window.location in link ???

[HDC]

Is it possible to grab the full url into my "email a friend" script along with the body text?


<INPUT TYPE="image" src="fun2.gif" border=0 value="grab" name="grab" alt="Email a Friend This Page!" onClick="parent.location='mailto:friends@email-here.com?subject=Check out this Website&body=Hello, I found a great web page at window.location'">

[jasonahoule]

Why not just do this

<a href="mailto:friends@email-here.com?subject=Check out this Website&body=Hello, I found a great web page at window.location.href">
<img src"fun2.gif" border=0 value="grab" name="grab" alt="Email a Friend This Page!" />
</a>

[Angry Black Man]

tested and works:

<a href="javascript:window.location='mailto:friends@email-here.com?subject=Check out this Website&body=Hello, I found a great web page at ' + window.location.href">
<img src"fun2.gif" border=0 value="grab" name="grab" alt="Email a Friend This Page!" />
</a>

[HDC]

thanks but I tried that one already. It just shows in the email body:

"Hello, I found a great web page at window.location.href"

[HDC]

Thanks Aaron and the email body does work BUT it changes my initial web page to something else being a blank page with the url in it.

we are close, any ideas?

[Angry Black Man]

<a href="#" onclick="window.location='mailto:friends@email-here.com?subject=Check out this Website&body=Hello, I found a great web page at ' + window.location.href">
<img src"fun2.gif" border=0 value="grab" name="grab" alt="Email a Friend This Page!" />
</a>

[HDC]

thanks aaron, that was it! Thanks!

[HDC]

One more thing I just ran into...

When the URL has an "&" in it everything after this is being stripped off. Any idea on retaining the rest of the url in these cases? I guess it could be a limitation of the browser...

[Angry Black Man]

sorry, dont know the answer to that one

[HDC]

Thanks for trying! Any one else know if this is possible?

[Dok]

<a href="#" onclick="window.location='mailto:friends@email-here.com?subject=Check out this Website&body=Hello, I found a great web page at ' + window.location.href + window.location.search">
<img src"fun2.gif" border=0 value="grab" name="grab" alt="Email a Friend This Page!" />
</a>

[HDC]

Nice thought but this rendered the same output, it's still stripping everything from the &.

[toicontien]

You need to encode the text using URL safe characters:

function emailPage() {
  var messageText = 'Hello, I found a great web page at ' + window.location;
  var subjectText = 'Check out this Website';
  var email = prompt("Enter your friend's email address:", 'email@address.com');
  
  window.location = 'mailto:' + email + 
      '?subject=' + encodeURIComponent(subjectText) +
      '&body=' + encodeURIComponent(messageText);
}

Then to use this function:

<a href="#" onclick="emailPage(); return false;">Email This Page!</a>

[jasonahoule]

The query string is not considered part of the URL. You can retrieve these vales through the window.location.search property.

[HDC]

Hey toicontien this works great however I don't want the prompt for an email address. Is it possible to take that part out of the code?