Javascript Auto Loads Href on Pageload

BobbyDouglas · #1 29-Nov-2004, 14:49

I am trying to find a way to use Javascript to have a mailto link open once the page is loaded.

This will be used for a banner system that when the banner is clicked, it automatically opens a new e-mail message to send the person who owns the banner ad.

If there is a better way to do this without javascript, let me know. 8-)

JdS · #2 30-Nov-2004, 05:24

Unless I have completely misunderstood your message, this is quite an unusual request. I have never seen such a thing; where I click a banner and it opens up my email client. Such a thing would make me quite nervous, to put it mildly.

On the other hand if you want (the web page) to "silently" send an email everytime there is a click on a banner, this is possible with a server-side script. For example, everytime you click on a listing at www.gidwebhosts.com/list-xml/, I have set it up so that I get an email with all the details of the click!

BobbyDouglas · #3 30-Nov-2004, 08:59

Not exactly.

Basically, users will know that in order to send the banner advertiser an e-mail, they must click on the banner ad.

Instead of configuring something on the server to handle this, it will be handled by the client. The easiest way to do this I thought would be a javascript to load a mailto link (which should open up someone's default browser).

I am not aware of any javascript that can do that, nor know if it can ever be done/work.

The banner link is on another page, so when someone clicks on it, we could place the javascript inside of that page.

It is pretty unusual & it would be interesting to see if something like this can be done.

JasonMichael · #4 30-Nov-2004, 16:56

Here's a short javascript function that might work:

HTML Code:


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

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

function myJavascriptMailto( email) {
				 var h;
				 h = 'mailto:?to=' + email; 
				 location.replace(h);
}

</script>

</head>
<body>
<a onclick="javscript:myJavascriptMailto('superman@jmrtechnet.com');return true;">Click me</a>
</body>
</html>

BobbyDouglas · #5 30-Nov-2004, 17:49

Not quite there... That is basically just using a regular email link. What I want to do is to have it automatically click that link, once the page opens.

So basically a body onload(openEmailFunction)

Where openEmailFunction is code that automatically "clicks" a mailto link.

erniegerdie · #6 21-Dec-2004, 18:52

I can't quite understand what was wrong with the last code, except for changing:

HTML Code:


h = 'mailto:?to=' + email;  ->  h = 'mailto:' + email;

and instead of using the 'onclick' on the link tag, use the 'onload' on the body tag to launch the mailto link.

Or you could use the following approach:

HTML Code:


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

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

function sendmail() {
	document.mailForm.submit();
}

</script>

</head>
<body onload = "sendmail()">
<FORM 
  NAME="mailForm" 
  ACTION="mailto:superman@jmrtechnet.com?subject=flying high" 
  METHOD="get"
  ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">

Go email go...

</body>
</html>

Make sure the form "METHOD" is a GET, as if it is a POST it will send the email automatically for the user.

Or maybe I've missed the point.

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