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Yahoo!Messenger Icons Not Working

PostPosted: March 28th, 2007, 11:11 am
by MN_FriendlyGuy
Member profiles allow a Yahoo!Messenger ID to be stored. When a member inserts an ID into their profile, a YIM icon is displayed (see the bottom of this note).

Yesterday (27 March), I noticed that YIM icons were not functioning. When the icon is clicked, IE 7 displays an error message: "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage".

I checked again today (28 March) and the problem still occurs for me.

If possible, would someone else check for a possible problem?

A) This situation might be unique to me and my security settings.
B) This situation might be unique to IE 7.
C) This situation might originate from within www.Yahoo.com

Re: Yahoo!Messenger Icons Not Working

PostPosted: March 28th, 2007, 11:26 am
by EMG
It probably means that Yahoo made a change of some sort, I'll see if I can't look into it.

MN_FriendlyGuy wrote:Member profiles allow a Yahoo!Messenger ID to stored. When a member inserts an ID into their profile, a YIM icon is displayed (see the bottom of this note).

Yesterday (27 March), I noticed that YIM icons were not functioning. When the icon is clicked, IE 7 displays an error message: "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage".

I checked again today (28 March) and the problem still occurs for me.

If possible, would someone else check for a possible problem?

A) This situation might be unique to me and my security settings.
B) This situation might be unique to IE 7.
C) This situation might originate from within www.Yahoo.com

PostPosted: March 28th, 2007, 12:59 pm
by MN_FriendlyGuy
Checking in at another website, I found they are successfully using the following string:

http://messenger.yahoo.com/edit/send/?.target=x&.src=pg

(where x is the ID)

Confirmation: Yahoo!Messenger Icons Working Again

PostPosted: April 9th, 2007, 1:16 pm
by MN_FriendlyGuy
Thanks for digging into this one. Yahoo Instant Messenger Icons are working again.

Re: Confirmation: Yahoo!Messenger Icons Working Again

PostPosted: April 9th, 2007, 11:29 pm
by EMG
Sadly, VERY sadly, I didn't do anything. Sounds like it was a yahoo issue but I still suspect my code is a tad dated. Send me a PM if it happens again and I'll dig into the code.

MN_FriendlyGuy wrote:Thanks for digging into this one. Yahoo Instant Messenger Icons are working again.