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grateful

05-07-2009, 12:11 AM

Hi, I'm very new to javascript, usually I just cut and paste. However, I need to change something in this code, and have looked through tutorials and forums with no luck. Would really appreciate some help.

The code is a "refer a friend" code, that at present places the URL of the current page into the email. I would like it to place the home/index page of the site into the email instead.

I tried changing window.location to parent.location, didn't work.

I tried :
"+window.location='http://www.yoursite.com'"

but that doesn't work either. Can someone please help!

This section in the Head tags :

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

</script>

The body section (in case this needs a change) is :

<form name="eMailer">
Tell a friend:
<input type="text" name="email" size="26" value=" Enter Address Here" onFocus="this.value=''" onMouseOver="window.status='Enter email address here and tell a friend about this site...'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status='';return true">
<br>
<input type="button" value="Send this URL" onMouseOver="window.status='Click to send an email (with this page address) to a friend! Enter email address above...'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status='';return true" onClick="mailThisUrl();">
</form>

TinyScript

05-07-2009, 12:46 AM

I'm not sure if this is what you wanted, but it seems to be.

<HTML>
<HEAD>

<script >


</script>

</HEAD>

<BODY >
<form name="eMailer">
Tell a friend:
<input type="text" name="email" size="26" value=" Enter Address Here" onFocus="this.value=''" onMouseOver="window.status='Enter email address here and tell a friend about this site...'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status='';return true">
<br>
<input type="button" value="Send this URL" onMouseOver="window.status='Click to send an email (with this page address) to a friend! Enter email address above...'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status='';return true" onClick="mailThisUrl();">
</form>

</BODY>

</HTML>

grateful

05-07-2009, 02:16 AM

Hi TinyScript, many thanks for your very quick reply!

It works beautifully, exactly what I wanted - you are a genius!

Except for 1 tiny thing... if it's not too much trouble.
The URL in the email isn't hyperlinked, it's just text - is there a way to get it appear as a link?

Otherwise I'll use as it is.

I've tried other forums, but never got an answer, by the way. Really glad I found this one, I was tearing my hair out!

Margo

TinyScript

05-07-2009, 02:32 AM

u = <a href="www.putYourNewAddressHere">www.putYourNewAddressHere</a>//window.location;

try this. I don't use email from my machine at all, I just email from my online account, so I can't check the link for you. It looks like it works, but i don't know.

grateful

05-07-2009, 03:02 AM

I'm getting a Syntax error - Line 33, char 5, code 0.

So close!

When published and used, it does work, but URL still not hyperlinked.

Thanks for your patience.

grateful

05-07-2009, 11:59 PM

I resolved the issue of getting the link in the email to be automatically hyperlinked, by adding the http://, thus :

u = "http://www.AccelerateInBusiness.com" //window.location;

So now it's working perfectly. Thanks for the help.

Margo :-)