors.

When a visitor visits your web page where your widget is embedded, your meebo me widget name will appear on your meebo buddy list. The visitor's name will appear underneath the widget name. If your visitor did not set a nickname on the widget, you will see guest#####.

To chat with the visitor, double-click the the visitor's name on the buddy list. An IM chat window will appear for you to chat with your visitor. If you visitor initiates the chat, then an IM chat window will appear with your visitor's IM message.

Is there a way to redirect incoming questions from a widget?

Currently, there is no way to redirect incoming questions from a widget. There have been a lot of request for this capability; it has been added to our feature requests list.

Can I broadcast messages to everyone?

There is no official way to broadcast messages; however, you can set a custom away message using the status message at the top of your buddy list on your meebo page. The message will display on your widget for your visitors to see.

How can I stop people from IMing me from the widget?

You can disable your widget so that visitors will see that are you not available and they will no longer be able to send you messages.

  1. click on the meebo me widget link on your meebo page
  2. click on the Enabled icon (green talk bubble) next to the widget
  3. click Save

You will need to remember to re-enable your widget by clicking on the icon again when you are ready to receive messages.

Can my meebo me widget visitors leave me messages when I am not logged into Meebo?

If you are not logged into meebo, the messages your visitors send you via your meebo me widget will appear the next time you log into your meebo account. These offline messages will expire after 7 days.

If you don't want to receive the offline messages, you can disable your meebo me widget within the meebo me widget link on your meebo page.

I can't enter Cyrillic symbols from my widget.

Try editing the embed code – remove the wmode=“transparent” attribute from the meebome embed tag.

Is the chat history for my Meebome widget saved to view later?

At this time, meebo me widget conversations are not saved. We do have it on our to-do list.

How many people can talk to me at any given time? Is there a limit?

Right now we have set the limit to 100 people who can see you online through your widget. In the future, we may make it a preference to help you do some crowd control. If you've got 100 peeps IMing you at any given time, you're pretty popular and might wanna hit that Invisible mode! You can also disable a widget in the meebo pref pane.

Visiting someone's widget

How do I change my nickname?

  1. click on Edit Nickname or Edit Nick near the bottom of the widget
  2. enter a nickname
  3. hit Enter key to set the nickname

This nickname follows you whenever you encounter a meebo me widget on the web.

How long can my nickname be?

50 characters

I am on my friend's page, but I don't see her widget!

You will need to download the latest flash player or have at least version 7.0 to see/use the widget. It is available for download at http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash/.

What does the green button on the top right do?

This allows you hide yourself and ignore messages from the owner of the meebome widget of that page.
Note that disabling a meebo me widget will NOT disable all meebo me widgets, but just that chat session on that page or wherever that same widget is posted. When you come back to the page, your disabled preference will be remembered if you are using the same machine. To re-enable the widget, click anywhere on the widget.

How can I log into my meebo me account using my jabber client?

Just use <username>@meebo.org as your JID. Here's a sample screenshot that helps show where the settings should go in your jabber client.

 
meebome.txt · Last modified: 2009/03/23 17:35 by meebosara
 
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