HTML / Javascript - How to input Go to Url ?

kingthebadger · Jul 31, 2005

Basically i want people to enter any url (like an address bar) and click Go! to visit the url they have typed in. can someone give me the information to input this onto my site?

ve tried the following :

<html>

<head>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">

</script>
</head>

<body>

<form name="myForm">
<input type="text" value="http://www." name="Dest">
<input type="button" value="go to url" onClick="GoToURL()">
</form>

</body>

</html>

Lex Luthor · Jul 31, 2005

kingthebadger said:
Basically i want people to enter any url (like an address bar) and click Go! to visit the url they have typed in. can someone give me the information to input this onto my site?

ve tried the following :

<html>

<head>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">

</script>
</head>

<body>

<form name="myForm">
<input type="text" value="http://www." name="Dest">
<input type="button" value="go to url" onClick="GoToURL()">
</form>

</body>

</html>

try onclick="return GoToURL()"

And you need a semi-colon after the line URLis = document.myForm.Dest.value

mortiz · Jul 31, 2005

We do have a forum dedicated to coding you know.

theGreenBunny · Jul 31, 2005

Try

Code:

window.location=URLis

More on the window object here

kingthebadger · Jul 31, 2005

mortiz said:
We do have a forum dedicated to coding you know.

thought id get more people noticed here =) neways, could you guys paste the whole code so i can just input it into macromedia. thanks

Lex Luthor · Jul 31, 2005

Here you go:

<html>

<head>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">

</script>
</head>

<body>

<form name="myForm">
<input type="text" value="http://www." name="Dest">
<input type="button" value="go to url" onClick="return GoToURL()">
</form>

</body>

</html>

Dgenatron · Jul 31, 2005

Lex Luthor said:
Here you go:

<html>

<head>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">

</script>
</head>

<body>

<form name="myForm">
<input type="text" value="http://www." name="Dest">
<input type="button" value="go to url" onClick="return GoToURL()">
</form>

</body>

</html>

I don't know jack about javascript, but shouldn't that onClick="return GoToURL()" be inside the javascript tags for it to work?

Lex Luthor · Jul 31, 2005

Dgenatron said:
I don't know jack about javascript, but shouldn't that onClick="return GoToURL()" be inside the javascript tags for it to work?

No, that's how it's supposed to be. HTML and javascript are very closely linked. You can edit the html from within the javascript, and make function calls to the javascript functions within events of html objects... I think. Well at least it works

.

Ti133700N · Jul 31, 2005

You should use getElementById instead, it will work on all browsers and is w3c standard.

Code:

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
function GoToURL(){
	var URLis;
	URLis = document.getElementById("Dest").value;

	if (URLis == "" || URLis.length <= 8){
		alert('You must enter a valid URL');
	}else{
		document.location.href=URLis;
	}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<form name="myForm">
<input type="text" value="http://www." name="Dest" id="Dest">
<input type="button" value="go to url" onClick="GoToURL();">
</form>

</body>
</html>

duffers20 · Aug 1, 2005

Code:

<?php if ($_SERVER ['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST') { ?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Redirection</title>
</head>
<body>

<form name="myForm" method="post">
<input type="text" value="http://www." name="Dest">
<input type="submit" value="Go to url">
</form>

</body>
</html>

<?php

} else {

$dest = $_POST['Dest'];

header("Location: $dest");
exit; 

} ?>

Thats a PHP Version if you want to use it.

kingthebadger · Aug 1, 2005

thanks everyone

HTML / Javascript - How to input Go to Url ?

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