What's more interesting is, using href="javascript://" onclick="etc" works fine for calling the function, yet the location.href="etc" doesn't work, but when you call the function using href="javascript: redirect()" the location.href=etc works fine. Really weird.
- Matt Crampton Sr. Webtechnologist Time Warner Inc. aim:[ MattCCrampton ] email:[ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Bj wrote: > Your link works (calls the redirect() function correctly with the URL) but > the function doesn't. No idea why! > > Leaving that aside, to clear up any confusion about the link, usually you > would put "javascript:" in front of the JS code, i.e. > > <a href="#" onClick="JavaScript:redirect('http://www.google.com');"> > > You can just put the JS in the href but then the link is broken if JS is > disabled. The convention is to put "#" in the href so that if JS is enabled > the onClick overrides the #, but if it isn't the link does pretty much > nothing but at least isn't broken. > > As to why the function isn't working, don't know and have some other stuff > to get on with... but you need to look at why setting > location.href='http://www.google.com' doesn't send you to Google as that's > where the problem is. > > > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or > use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com > To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.