Title: Custom Google Talk Chatback
Author: MrVictor
Published: <strong>ఏప్రిల్ 17, 2011</strong>
Last modified: మే 22, 2011

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# Custom Google Talk Chatback

 By [MrVictor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrvictor/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/custom-google-talk-chatback.1.2.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-google-talk-chatback/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-google-talk-chatback/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-google-talk-chatback/#installation)
 * [Development](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-google-talk-chatback/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-google-talk-chatback/)

## Description

Embed links to your Google Talk Chatback. Display different things when online or
offline. The plugin is made to be highly customizable.

### Features

 * Custom “start chat link” and “offline text”. Use text or image.
 * Display things depending on if the user is online or offline
 * Widget, Shortcode and Template Tag support
 * Translatable (send them to us if you make any)

### Contact

Go to the [Plugin Home Page over at Intervaro Web Agency](http://intervaro.se/custom-google-talk-chatback-wordpress-plugin)
to give feedback or propose a feature!

Special thanks to [Israelwebdev](http://israelwebdev.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/google-talk-status-api-in-php)
who made the script that makes it possible to check if a user is online or offline.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Widget settings
 * [[
 * Widget example

## Installation

 1. Upload `custom-google-talk-chatback` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Find your personal Google Talk Hash Key (ID), see below
 4. Add the widget, insert shortcode into the WYSIWYG or use template tag in your theme
    template.

### The Google Talk Hash Key (ID)

To use this plugin you first need to know what you hash key is for your Google Talk
account. The hash key is the string containing characters and numbers, found between
the _tk=_ and _&_ at http://www.google.com/talk/service/badge/New or for domain 
users, at: http://www.google.com/talk/service/a/**YOUR-DOMAIN-HERE**/badge/New

### Widget instructions

Just drag the widget to the prefered sidebar and set it up as wanted.

### Shortcode instructions

There are 3 shortcodes available.

[gtalk hash=”” link=”” offline=””]
 _Prints a link to start chat or a text message
if offline_

 * Hash: your hash key (ID) for Google Talk Chatback
 * Link: link text
 * Offline (optional): text if offline

[gtalk_online hash=””] [/gtalk_online]
 _Content inside shortcode will only be displayed
if user is online_

[gtalk_offline hash=””] [/gtalk_offline]
 _Content inside shortcode will only be
displayed if user is offline_

### Template Tag instructions

    ```
    <?php gtalk_status( $hash ) ?>
    ```

_Returns 1 (true) if online and 0 (false) if offline_

    ```
    <?php gtalk_link( $hash, $link ) ?>
    ```

_Returns a link to start chat_

 * Hash: your hash key (ID) for Google Talk Chatback
 * Link: link text or image (HTML)

## FAQ

None yet.. Have one? Visit the [Custom Google Talk Plugin Homepage](http://intervaro.se/custom-google-talk-chatback-wordpress-plugin)

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Custom Google Talk Chatback” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ MrVictor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrvictor/)

[Translate “Custom Google Talk Chatback” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/custom-google-talk-chatback)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-google-talk-chatback/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/custom-google-talk-chatback/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/custom-google-talk-chatback/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/custom-google-talk-chatback/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2

 * Fixed Bugs:
    - Loading translation files

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.1**
 *  Last updated **15 సంవత్సరాలు ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.1.4**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-google-talk-chatback/)
 * Tags
 * [google](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google/)[google talk](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google-talk/)
   [google talk chatback](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google-talk-chatback/)
   [gtalk](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gtalk/)[jabber](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/jabber/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-google-talk-chatback/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ MrVictor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrvictor/)

## Support

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