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Normally, I wouldn’t divulge my secrets of how to put such coooool things on a site, but I guess since I didn’t figure it out on my own, I’ll let you know how I did it.

In case you haven’t figured out what I’m referring to, go to my blog updates page here.

Now, on with the ‘lesson.’ Check out this site first: http://www.seekcodes.com/myspace_aim_status.php?aim=yourSN. It shows you a pretty easy way to slap up a pre-made icon, and it will switch from ON to OFF … line, depending on which one you are. But, if you are savvy enough to make your own icons, and enjoy dabbling with photo-editing, feel free to use this simple code to put your own image up:

< "img src=http://big.oscar.aol.com/YOUR-AOL-SN-HERE?
on_url=http://www.seekcodes.com/aim/online.gif&
off_url=http://www.seekcodes.com/aim/offline.gif>

As we can see, ?on_url= needs to be modified, so simply paste the new URL of wherever you put your file into this and it will display when you are signed on to AOL. off_url needs to be replaced, too, so change that. And once you put that code on your page, you will be all set… until AOL changes their code again. If you’re wondering how I made mine so you can click on it and it loads my AIM window, check out this page: http://www.tech-recipes.com/instant_messaging_tips500.html. They will fill you in on those details. I had enough trouble making the little greater- and less-than symbols display without having to do little A HREF links. You should know that by now. (;

Mobile Note: I’m not sure how this works with AOL Mobile, so when you find out, let me know! This is my first tip on my blog… and I will hopefully make more. It has its own category now, under news.

Note: WS means web site, MS means MySpace, and X means Xanga. I wanted to condense.

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