Please help me get this drop down menu

[GreyFaerie]

im trying to make this layout that will be very similar to the one on this page

http://www.neopets.com/guilds/guild....ppiechickie_18

everything is peachy with the layout ive made except i cant figure out how to get that drop down menu - the problem is the html must be submitted through another site. ive tried codes i have used before and others i found on the net, including javascript, but there are certian blocks on that site that disallow certian codes including javascript. i may be asking for a bit much... but i was hoping i could get some help here. what onClick drop down menu can there be like that that isnt javascript ?

[MstrBob]

The menu used on that page is a simple select with javascript

<form name="linker">
<select name="links" onchange="document.location=document.linker.links.value;">
<option>Links</option>
<option value="http://www.yoursite.com">A Cool Site</option>
<option value="http://www.othersite.com">Other site</option>
</select>
</form>

[buntine]

You forgot to name the select box 'links'. And you also forgot to use the SelectedIndex property.

[MstrBob]

Select is named links ?? And It's been a long while since I've used JavaScript so I'm not entirely sure, but it worked for me quite nicely when I tested it.

[GreyFaerie]

thanks bob !!

[GreyFaerie]

it worked when i viewed it on explorer but it wont on that site... any other suggestions ? heres where i used it

http://www.neopets.com/guilds/guild....d=believeguild

[MstrBob]

ERROR:

Sorry. You are not a member of this guild!

[GreyFaerie]

sorry i forgot about that - it should let you look now. i appreciate it

[MstrBob]

Change

<form>

to

<form name="linker">

The script is looking in the form named "linker" for the object "links" 's value. That should do it.

[GreyFaerie]

its already like that, heres the html

<form name="linker">
<select name="links" onchange="document.location=document.linker.links.value;">
<option>Links</option>
<option value="http://www.believeinfaeries.com">Guild Website</option>
</select>
</form>

i think the site is just blocking the script somehow... i probably need to try something else

[MstrBob]

Source code from your site:

<form>
<select name="links" onchange="document.location=document.linker.links.value;">
<option>Links</option>
<option value="http://www.believeinfaeries.com">Guild Website</option>
</select>
</form>

Should Be:

<form name="linker">
<select name="links" onchange="document.location=document.linker.links.value;">
<option selected="selected">Links</option>
<option value="http://www.believeinfaeries.com">Guild Website</option>
</select>
</form>

If the website is blocking the name attribute of form then I can't be of anymore help (with JavaScript).

[GreyFaerie]

gah

thats really strange... when you go to enter the html to upload to the site i swear it says

<form name="linker">

i tried to save it that way a dozen times, but for some reason when it goes through that oh-so-important segment is left out *sigh*. i guess i am doomed to have a drop-downless layout

[Paul Jr]

If, for some reason, it isn't working with the form name, this should work:

<form action="#">
<div><select onchange="window.location=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;">
<option value="">..Select..</option>
<option value="http://www.hotmail.com">Hotmail</option>
<option value="http://mail.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Mail</option>
<option value="http://gmail.google.com">Gmail</option>
</select></div>
</form>

[GreyFaerie]

*makes inaudible irritated noises*

again... works on the explorer but not when i upload it. i wish i could just view the source for the page i got the idea from and figure out how they did it... but for some reason my comp wont let me do it anymore. life would be so much easier ...

[MstrBob]

<form>
<select onchange="if(options[selectedIndex].value){location = options[selectedIndex].value}">
<option selected="selected">..Guild Links..</option>
<option value="http://www.believeinfaeries.com">Guild Website</option>
</select>
</form>

That's their method.