Add Skype Button to Blogger Blog

We are already familiar with Skype and its features. With Skype, you can make free video/audio calls and chat with your subscribers. If you want to communicate directly with your blog visitors, you can add Skype to your blog or website. By adding Skype call or chat buttons to your blog, you enable easy communication. In this article, I will show you how to add Skype buttons to your Blogger blog.

How to add Skype buttons to your Blogger blog :

Skype offers two buttons, the call and chat buttons, which are free to use. You can easily add these buttons to your Blogger blog. Skype provides a widget code that you can use to add these buttons to your blog. To proceed, you'll need a Skype account. If you don't have a Skype account, you can create one by following the provided procedure. Once you have your Skype account, you can continue with the steps to add the Skype buttons to your Blogger blog.

Follow below steps to add a Skype button to your Blogger blog :

Step 1 :  Go to skype.com/en/create-contactme-buttons/  page

Step 2 :  Enter your Skype name in the Enter your Skype Name text box

Step 3 :  Choose type of action, call or chat or both.
              Simply select the box below Choose what you'd like your button to do

Step 4 : Use those two fields below Choose how you want your button to look to set
             color and size of your button.            

Step 5 :  Now copy button code and go to your Blogger Dashboard
              Add button code to your Blogger using HTML/JavaScript widget.

Open your blog and check whether the buttons are working or not. This is a simple method to add a Skype button to your Blogger.

You can also use Skype URIs to add Skype links to your Blogger. After adding Skype links to your Blogger, when your blog visitor clicks on your Skype link, they will be asked to launch their Skype application.

Skype links :

Suppose if the Skype username is 'Skypeusername'

Chat Link:
<a href='skype:Skypeusername?chat'>Chat with Me</a>

Call Link:
<a href='skype:Skypeusername?call'>Call Me</a>

Leave a Voice Mail:
<a href='skype:Skypeusername?voicemail'>Leave a Voice Mail</a>

Send a File:
<a href='skype:Skypeusername?sendfile'>Send a File</a>

Add to Contacts:
<a href='skype:Skypeusername?add'>Add to Contacts</a>

View Profile:
<a href='skype:Skypeusername?userinfo'>View Profile</a>

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