HELP, iChat link in iWeb, HELP.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11691657#11691657 <-- See Thread.
Basically I want to create a link to my iChat, but when doing so using the inspector tool in iWeb 09' it obviously doesn't work, an goes back to a http link to an apple site.
HELP!! Thanks in advance!

Hi,
MadisonP has explained the basic HTML that needs to make the word iChat a Link that will launch the persons AIM client (An Application that logs in to AIM).
If you are trying this and iChat does not launch of open a Text chat window for you then possibly your Browser is not set to use the goaim link format to open the required app.
You can change this in Firefox
In this section I tell people how to do it with Internet Explorer 5.2.x (And link to Downloads of older versions)
I cannot find a way to do this in Safari.
However not having another AIM Client app and setting iChat to be the Default AIM App in the iChat > Preferences > General Section should help.
On this page I link the process with a Pic and a query to the AIM servers if I am On line or not before the text is sent.
http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/ContactTesters.html
You can look at the Source View and it is about half way down (Past the menu stuff that takes a lot or room in HTML)
<a href="aim:goim?screenname=ralphjohnsr&message=Hi!,+I+came+from+your+website,ralphjohnsuk."><img align="right" src="http://big.oscar.aol.com/ralphjohnsr?onurl=http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk//images/RalphOn.gif&offurl=http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk//images/RalphOff.gif" alt="Webmaster iChat Online Status Indicator" border="0"></a>
As you can see the first part
a href="aim:goim?screenname=ralphjohnsr&message=Hi!,+I+came+from+your+website,ralphjohnsuk." is the Stuff for the Link and the AIM message and the message itself. The Closing /a is after the pic and Query bit
So <a href="aim:goim?screenname=ralphjohnsr&message=Hi!,+I+came+from+your+website,ralphjohnsuk.">Any Words to be link</a>
Would start a Chat with me if I removed the code I used here to display the < and > to make it "live"
I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.
I hope this covers what you night be missing.
10:46 PM Friday; June 18, 2010
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