mailto: link equivalent for phone calls?

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Is there any way using html and/or JS to link an image so that it makes a phone call. Similar to the mailto: links. This would just make life a lot easier if this was possible. Say if a person had skype, could a button then open skype for them and call a number?

Thanks in advance

try callto:, skype: or tel: - and see here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1164004/how-to-mark-up-phone-numbers (tel: being the defacto standard now) — hank, Jun 22 '14 at 08:10

score 75 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '14 at 08:10

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like this:

<a href="tel:+1800229933">Call us free!</a>

you can look also on this article

add-telephone-number-links-with-html

answered Jun 22 '14 at 08:10

Haim Evgi

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 22 '14 at 08:58

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Presuming that desktop userd use skype,

Call <a href="<? echo ($detect->isMobile()) ? 'tel' : 'callto'; ?> :+1-579-827-0034">579-827-0034</a>

answered Jun 22 '14 at 08:58

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mailto: link equivalent for phone calls?

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