Web Guidelines: MIT Libraries

meebo

Instant messaging anywhere

You can place a meebo widget, which is the entry point for a meebo "room," on any web page. Using your widget, students visiting your page on any computer can ask you questions in real time or, if you're off-line, can leave you messages. You can reply from the same page.

1. To create the room: Get Meebo

Give your widget a short, welcoming name, like "chat with Marion."
Choose a widget size. "Regular" (190 x 275 px) is a good width for the sidebar of a Guide page.
Choose a color theme.
You'll see an image of your widget changing on the right side of the web page as you make your choices - so you can:
- change the name of the widget or choose a wider size if the name is cut off
- see how different color themes look

2. Choose "next," and you'll be prompted to

create a new meebo ID or
log on with your current ID. (You can create multiple meebo widgets for the same ID.)

3. Choose "next," and you'll find the code to imbed in a web page to make the widget appear.

4. Copy that code, and paste it where you want it in your web page source code. For example:

You'll see a "plugin" symbol, rather than your actual widget, in Dreamweaver. Don't be worried - view the page in a browser and the widget will appear.

5. Go to meebo.com and log on to your account - and your widget will show that you are online.

(send me a message! If I'm not here when you visit, I'll find your message the next time I visit this page.)

Here's an example of a meebo widget used on a guides page.

More on meebo:

meebo.com is a website for instant messaging from anywhere. A member can access any buddy (on AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ and Jabber) and chat with them, from any computer, no downloads or installs required, for free.

Get Meebo