# Creating aim icons **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 23, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561 "2003-05-23T01:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![somdow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@somdow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somdow)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/1 "2003-05-23T01:34:57Z")
now i know how to create aim icons right but my ? is how can i make it so that when ppl click on a link that it autoamtically launches aim and installs itself as the aim icon ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/2 "2003-05-23T03:46:12Z")
aim:BuddyIcon?src=url here ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/3 "2003-05-23T04:58:25Z")
sorry but how do i apply this in a link ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/4 "2003-05-23T05:06:03Z")
```php ``` That should do it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/5 "2003-05-24T03:52:11Z")
It has to be .ico format I do believe. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/6 "2003-05-24T04:04:31Z")
nope, it doesnt they just use regular old pictures just like the avatars here ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/7 "2003-05-24T04:06:03Z")
Thats not what I am talking about, for them to install on a click, and bring up the Preferences menu, I think its gotta be .ico ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/8 "2003-05-24T16:15:48Z")
no i dont think so either… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/9 "2003-05-24T16:18:18Z")
nope, it can be .gif or .jpg and I think it can be .ico, never tried that extention. Just has to be smaller than 7 kb or so… and 50x50 pxls ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/10 "2003-05-24T16:23:19Z")
It’s actually 48x48 :-\ I thought it was 50x50 before until I loaded an icon of mine that used scanlines and they got kind of funky and I read a thing on creating buddy icons and it said it takes a 48x48 icon, so I changed my size and it worked fine. If the file size meets the requirement I believe AIM will scale your image up or down to fit it to 48x48. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/11 "2003-05-24T16:24:47Z")
oh yeah. 48x48… good catch… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/12 "2003-05-24T16:28:03Z")
Oh yeah, and you can use .gif, .jpg, .ico, .bmp, and .xbm (have no clue what that is, but you can use it) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/13 "2003-05-24T16:30:24Z")
monochromatic bitmap … ive never used it before… [http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/graphics/summary/xbm.htm](http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/graphics/summary/xbm.htm) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/14 "2003-05-24T16:32:21Z")
Hmm, thanks for that link Jubba, great info there 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/15 "2003-05-24T22:46:12Z")
ur sure you can make the link with a .jpg or .gif or whatever and itll install itself? oh and go to [www.badassbuddy.com](http://www.badassbuddy.com) and it will have links that install it, go and check teh source code ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/16 "2003-05-25T03:57:51Z")
below is a straight rip of the [hulk.com](http://hulk.com) site. \ \\ click the box this one brings the opt… heres the code: a href=“aim:BuddyIcon?src=http://www.thehulk.com/\_images/buddy\_9.gif”\> img src=“my page src4 the pic here.gif”, /a i left the tags open cause i dunno how to add them without taking effect. now exept for the http location , whats the diff bet this line of code above and the one posted by xxviii up top which was: a href=“aim:BuddyIcon?src=location/image.gif” img src=“location/image.gif” \\\this one opens aim but no the install opt reason i ask is because when i put 2 imgs on my html editor and i aplied these codes at the same time to the 2 imgs, xxviiis’ code opens aim but doesnt bring up the opt to install but the other one does??? any thoughts??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/17 "2003-05-25T04:00:59Z")
because neither of them are showing up? or because your trying to run the bottom one from “location” on [kirupaforum.com](http://kirupaforum.com) which probably doesnt exist you probably just need to have the whole address in there or something ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/18 "2003-05-25T04:07:03Z")
try again on those images, the action still takes effect, i edited the mssg any thoughts??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/19 "2003-05-25T04:11:22Z")
try putting your code in again except use the tags [PHP] and [/ PHP] without the spaces and I’ll try to see what’s up ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561/20 "2003-05-25T04:15:03Z")
Hey aku, I’m goin to bed now, sorry, but if one works, and one doesn’t, then just use the one that works;) but if you are still having problems and someone hasnt answered you by the morning I’ll definately try to help you out [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-aim-icons/21561.md?page=2)