Email pages

[TiggyPig]

Yup, I created it, but feel free to use it if you like.

Mark

[jacy]

Hi Mark,
My apologies. I sould have asked you before i used it.
Thank you for the use of your image.

cheers,

Mitch

[TiggyPig]

S'ok mate, you can put a link on your site to us if you like and we can do vice versa, all good networking practice. Share those customers.

[jacy]

No Worries Mark,
I'll do that once I get my links page up and running.

Cheers,

Mitch

[mccanm]

Norman

This works well, but one further question; If I wanted the above code to look like a text link rather than an image link how would I add in the <a href> tags around the text. I'm afraid my Javascript isn't up to much yet.

thanks

Mark

[smiffy]

Would you guys be interested in a link with my flowers, balloons and teddybear site?

www.flowertastic.co.uk

[NormanRouxel]

This works well, but one further question; If I wanted the above code to look like a text link rather than an image link how would I add in the <a href> tags around the text. I'm afraid my Javascript isn't up to much yet.

This thread is way too long for me to know what bit of above code you're referring to.

Could you post the bit you're talking about to avoid uncertaintity.

Norman

[Napolean]

diffrent idea

im looking for something simlar to email a friend, a link on every page that allows a potential customer to email their name , phone number and the product page they are looking at directly to the sales department, allowing our sales staff to phone them right back, I can see how a slight alteration to the script would do the trick,
my question is how do i set it up so the email come directly to our sales office, while at the same time hiding the address from spammers

[NormanRouxel]

Napoleon,

Try sticking this somewhere appropriate in your Product Template(s):

Enter your phone number and we'll call right back 
<br><input id="PHO-NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTREFERENCE" type=text value="" size=20>
<input type=button value="Phone Me"
onclick="var thisloc=location.href;
var thisphone = document.getElementByID('PHO-NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTREFERENCE').value;
if(thisphone != ''){
location.href='mailto:myaddress@' 
+ 'mydomain.com' 
+ '?subject=Call me back on ' 
+ thisphone 
+ '&body=Product ' 
+ thisloc}">

You edit the bits "myaddress" and "mydomain.com" to suit.

Spammers won't see this as your e-mail address is pretty well obfuscated by being split over two lines and assembled by JavaScript.

You could also investigate using one of these e-mail to SMS type services (don't ask me - I know nothing) so that your mobile would get the message as soon as it's sent.

Norman

[Napolean]

Thanks Norman
Must be that monday feeling, I have added the code to Act_Productline2.html, see attached file please, it all looks good but i get error on page when i try submit the details. I have a feeling this is because I have placed the script inside the form tag, any ideas where im going wrong please

Regards
Napolean
www.rackingplus.com

[NormanRouxel]

Ooops. An extra capital letter crept in.

The line

var thisphone = document.getElementByID('PHO-NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTREFERENCE').value;


Shoud be

var thisphone = document.getElementById('PHO-NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTREFERENCE').value;


if you're not eagle eyed, the difference is ID is wrong it should be Id

Norman

[NormanRouxel]

For anyone else reading there's a bug in my post of 3 above. Here's the amended one.


Code to add to Act_ProductLine.html (or any other Product Template) to add a "We'll call you back" type of phone number field and button.

Enter your phone number and we'll call right back 
<br><input id="PHO-NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTREFERENCE" type=text value="" size=20>
<input type=button value="Phone Me"
onclick="var thisloc=location.href;
var thisphone = document.getElementById('PHO-NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTREFERENCE').value;
if(thisphone != ''){
location.href='mailto:myaddress@' 
+ 'mydomain.com' 
+ '?subject=Call me back on ' 
+ thisphone 
+ '&body=Product ' 
+ thisloc}">

You edit the bits "myaddress" and "mydomain.com" to suit.

Spammers won't see this as your e-mail address is pretty well
obfuscated by being split over two lines and assembled by JavaScript.

[Napolean]

thank you

Norman your a star..thank you it now works a treat

as for eagle eyed on a monday morning..well thats a diffrent matter


Regards

Napolean
www.rackingplus.com

[ocbon]

email a friend

Hi Norman,

For the code (the one to be put in Act_BodyProduct.html) below - where should it be put to work. What does this mean - The mailto is executed as soon as the input field changes.

I have tried several options from these posts and cannot get a button to show up. Want the button to show for every product. Does the button always show, or does the customer have to do something to activate it?

Thanks,
Bonnie

Originally posted by NormanRouxel
Here's a rough and ready one-liner:-

Tell a Friend E-mail button on web-pages.

Enter this (very long line) in the product description if you just want to do this on the odd product

!!<Enter e-mail address to tell a friend <input type=text value="" size=40 onchange="var thisloc=location.href;if(this.value != ''){location.href='mailto:' + this.value +'?subject=Take a look at '+thisloc+'&body=I saw '+thisloc+' and thought you would be interested.'}"><input type=button value="OK">>!!

or the same in a Template (Act_ProductBody.html might make sense as this will only display on product pages) without the !!< and >!! to make it generally available.

<Enter e-mail address to tell a friend <input type=text value="" size=40 onchange="var thisloc=location.href;if(this.value != ''){location.href='mailto:' + this.value +'?subject=Take a look at '+thisloc+'&body=I saw '+thisloc+' and thought you would be interested.'}"><input type=button value="OK">

Note that the button is really a dummy. The mailto is executed as soon as the input field changes. It just gives the user something to click on. Note that not all browsers support the subject= and body= parameters but you can probably live with this. Don't put any punctuation in the helpful text bits as they might interfere with the mailto URL.

Norman

[NormanRouxel]

Not Act_ProductBody.html - it goes either directly into your product description or your product template.

Also there's a spurious "<" in one of the lines you posted above. It should be:-

Enter e-mail address to tell a friend <input type=text value="" size=40 onchange="var thisloc=location.href;if(this.value != ''){location.href='mailto:' + this.value +'?subject=Take a look at '+thisloc+'&body=I saw '+thisloc+' and thought you would be interested.'}"><input type=button value="OK">

Here is a more up-to-date and easier to edit version. This is the "e-mail a friend" code.

<br>
Enter e-mail address to tell a friend
<br>
<input id="EML-NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTREFERENCE" type=text value="" size=25>
<input type=button value="Tell.."
onclick="var thisloc = location.href;
var address = document.getElementById('EML-NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTREFERENCE').value;
if( address != ''){
location.href = 'mailto:' + address
+ '?subject=Take a look at ' + thisloc 
+ '&body=I saw ' + thisloc + ' and thought you would be interested.' 
}">

Put this into Act_ProductLine.html (just below the line
<span class="actxsmall">NETQUOTEVARATEPROMPT </span>) and it will appear on every product.

Norman


Norman