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[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
checkEmailAddress(document.eMailer.address);
if (good) {
// the following expression must be all on one line...
window.location =
"mailto:"+document.eMailer.address.value+"?subject ="+m+"&body="+document.tit
le+" "+u;

[mscir]

moon wrote:
<snip>

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
checkEmailAddress(document.eMailer.address);
if (good) {
// the following expression must be all on one line...
window.location =
"mailto:"+document.eMailer.address.value+"?subject ="+m+"&body="+document.tit
le+" "+u;

Maybe something like this. I'm assuming good is set to true in the
checkEmailAddress 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;
checkEmailAddress(document.eMailer.address);
if (good)
window.location =
"mailto:"+document.eMailer.address.value+"?subject ="+m+"&amp;body="+document.title+"
"+u;
}

Mike

[moon]

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

Maybe something like this. I'm assuming good is set to true in the
checkEmailAddress 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;
checkEmailAddress(document.eMailer.address);
if (good)
window.location =
"mailto:"+document.eMailer.address.value+"?subject ="+m+"&amp;body="+document
..title+" "+u;
}

Mike

[mscir]

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...

u = window.location;
m = "I thought this might interest you...";
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/refe..._intro_ex.html
http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~stauber/m...js_basics.php3

"mailto:"+document.eMailer.address.value+"?subject ="+m+"&body="+document.tit le+" "+u;

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.eMailer.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;
checkEmailAddress(document.eMailer.address.value);
if (good) {
var msgstring = 'mailto:' + document.eMailer.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