Email Friend Link Product Anchor

[jont]

The email friend script in the KB appends the URL with the encoded product anchor to enable the friend to be taken straight to the product.

If the product is initially accessed via the marketing lists the url displays are :

page.html#aWidget

sending the link appends the anchor again eg:

page.html#aWidget#aWidget

Is there a way to check the URL already has the anchor and not append again?

[NormanRouxel]

The KB article ( http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=45404 ) is riddled with bugs (someone has removed all the plus signs from the code).

Could you post what you're using and I'll see if I can fix it.

[jont]

Cheers Norman,

the default code is :

<input type=text value="" size=52 onchange="var thisloc=location.href + '%23<Actinic:Variable Name="EncodedProductAnchor"/>';
	if (this.value != '') {
		location.href='mailto:' + this.value +'?subject=Take%20a%20look%20at%20<Actinic:Variable 

Name="ProductName"/>&body=I%20saw%20' + thisloc + '%20and%20thought%20you%20would%20be%20interested.'
		}
">
<input type=button value="Send Email">

.. works perfect when sending from the product direct but not if the product has been accessed via the cgi-bin

[NormanRouxel]

Try this:

<input type=text value="" size=52 onchange="var thisloc=location.href; if (thisloc.indexOf('#') == -1) thisloc += '%23<Actinic:Variable Name="EncodedProductAnchor"/>';
	if (this.value != '') {
		location.href='mailto:' + this.value +'?subject=Take%20a%20look%20at%20<Actinic:Variable 

Name="ProductName"/>&body=I%20saw%20' + thisloc + '%20and%20thought%20you%20would%20be%20interested.'
		}
">
<input type=button value="Send Email">

[jont]

Top stuff Norman - the tweak to this.loc does indeed only append a single instance of the product anchor whether accessed direct or via the cgi-bin.

Would one of the Mods please update the KB with this important change please?

[NormanRouxel]

This would be better. It prevents JavaScript errors if the product name contains quotes. And also deals better with pages accessed from the search results.

Tell a friend.

Put the following in your overall layout just above the </head> line:

<script type="text/javascript">
function testkey(ev){
	return ((ev.which ? ev.which : ev.keyCode) != '13');
}

function tellfriend(anc, pname){
	var friend = document.getElementById('tell-' + anc);
	var thisloc=location.href.replace(/%23/g, '#');
	if (thisloc.indexOf('#') == -1)	// no anchor so add one in 
		{
		thisloc += '#' + anc;
		}
	else	// replace existing anchor with our own
		{
		thisloc = thisloc.replace(/#.*/, '#' + anc)
		}
	if (friend.value != '') {
		location.href = 'mailto:' + friend.value + '?subject=' + escape('Take a look at ') + pname
		+ '&body=' + escape('I saw ' + thisloc + ' and thought you would be interested.');
		}
}
</script>

Put the following in your product layout(s):

Enter e-mail address to tell a friend 
<input type=text id="tell-<Actinic:Variable Name="EncodedProductAnchor"/>" value="" size="40" onKeypress="return testkey(event);"/>
<input type=button value="SEND" onclick="tellfriend('<Actinic:Variable Name="EncodedProductAnchor"/>','<actinic:block php="true">echo rawurlencode('<Actinic:Variable Name="ProductName" encoding="perl" selectable="false" />');</actinic:block>');">

Updated 06-02-09. Disable enter key in email address field from adding to cart.

[jont]

Top drawer Norman - works a treat

[NormanRouxel]

Super. It's interesting that what started out as a one-line tweak is now 21 times as long!

[toystoyou]

I've just added this to my site and it works a treat.
Thanks all.
julie.
www.toys-to-you.co.uk
Affordable ethical, fairtrade and green childrens toys

[jont]

Is it just me but with the default code if the user hits enter after adding the email address the product also gets added to the cart?

[Rich Brady]

Julie,

Your site's layout looks very broken in FF

[NormanRouxel]

Jont,

You're right. That needed fixing. I've amended post #6 above to disable the enter key when in the email field.

Something Actinic's never got round to for the Other Info field.

[NormanRouxel]

Hmmm... I just tried the "Suggest changes" capability for the corresponding Knowledge Base article and there was no indication whether it went through or not.

The form there uses a CAPTCHA and when I tried a test with an invalid code there was still no indication that I'd done anything right or wrong.

So someone who gets the CAPTCHA wrong, may have submitted nothing but be unaware of that.

[scottydog]

Hi

I have used your code above Norman (Or I hope I have!) and I am still getting the oddity of the item being added to the basket?

Example: http://edgeandwax.co.uk/acatalog/Onl...n_Puck_28.html

Any ideas?

Thanks!

ScottyDog

[NormanRouxel]

Scott.

You are using code that is generated as:

 <input type="image" value="SEND" src="mail2.gif" align="top" border="0" onclick="tellfriend('a18','');">

And this is acting as a submit button for the form containing the product.

Try:

 <input type="image" value="SEND" src="mail2.gif" align="top" border="0" onclick="tellfriend('a18','');return false;">

Where the return false; should inhibit the submit.