Yahoo! Alerts Always showing offline on Pingbox? Occasionally we hear from users that even when they are signed into Yahoo! Messenger, their Pingbox that's embedded on their web site, blog or profile page shows them as offline. This is due to your Yahoo! network presence being set to show you as offline. To fix it, be sure you're logged into the Yahoo! network (e.g. you see your name up at the top of a Yahoo! page) and then click the link below. Hitting that link will toggle your online presence back to "on". Your Pingbox will then show you as being available when you're online in Yahoo! Messenger. Note that you'll only show as online in your Pingbox when you're signed into Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 , Yahoo! Messenger for Mac , or Yahoo! Messenegr for the Web . Signing in on a mobile device or to IM in Yahoo! Mail will not show you as available on your Pingbox.
IMPORTANT : Changing your Yahoo! network presence to online also means that you will be shown as online within other Yahoo! sites such as Yahoo! Groups, message boards etc. - anywhere the online presence indicator ( / ) appears within different Yahoo! products. http://presence.msg.yahoo.com/edit/config/edit_identity?.set=1&.opi=0 Note: After you click the above link, you'll be taken to a blank, white page. That is by design. You won't see any visual confirmation of the change. We also recommend logging out and back into Yahoo! Messenger after you click the link. Sarah Bacon Product Manager
