Plone Skype

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This product has not had a release in over 1 year and may no longer be maintained.

PloneSkype allows the Plone portal members to communicate with other portal members via Skype. PloneSkype takes communication on the plone platform beyond the asynchronous mode of email, discussion boards and blogs.

Project Description

PloneSkype takes communication on the plone platform beyond the asynchronous mode of email, discussion boards and blogs. PloneSkype allows the Plone portal members to communicate with other portal members via Skype.

Features :

1. Portlet to display online users.
2. Display the user status on the document created by him.
3. Display online - status of the user when you visit his/her home folder.
4. Option to set type of icons you whould like to display for your site. Read in-line comment for possible values. *
5. The portal member can choose not to display their online status to the portal members.
6. Option to setup the refresh interval. Depending on the refresh interval set, the user status will get updated.

Configuration :

1. If you want your status to be shown in your plone site then you have to give your skyp_id and set show skyp status option checked. You can do it from your personalize screen. To do this, from plone site goto preferences->Personal Preferences
2. Apart from this you need to set "Allow my status to be shown on the web" from your skype client. To do this go to Tools->options->privacy
   Note: Only the skype-2.0.0.81 or above has this option.

Installation :

1. Put this product in to products folder and restart the zope.
2. Install the product from portal_quickinstaller.

Requirements :

1. Zope 2.8.1
2. Plone 2.1.2

For more information on the product please mail to support@partecs.com

Skype is the trademark of Skype Limited. Plone is the trademark of Plone Foundation.