AIM Screen Name Link

Is there any way to have a link where it opens up my screen name in iChat? Like the aim:goim?screenname=(put sn here) link? Or would I have to do that with the HTML after I publish it?

Sure there is and yes it does require editing the HTML after iWeb publishes. The advantage, though, is that you can have a live status icon that displays whether you are online or not and people can click on it to automatically chat with you. Here is a thread where I put down directions to do it...
Add an iChat Status Icon
You can see this in action on my website blog... http://www.dirtdoog.com

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Aim screen name service not working

i am trying to set up a new aim screen name for a client. i am unable to do this. i get a message saying the service isn't available. apparently the only other way to have a screen name is to buy mobile me membership. does anyone have any insight about this? thanks.

Are you saying you cannot get to this page ?
5:36 PM Friday; March 6, 2009

IChat wants nonexistent AIM screen name

Hi everyone,
I've opened an iChat account with no problems, using a .mac screen name. My father, whom I've been working with over the phone, tried the same thing. He has a .mac screen name, it's showing up and checked under "Accounts" in "Preferences", but when he tries to go online with it, he is prompted to enter an AIM screen name. The .mac name does not work here (with or without the extension)- he just keeps getting prompted as if he's trying to sign in using AIM and can't get out of the loop. Any ideas?
Thanks!

Hi,
You can log in to the AIM Pages with an @Mac.com name by entering it in full.
This is one such place https://settings.aim.com/ with the sign-in spot being top right.
(it does not display the Screen name straight away but does if you enter/click on one of those button - it returns to this page).
This will still use a check with the @Mac.com servers as to the password (which still needs to be 16 characters of less).
Yes, if you were wondering, it does mean that in iChat you can choose AIM as the account type and enter a MobileMe or @mac.com name in full - in fact this is the only way you can use a MobileMe account in iChat 3 or earlier.
6:44 PM Tuesday; March 29, 2011
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Screen Name Linking question

Hi, i am getting a Mac mini soon with iChat AV and i was wondering if it has the capability of linking screen names. If it doesnt, thats okay, please respond!! im just curious

Hi Joe,
Welcome the Apple Discussion Pages.
The Answer is No.
Ralph

Ichat won't connect to my AIM screen name

I bought my mac a few days ago and everything was working fine with ichat. I woke up one morning and it was asleep, and when I woke it up and tried to sign onto ichat it "hiccuped" then wouldn't sign on and gave me an error message saying I have tried to sign on too many times in a short period of time and it said i should wait a few minutes before trying again. I waited, restarted, and shut down my machine and it is not working. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

I have had 6 other housemates, in the same house, on the same university network, for the last year and a half. Two others have macs (another macbook, and a mac mini (old)). I have owned my macbook for almost a year now, and iChat has worked beautifully the whole time, except for this last month. I talked with the University IT people (I have software engineer friends who graduated and now work for them) and nothing has been changed.
iChat is currently working so I dont want to mess with it. It wasnt working about an hour ago though. The next time, which I am sure will be soon it has problems again, I will try port 443. Thanks.
<Venting>
I guess this is just the week to have mac problems. On a side note, my airport express randomly goes into long fits of dropping and reconnecting every 10 seconds. I am working with other threads for this problem, but I switched from a PC to get rid of these issues; and for the last 11 months I have. I know I really push my computers to their max and try to get every single drop of performance from every clock cycle, but I am not buying any more apple products, nor will I continue to recommend them as I have for the previous 11 months until this is fixed.
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AIM -- Email Address for Screen Name -- Missing

At our office we've all set up our AIM screen names using the "Use an existing e-mail address as a Screen Name" option. A new employee started this week and this option is now missing. Is there a way to still do this? Our email addresses are over 16 characters.
Thanks in advance for your help.

I found a back door to this option. Here's the post that gave me the idea:
http://journals.aol.com/journalseditor/magicsmoke/entries/2007/08/07/leave-comme nts-and-join-private-journals-using-your-e-mail-address-as-a-screen-name/2540
So if you go to www.journals.aol.com/
Click on any blog listed in the center of the screen.
Click on add a comment at the bottom of any post.
You'll hit a registration screen. Click the link to Get a Screen Name.
On the next screen, choose the 2nd option that says "Use an existing e-mail address as a Screen Name" and click Continue
Then follow the directions.
It worked perfectly. Although why AIM took it off their main registration page, I have no idea.

Can't get rid of old screen name in iChat

when I first got my iMac a couple years ago, I was experimenting with the apps, including iChat. In iChat, I setup an account using a screen name that I no longer want to use, but when I try logging into iChat using the AIM account with the screen name I want, the "user name" that shows up in iChat is the first one I used when I was experimenting for the first time with iChat.
How do I get rid of this old, unwanted screen name? I tried clicking on the minus sign in the list of users to delete the account and tried signing up for a new iChat account using my AIM screen name/password; neither worked (when I tried logging in with my AIM info and clicking on the button to set up a new iChat account, I got sent to the AIM web site that wanted me to input all my info again then sent me to the site to download AIM - which I already have.) I could find nothing in the iChat preferences other than the minus sign I referred to but that won't allow me to definitively delete the unwanted screen name/handle.
Is there some place I can find the iChat preferences in the system folder, maybe, and delete them so next time I start iChat a new, blank set of preferences will be opened that will allow me to set the username I want? If this will work, where is this file located?
Thanks.
P.S. I got Skype recently to try, but like some of the features in iChat so would rather use iChat if I can get it to use the name I want and have with AIM.

Hi,
Pic first
Handle = Screen Name.
Name = Your Details as per your My Card (Head and Shoulders iCon) in the Address Book - Or the User that is Logged in to the Mac.
Each Buddy List will show the same Name but a different Handle based on the Screen Name for that Buddy List.
If you only have one Buddy List (other than the Bonjour One) and you Delete it then the Buddy List Disappears - Problem Solved. (Presumably you are re-adding a New Screen Name ?)
Pic of the Minus Button I am talking about.
Multiple Buddy List are created by adding more then One Screen Name to the Accounts List (Previous Pic)
I am a little confused where you were when you did this:-
I tried clicking on the minus sign in the list of users to delete the account and tried signing up for a new iChat account using my AIM screen name/password;
"List of Users" sounds like you were in System Preferences > Accounts.
You can "Delete" an Account here. It is not actually removed from the Users Folder (Hard Drive/Users) but is locked in a way that no-one has access and they are Removed from the Login Screen when the Mac Starts Up.
DO NOT DELETE ANY CLOSED ACCOUNT FOLDER In the Users Folder.
But if you use the same Screen Name in another Mac User Account the same Handle will appear.
You will see my GoogleTalk Account is headed "GoogleTalk" and my AIM Account as "Main AIM Account" These are set in the Description field in the iChat > Preferences > Accounts.
The Default if you have one account that logs into AIM is for it to read "AIM Buddy List"
Similar for one Jabber Account.
With more accounts of any one type they take on the info in the Description Field - which itself by default is the Screen Name.
Are you trying to create a New Mac User Account and use the same AIM Screen Name there ?
Are you trying to just change AIM Screen Names ?
8:05 PM Wednesday; December 29, 2010
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I don't understand the way I set up my iCloud account and I'm totally confused with it. In an attempt to fix this and just start over completely I deleted my screen name but "bonjour" keeps logging me in. Is it safe to delete it? What options do I have?

Please help!

Hi,
In Messages or iChat go to the App Menu > Preferences > Accounts
On the left is the list of Accounts that are set up.
Everyone gets Bonjour (Although by default it is not Active).
Highlight the Bonjour Account
On the right there is a Box that says "Enable this Account" which probably has a tick in it.
Select it to remove the tick.
This will turn Off the Bonjour Account.
The List may also contain any @me.com name you have set up.
This can be used in Messages as the ID for iMessages
It is also a Valid AIM screen Name.
It would helps if we knew which version of iChat and the OS you are using as there are some changes that occur
An iCloud @me.com name will not work in iChat 5 or earlier due to the checks Apple has in iChat 6 (and Messages) which iChat 5 does not do.
To also work as a Valid Screen Name the password for your @Me.com name has to be 16 characters or less (AIM server limit)
9:49 PM Wednesday; October 17, 2012
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 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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Why is iChat saying my screen name is not valid when I've never had a problem before?

All of a sudden, my iChat will not connect to my mac.com account. I keep receiving an error message that says "the screen name entered is not valid". I've never had an issue with this account before. I thought maybe this was because I just traveled abroad yesterday- however, I was successfully able to log into my iChat account when I first arrived, but when I went to login again, I started to receive that error message. I've used this account in the past when I've traveled abroad and never had an issue. Why all of a sudden? Help!

HI,
There does seem to be a glut of people who use their @Mac.com Screen Names in iChat or Message that travel to different countries that then find they cannot login
Try Logging in here https://settings.aim.com/
If it says your Account has been Suspended you will need this page
Use the TOSGeneral email to contact them.
It seems the people at AIM/AOL that contact you do not always know about the agreement that Apple Issued IDs (@mac.com and @me.com) are also valid AIM Screen Names.
They will
1) Want you to change the password (it will not make any difference to the Flagging of your "account")
2) tell you they can't find that you have an Account with them (you don't it is with Apple)
Remind them gently that there is an Agreement with Apple to allow Apple IDs as Valid Screen Names
That their Servers check the Names and Passwords with the Apple Servers but the Suspended Account Flag is set at their end and they need to Undo it.
8:32 PM Friday; September 7, 2012
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IS there any way to copy all your old buddies from and old screen name

to a new screen name?
thanks!
using ichat on leopard

In case you're want to use an old AIM screen name you've not been using for a while I think it is better to just refresh your complete buddy list by sending your contacts an email with your new screen name and have them update this in their data base.
Ask them to respond with their recent contact info and add their active screen name to your buddy list. Every now and then this can be very useful cause contact info tends to change when people move, get a new job or switch to another computer.
Free Aim screen names that have been inactive for a certain period will become invalid, understandable because their database needs to be up to date as well.

Screen name for iChat

I started up iChat and used my .mac information to set it up. But i want my screen name to be my old AIM screenname not my @mac.com So my question is does anyone know how i can change it so I can use my AIM screen name? Thanks for your time.

nevermind found it, up left hand corner click ichat and then accounts and its simple from there...

My @.mac screen name works in messages but not AIM

I have been using a @.mac screen name for my AIM for years now and had no issues. It still works in messages but since iCloud I can seem to use it with AIM on a PC or iPad or iPhone, or any other messages app.

Well, I know that screen sharing works over the net so the first thing that comes to my mind is that maybe the ISP is blocking the port used for screen sharing. Is the iMac accessing the net through a router?

Is my AOL screen name too long for AIM on the iPhone?

My current screen name is 14 characters and for some reason i'm having all types of problems with AIM on the iphone. My buddy list wont load, my friends don't get IM's, i can't save new buddies, etc.
I tried logging on with my old screen name from a while back (12 characters) and it worked fine. Except from the occasional crash, it actually worked perfectly.
My buddy also uses it, and his screen name is 7 characters. works fine for him.
What gives? has anyone else had this problem? how could this even be an issue?

not unless you hack ur phone and i dont recemend that 1)ithinks its complex and not for begginers not sayin u are one cause idont know but 2)can easly mess up u phone and void warrnty and Apple will not help fix it 3)im sure in a couple months they will come out with an update that has a istant messger app with it..that will include aim and yahoo just like a adium even tho thats not an apple product im sure apple will do somethin simailar cause they have gotten alot of feedback wanted a instant messager app

AIM app Unable to connect on specific screen name

It is able to work on a previous screen name I have used in the past, but my main name is unable to connect for some unknown reason. I receive one of two messages:
No connectivity
Or
Too many login attempts, wait to log in again (this happens because the app attempts to reconnect over and over and over again very quickly)
Both AIM and IChat on my computer will login with the screen name. I have attempted to find help on the AIM website, and on my account options, but have not been successful.
I am using an Itouch second gen with 2.2

R29,
Does the same issue occur when you try connecting to different networks? For example, you could try different WiFi networks or EDGE/3G.
A similar symptom with iChat has made it's way to discussions in the past:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1498265
Since I cannot see a way to edit the ports on the iPhone app, you may try submitting this feedback to the AIM app developer via the iTunes Store. I would also try the other troubleshooting steps in this article:
Troubleshooting applications purchased from the App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1702
Hope this helps,
Raleigh

Your screen name ***** is now signed into AIM from 2 locations

IChat keeps popping up this message:
Your screen name *** is now
signed into AOL(R) Instant
Messenger in 2 locations. To sign
off the other location(s), reply to
this message with the number 1.
I do use my iChat account on two computers, but I am never logged in from two machines at the same time. I get this message even if I have iChat running on only one machine.
It used to happen occasionally and I would just type "1" and that was an end to it for a while. Now it is beginning to happen repeatedly. I type "1" and about 5 minutes later I receive the same message again.
My screen name in the message is slightly garbled. It has an "(" on the front and the last character is replaced with a smiley. Mean anything?
The option in iChat preferences "Allow multiple logins for this account" is checked and greyed out. I have another AOL Instant Messenger account which doesn't give me the same problems. This one also has that option checked, but its not greyed out.
My first worry is that this is a symptom of someone trying to hack my system via iChat? But if not I would like to stop it happening while still being able to use this iChat account from more than one computer (but only one computer at a time)
If anyone has encountered this problem and knows if it can easily be fixed I'd be grateful.
Thanks very much

Specifically using the Logout option on the AIM web pages does in fact log you out.
It is when you just close the window /tab to the page that their Setting take effect.
If you are set at "When I quit iChat, Set my Status to Off Line" that will also log you out fully when you Quit iChat.
There are some Oddities that can cause this without a second location or computer being used. (well not directly).
Are you doing Internet Sharing from this Mac to another computer or a cell phone ?
This can cause a sort or Loop via the other computer to the internet and iChat can see the Internet twice. I have also seen this with iChat and an iPhone using Internet sharing. (Instead of being wirelss to the wireless router the person had used the Airport Card to Share the Mac's Internet connection thinking it would lead to better syncing).
Also are you using the AOL Mail Servers and logging in from Mail (every thirty Minutes) to get your New Mail ?
Are you using a MIMO routing device as iChat can see these as two or More connection to the Internet.
DO you have another AIM based Instant Message app ? (AdiumX or ProteusX)
Do you have an AIM transport set up for a Jabber Buddy List ?
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