Jabber
Jabber is an open instant messaging protocol used by millions of people daily. At WordPress.com we are experimenting with instant delivery of blog posts and comments. We are also working on ways to post via Jabber by sending messages to the blog.
It’s currently free to use our Jabber blog subscription service. Here is how.
1. Connect to im.wordpress.com
To get blogs and comments delivered over the Jabber instant messaging service, you need a Jabber client and a WordPress.com account. You will set up your client with these connection details:
- Jabber ID
name@im.wordpress.com
This is your WordPress.com user name followed by “@im.wordpress.com”. (This looks like an email address but it’s not usable for email.) - Password
••••••••
Your WordPress.com password. - Jabber Server/Host
im.wordpress.com
Don’t worry if you aren’t given a place to enter the server name. - Port
5222
Some clients have additional connection parameters. For help with specific clients, check the list below. If you need help with a client that is not on this list, contact support. We can’t be responsible for any third-party software but we’ll do our best.
2. Befriend the bot
To get instant notification when posts or comments appear you must send instructions to bot@im.wordpress.com. Add that Jabber ID as a buddy or contact and allow the bot to see when you are online. When you can see the bot in your buddy list, open a chat window and say “hi”.
Here are the commands the bot understands:
- subscribe (shorthand: sub)
sub icanhascheezburger.com
This command creates a subscription for new blog posts at icanhascheezburger.com. (Note that http:// should not be included.)
sub icanhascheezburger.com/comments
This command subscribes to all new comments on that blog.
sub icanhascheezburger.com/2009/06/19/funny-pictures-really-be-one-of-them
This subscribes to new comments on a single post. - unsubscribe (shorthand: unsub)
unsub icanhascheezburger.com
Use this to stop receiving notifications on any existing subscription. - subscriptions (shorthand: subs)
subs
The bot will reply with a list of your subscriptions.
3. Interact with blogs
When you receive notifications from blogs they are addressed from the blog’s URL. For example, icanhascheezburger.com will send posts as chat messages if you are subscribed to that blog. You can post to any of your blogs by opening a chat window with that blog’s URL and sending messages.
This way of interacting with blogs is totally new and we deploy changes frequently.
Last modified: October 28, 2009
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