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user2978831
user2978831

Reputation: 71

Skype link in Email Signature does not work on gmail client

I have an email signature in which all the links work fine in every mail client except the skype one:

<span>Skype:</span> <span><a href="skype:jared.rake?add">Jared.Rake</a></span>

The link works as intended (launches the skype client) on all mail clients except gmail. Any idea why this is so?

Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 9796

Answers (6)

Bernardo Castro
Bernardo Castro

Reputation: 11

The protocol skype does not work on some browsers (or PC that does not have skype installed.) The best option is to add a normal link and direct it to the Skype call page. I got this information from the Add Skype link to email signature.

See the example below:

https://join.skype.com/invite/iOBDAq6GG

Don't forget to set the color of the link with style option. Because Gmail changes the default color to blue in the phone, email, and website texts.

In your example change to or similar:

<span style="color:#333;"><a style="color:#333;" href="https://join.skype.com/iOBDAq6GG">Jared.Rake</a></span>

Upvotes: 0

user8696290
user8696290

Reputation:

Another alternative, in case, you own a domain name (you have a blog or personal website), is to create a PHP file containing the following lines of code:

header("Location: skype:SKYPE_ID?call");
exit();

Just replace SKYPE_ID with your ID and attach the URL of the file to your email signature. Thus, you are in total control of the link.

Upvotes: 0

kevoh
kevoh

Reputation: 19

Additionally, if you want to rebrand your skype link you can use a subdomain that redirects to your is.gd link to keep your links branded. I created a post about this here: http://meerkat.link/skype-in-gmail-sig-using-isgd

Upvotes: 0

Vanger
Vanger

Reputation: 702

I already see proper answer but want to make it more clear: You can build simple "http://" link that leads to your link "skype:profile_name?add". And this http:// link will work great in any mail signature. Even in GMail.

But not all shortners will work properly. I tested it with http://is.gd/ and it works great!

So you need to:

  1. Go to http://is.gd/
  2. shorten your link skype:jared.rake?add and get http:// link
  3. use this http:// link in email signature
  4. profit! :)

Upvotes: 17

Antony Lewis
Antony Lewis

Reputation: 1

Gmail strips out URLs that look like skype:jared.rake?add

So... make a tinyURL pointing to your Skype url, and link to the tinyURL instead :)

Upvotes: 0

John
John

Reputation: 12193

More than likely it is because you are not using a real url as your href value. If it works on everything except Gmail, then it is probably a support issue in Gmail that is causing the problems. Unless there is a URL based value you could use instead, you might be out of luck.

Upvotes: 1

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