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| message from electricboogaloowreck on 22 Jul 2004 |
I want to create a link that when clicked on will add our site to the user's Favorites list. There must be a simple way to do this...Any ideas?
Thanks :)
Chelsea
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| ricking replied to electricboogaloowreck on 22 Jul 2004 |
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
var bookmarkurl="https://www.whatever.com
var bookmarktitle="Title of Favorite"
function addbookmark(){
if (document.all)
window.external.AddFavorite(bookmarkurl,bookmarktitle)
}
</script>
This is the button (or link)
<a href="javascript:addbookmark()"><img src="addfavorite.gif"></a>
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| ricking replied to ricking on 22 Jul 2004 |
opps, add this href attribute to the link or button
<a href="javascript:addbookmark()">
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| jimbo bagins replied to electricboogaloowreck on 23 Jul 2004 |
javascript:%20window.external.AddFavorite('http://www.yoursite.com','your
site.com-%20%20%20%20')
just change the (your site) bit on the adres and then where it says it for the
second time that is wur u put what will be said on the favriutes if this works
or dosent plz email me @ weirdcreation@hotmail.com
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| darrel replied to electricboogaloowreck on 22 Jul 2004 |
user's Favorites list. There must be a simple way to do this...Any ideas?
People that know how to bookmark know how to use the feature in their
browser. Those that don't know how to bookmark won't know what a favorite is
to begin with, so I'm not really sure these 'bookmark this page' links even
serve a purpose.
-Darrel
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| Murray *TMM* replied to darrel on 22 Jul 2004 |
Well, they do in a kind of screwy and twisted way. For me they are right
around the level of "This page optimized for IE6" as a determinant of skill
level....
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| Mad Dog replied to Murray *TMM* on 22 Jul 2004 |
I respectfully diasgree on this one. "This page optimized for IE6" says the
designer is a rookie who doesn't care about the rest of his/her audience.
"Bookmark this page" says the designer thinks there may be viewers who
aren't very familiar with browsers -- which in my experience is most of
them.
MD
Murray *TMM* wrote:
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| darrel replied to Mad Dog on 23 Jul 2004 |
Exactly my point. If they're not familiar with the browser, then they're not
going to know what a bookmark or favorite is to begin with.
-Darrel
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| John Waller replied to darrel on 24 Jul 2004 |
Doesn't necessarily follow.
At risk of using a poor analogy, you can know what a stereo system (or a
vanity mirror!) is in a car, and how to use it, without knowing much else
about the car itself.
Many novices know how to click a link on a webpage and use bookmarks (or
Favorites), and maybe even the Back button. Some can even print a web page.
But many don't have a clue about (or any interest in) the History button,
Links bar, Refreshing a page, View Source or resizing the text.
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| John Waller replied to Mad Dog on 23 Jul 2004 |
Ergo, if a "Bookmark this page" link, how will they know what a "Bookmark"
is and how to use it?
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| Mad Dog replied to John Waller on 22 Jul 2004 |
Trust me, I've run into clients who had no idea how to create a bookmark on
their own, nor how to organize them (or even that they could organize or
alphabetize of folderize them) but knew that if they clicked "Bookmark this
page" it would be somewhere in their favorites.
Never underestimate the lack of knowledge of the public. Unless your
audience is definitely a cut above.
MD
John Waller wrote:
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| John Waller replied to Mad Dog on 23 Jul 2004 |
Oh, believe me, I don't.
I usually assume the lowest common denominator.
Just seems odd that they haven't a clue how to use a browser other than
point-and-click or what one is but they know about jargon such as Bookmarks
or Favorites.
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| Lane Baldwin replied to electricboogaloowreck on 22 Jul 2004 |
user's Favorites list. There must be a simple way to do this...Any ideas?
<a href="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite('http://www.PUTURLHERE,
'PAGETITLE)">Add to Favorites</a>
This is the script I use. Replace PUTURLHERE with the address and PAGETITLE
with the text you want to show in their favorites list.
HTH,
Lane
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