Fixed Skype contact field doesn't accept windows live email

[Luke F]

With the transfer of msn to skype, quite a few people will be using their msn/live/hotmail/outlook/etc email as a skype identifier, so the field should probably accept valid email addresses.

(not actually sure if you get to choose a skype name from the process as I merged to an existing skype account, but regardless it stands to reason that some will want to use their email as their skype name (I do))

 

[Chris D]

It should also accept Skype/Live names, e.g. live:chrisdeeming

 

[James]

Considering they're merged, may as well just get rid of the Live field altogether (unless you're running a chinese board, where Live will remain).

As to your question regarding Skype accounts, I believe you can be identified by both. When I click my name on Skype, it says I have 2 accounts: my e-mail and my Skype.

 

[AWS]

Edit the skype profile field in admin and change the regex to this

^[a-zA-Z0-9-_.,:@]{3,30}$

That is what I'm using and it seems to work.

 

[Mike]

I've adjusted this. I've killed Windows Live as a default field on new installs, but I don't think we should just remove it and potentially lose data. That would be a board admin's prerogative IMO.