Creating code: DIY and APIs

If you prefer to do sophisticated things with your chat code, and you want to code it up by hand, there are still lots of options for you. Check out:

Simple code samples

Most anyone with a basic knowledge of HTML will be able to use and modify the following code samples successfully:

• Code Samples to show/hide your widget based on presence.
• Code samples for Service Rollover
• Simultaneously showing multiple widgets on a single page
• Presence check in JavaScript
• Presence check in PHP
• Custom Away/Busy appearances

API Information

Developers might want to use our APIs.

• Presence API
• Comprehensive API docs (much more than just putting chat code onto web pages).