javascripting/forms help

Anon

Hello,

I have a little complicated form that I need help with. Its basically just the javascript part of it.

Ok, I have an image that uses image maps.

In the image it says

FLASH // HTML

so you can either visit the flash or html version of the site.

That I have working. What I want to do is offer a little remember me cookie so the next time the person visits, he/she don't have to choose.

you can take a look at it at markhadjar.com

In the image maps, I am using

onClick="document.form.submit()"

How can I get it to work?

Also, when you click on the link, there is a php script inside the /go/ directory that redirects the user to either flash or html.

So basically its /go/?flash or /go/?html

the /go/index.php file basically redirects the user to what he/she chose. It will also add the cookie if the user wants too.

the markhadjar.com/index file will check to see if there is a cookie, if not, it will show the regular welcome page, if there is a cookie, it will take them directly to the flash or html page.

Can someone give me an idea or help me with the coding..

Thanks!

Added note:

I need to know what the visitor clicked on too!

So I can store either "flash" or "html" in the cookie!

djg_uk

Mark,

The easiest way I can think of it to work is to chop up the image into three images, the flash image, the divider and the html image.

Change the Flash / HTML images to <input type="image" name="version" value="html"> and <input type="image" name="version" value="flash">

These buttons will submit the form along with the preference of whether or not to store the settings.

Therefore the argument to the index.php script will be one of four:

?cookie=remember&version=html
?cookie=remember&version=flash
?version=html
?version=flash

To check for the checkbox in index.php use:

if (isset($cookie)) {
}

Set the cookie using:

setcookie("version","$version",time() + 8640000, "", "markhadjar.com", 0);

Test for the cookie using the following:

if (isset($version)) {
Header: "Location: http://www.markhadjar.com/".$version."/"
} else {
WRITE PAGE HERE
}

Cheers,

-D.

Anon

why do you need to submit the form? just called the link using the HREF. - href="go/?where=html" - then u get the $where varible and work off that.

djg_uk

Hi Jon,

There's a checkbox option to save preferences, which also needs to be passed on.

-D.

Anon

I have my index page that lets you decide.

The form gets submitted to my choose.php page.

The choose.php decides if the visitor chose flash or html. It then redirects them. But if the visitor chose to remember what they chose, then before it redirects them, it saves a cookie.

Now, I use image maps which makes it harder.

I can put the onClick="document.form.submit()"

but I can't pass any values to choose.php

I like the way jon mentioned, but I rather have it the way I have it now, except try to get it to work rather then have my designer re-design the flash//html image into three seperate images.

kiwi_uk

Im Jon. Hi

Use a pioece of javascipt to do the URL on its dynaic thing. I rote the code but you will have to map it.

</pre>

function LeavePage(inputType) {

cookie= document.yeah.checkbox.value

link = "./go/?what=" + inputType + "&storeCookie=" + cookie;

location.href = link
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

</body>

</pre>

Then u can act on the URL in the script. The url will be somethiong ling

./go/?what=HTML&cookie=no

Its great. This makes the $what and $cookie vars. Act on these. Hope this helps.

Anon

Thanks KWUK

That's more of what I wanted, I'll see if it works.

Anon

Ok, it sort of works now.

The only thing that doesn't is the cookie. If I check it or not, it still says I want to store a cookie. What do I need to do to fix this.

http://128.241.200.139 - the domain isn't working.

kiwi_uk

dude your looking at Boolean values. u know what that is? anyway i spose u do. its gotta be true or false. i forget to include that. sorry.

you dont actually need the value bit.

jon

kiwi_uk

actually i totally screwed up. you need a script to set values of the check box. i cant od it right now but if u have MSN Messsenger im jonathan_marriott@hotmail.com so ill send it u there. Sorry dude