Skipid Widget

What?

The Skipid widget is an instant replacement for the Plaxo Contacts grabbing widget.
Check the Skipid version here vs. the Plaxo version here.

It differs from the following ways:
You can create your own CSS
You can import different account types
You can use multiple languages

How?

Skipid is currently in beta.. we only allow some people to use it.
Email us to get a totally free, no-cost, completely working, all options available beta test account.

If you're one of the lucky few ;), try the following:
Visit the example page to see how it works.

Take the following steps:
Create a page with a input textfield. Set the id if the textfield and remember it (let's say 'recipient_list').

<textarea id="recipient_list" name="recipients" cols="100" rows="10"></textarea>

Ofcourse you need a form and so on when you want to submit the list of emails later.

Add the following javascript to the page header (<head> section).

<script src="http://skipid.com/javascripts/prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://skipid.com/javascripts/widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Create a button on the page that will open the widget.

<a href="#" onclick="skipid.widget.showSkipidWidget('recipient_list', '/skipid/wormhole', 'http://skipid.com/widget/', 'http://skipid.com/stylesheets/widget.css', 'en'); return false;"><img alt="Add from my address book" border="none" src="http://skipid.com/images/buttons/add_button.gif" /></a>

Create a wormhole page on http://www.yourdomain.com/skipid/wormhole.
(or somewhere else, specify in the second argument of the javascript above).

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://skipid.com/javascripts/prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://skipid.com/widget/wormhole.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body></body>
</html>

When?

When will it get out of beta? Probably never.. :)