refer URL

[moon]

Hello,

I want to make a "send to friend" page,
I found a free to use script but it sends the URL that the visitor is on.
The script opens the default mailprogram and send the mail

Can I change the script , so I can send another URL instead of the URL the
visitor is on?
(I tried everything but nothing works, I'm not good at writing scripts as
well)

here is the script, please advice me what I have to change

thanks


u = window.location ;
m = "I thought this might interest you...";
function mailThisUrl() {
good = false
checkEmailAddre ss(document.eMa iler.address);
if (good) {
// the following expression must be all on one line...
window.location =
"mailto:"+docum ent.eMailer.add ress.value+"?su bject="+m+"&bod y="+document.ti t
le+" "+u;

[mscir]

Re: refer URL

moon wrote:
<snip>[color=blue]
> Can I change the script , so I can send another URL instead of the URL the
> visitor is on?
>
> u = window.location ;
> m = "I thought this might interest you...";
> function mailThisUrl() {
> good = false
> checkEmailAddre ss(document.eMa iler.address);
> if (good) {
> // the following expression must be all on one line...
> window.location =
> "mailto:"+docum ent.eMailer.add ress.value+"?su bject="+m+"&bod y="+document.ti t
> le+" "+u;[/color]

Maybe something like this. I'm assuming good is set to true in the
checkEmailAddre ss function if it says the address is valid.

u = 'http://www.google.com' ; // put the url you want to send here
m = "I thought this might interest you...";
function mailThisUrl() {
good = false;
checkEmailAddre ss(document.eMa iler.address);
if (good)
window.location =
"mailto:"+docum ent.eMailer.add ress.value+"?su bject="+m+"&amp ;body="+documen t.title+"
"+u;
}

Mike

[moon]

Re: refer URL


thanks mike, it works!! :)
I had tried to put "http://www.google.com" ; instead 'http://www.google.com'
and it did not work, but yours do.
Do you have an idea how I can add some more in the message, right now it say
the title and the URL in the message.
It's not so important but would be nice if I could add some more in message

thanks again
Gert
[color=blue]
>
> Maybe something like this. I'm assuming good is set to true in the
> checkEmailAddre ss function if it says the address is valid.
>
> u = 'http://www.google.com' ; // put the url you want to send here
> m = "I thought this might interest you...";
> function mailThisUrl() {
> good = false;
> checkEmailAddre ss(document.eMa iler.address);
> if (good)
> window.location =
>[/color]
"mailto:"+docum ent.eMailer.add ress.value+"?su bject="+m+"&amp ;body="+documen t
..title+"[color=blue]
> "+u;
> }
>
> Mike
>[/color]

[mscir]

Re: refer URL

moon wrote:

I missed a few things in my first reply, I'll try to correct them in
this message:

First of all, using 'mailto:' is not recommended:

http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Email_form_data

http://www.isolani.co.uk/articles/mailto.html

If you still want to use mailto...
[color=blue]
> u = window.location ;
> m = "I thought this might interest you...";[/color]

These variables should be local - if they are only used in the function
mailThisUrl - they should be declared using var in the function. Use
local variables whenever possible. Here's a little reading about
declaring variables, and global/local variable scope.

http://www.mredkj.com/tutorials/reference_js_intro_ex.html

http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~stauber/mycomp20/js_basics.php3

[color=blue]
>[/color]
"mailto:"+docum ent.eMailer.add ress.value+"?su bject="+m+"&bod y="+document.ti t[color=blue]
> le+" "+u;[/color]

I broke the string into pieces and placed it in a local variable so it
is easier to see what's going on. Change the last line to include the
additional message body text you want instead of "test string'.

var msgstring = 'mailto:' + document.eMaile r.address.value ;
msgstring += '?subject=' + subject;
msgstring += '&body=' + document.title + ' ' + sendurl + ' ';
msgstring += 'test string' //place message text within single quotes


Give this version a try and see if it does what you want, if you don't
use CGI or the free alternatives listed above:

function mailThisUrl() {
var sendurl = 'http://www.google.com' ;
var subject = "I thought this might interest you...";
var good = false;
checkEmailAddre ss(document.eMa iler.address.va lue);
if (good) {
var msgstring = 'mailto:' + document.eMaile r.address.value ;
msgstring += '?subject=' + subject;
msgstring += '&body=' + document.title + ' ' + sendurl + ' ';
msgstring += 'test string' //place message text within single quotes
window.location = msgstring;
}
}

Please don't top post, it messes up the Q&A flow.
MIke