Currently Ping.fm supports posting updates from any of the following.
- Web Dashboard
- E-Mail
- Blogs - For blogs, format your message like Title^Body in the body of the email, or use the subject as the title of the blog.
- Pictures - Ping.fm accepts single picture attachment on e-mails. Pictures must be JPG or PNG format, minimum file size of 1kb, maximum file size of 5mb.
- Signatures - Ping.fm will truncate the e-mail at the signature indicator (blank line followed by 2 or more dashes followed by another blank line)
- Groups (Triggers) - Begin the body of your message with a service trigger (ex: @fb) or custom group name. (ex: #myblogs)
- AOL Instant Messenger
- GTalk / Jabber
- Jabber bot (pingbot@bots.ping.fm) is only available to GTalk and Jabber.org users.
- Other jabber users can use the GTalk bot (pingdotfm@gmail.com).
- Yahoo Messenger
- Windows Live Messenger
- Visibility may take a few minutes to a few hours after making friend a request.
- Skype
- Skype bot is only capable of receiving text ims, not voice calls.
- SMS / Text Messaging International SMS / Text Messaging
- Standard text messaging rates apply. Ping.fm does not incur any extra cost.
- Pictures - Ping.fm does not currently support pictures sent to the SMS number. Please use E-Mail for picturemail.
- Triggers - Begin your message with a service or custom trigger.
- iGoogle Gadget
- Enter your application key on the gadget using the "edit settings" dropdown on the gadget.
- Your Ping.fm application key can be found here: http://ping.fm/key/
We're adding more features all the time, so please check your dashboard for an updated list.