IM Control update – default names, tell where the conversation is coming from.

I really need to stop learning about things from Livemeshside. Picturepan2 from Livesino hit me on IM this afternoon to ask about the new feature our Messenger server engineers mentioned on their blog.

Some feedback we got from customers was I’d love to know which site the IM Control conversations are coming from. We aren’t passing through the site URI to the client but we do allow you to set the default visitor name (appears in the conversation with you).

Just tweak the inviterDisplayName parameter.

All you need to do is:

• go here and enable your account for IM control
• go here and copy the iframe tag

<iframe src="http://settings.messenger.live.com/Conversation/IMMe.aspx?invitee=dcc7f76fcd6c161a@apps.messenger.live.com&mkt=en-US" width="300" height="300" style="border: solid 1px black; width: 300px; height: 300px;" frameborder="0"></iframe>

• add the following parameter &inviterDisplayName=Reading Your Blog (you should URL encode this – space is %20)

<iframe src=”http://settings.messenger.live.com/Conversation/IMMe.aspx?invitee=dcc7f76fcd6c161a@apps.messenger.live.com&mkt=en-US&inviterDisplayName=Reading%20Your%20Blog” width="300" height="300" style="border: solid 1px black; width: 300px; height: 300px;" frameborder="0"></iframe>

• Now when they chat, the default name will be Reading Your Blog