Bookmark button not working

[Elaine Currie]

Hello,

All I seem to do here is ask questions.

I have tried all sorts of things but I can't get a "bookmark this page" button to work for me.

I have also noticed that many other 3 Phasers have nice looking bookmark buttons that don't work. I thought it was because I tend to use Mozilla Firefox, but then I recently noticed it with IE as well.

Has anyone got a foolproof method that works Firefox as well as IE?

[Tom "CloudHand"]

Hi Elaine,

Bookmark does not work for Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape. What I did with javascript is to detect which browser is in use, if IE, then open up the favorites dialog, else display an alert dialog to press CTRL-D. If you want to try this, put this code in your head tag:

<!-- Bookmark this page script -->
<Script Language = "JavaScript" Type="Text/JavaScript">
<!-- Hide script from older browsers
var urlAddress = "http://www.deals4profit.com";
var pageName = "The Work At Home Outlet";
function addToFavorites()
{
if (window.external)
{
window.external.AddFavorite(urlAddress,pageName)
}
else
{
alert("Please press CTRL-D to Bookmark this site!");
}
}
// -->
</script>

Then put this code where you want the bookmark button to be:

<center><input type="button" value="Click Here to Bookmark this site!" onClick="addToFavorites()"></center>

--Tom

Edit: of course you will want to change the urlAddress and pageName appropriately.

[troyzone]

Hi Elaine,

I've also noticed that many "bookmark this site" scripts only seem to work with Internet Explorer. However, I recently implemented one on the site that I am working on that works in both IE and Firefox. The instructions basically get you to make a separate .js file that your web page calls to load the script, and of course there are a couple of additions to be made to your web page to make use of it.

I messed with it a bit, and with a little trial and error I got it working on my web page with the code all included in my index.html page without it having to call a separate .js file, but I don't know if there is any advantage or disadvantage to doing this...it was just how I chose to implement it at the time (partly just to see if I could do it since I'm still learning this stuff too). If you follow their instructions though you should be fine.

I can't take credit for finding this code...somebody else was kind enough to post this link elsewhere on this forum, which is how I found it and decided to give it a try. If you are interested in it, the code and instructions can be found here:

javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/bookmark-page.html

I've always used Internet Explorer but recently installed Firefox for testing purposes, so I verified that this code will open up a bookmark/favorites window in both browsers. Hope this helps.

Troy

[Elaine Currie]

Hi Tom and Troy,

I have just put a working bookmark button on my index page at last!

I used the one Tom posted. I had already tried the other one (I too saw it posted on this forum) but just could not get it to work and couldn't see that I was doing anything wrong.

Regards,
Elaine

[troyzone]

Glad you got it working Elaine. I agree that Tom's code is easier to implement and requires less steps. I was like you though and wanted a bookmark button that worked in Firefox as well as IE, so when I saw that other code posted previously I was bound and determined to make it work and I did, but not without some trial and error first though. I can build computers in my sleep but I consider myself a novice when it comes to HTML. Right now I know just enough HTML to be dangerous I'm working on improving that though.

Troy

[Tom "CloudHand"]

Troy--

Thanks for that link, I like the idea of getting the bookmark to work with Firefox instead of telling the viewer to press CTRL-D.

Elaine--

I modified the code so it works for either IE or Firefox, just copy this code into your head tag:

<Script Language = "JavaScript" Type="Text/JavaScript">
<!-- Hide script from older browsers
   var urlAddress = "http://www.deals4profit.com";
   var pageName = "The Work At Home Outlet";
   function addToFavorites()
   {
     if ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4))
     {
       window.external.AddFavorite(urlAddress,pageName);
     }
     else if (navigator.appName == "Netscape")
     {
       window.sidebar.addPanel(pageName,urlAddress,"");
     }
     else
     {
       alert("Please press CTRL-D(Netscape) or CTRL-T(Opera) to Bookmark this site!");
     }
   }
// -->
</script>

Change the urlAddress and pageName accordingly.

Regards,

--Tom

[Elaine Currie]

Hi Troy,

Glad to see you are working on improving - I'm working on getting more dangerous as well.

I wasted hours trying to get that script to work. I knew it could work because I saw it on someone else's site and when I clicked the button Firefox popped a little box up for me to choose the bookmark destination. I don't know what I was doing wrong but I spent so much time on it I never wanted to see that yellow box again!

Hi Tom,

I'll try that out. Thank you. This is really bugging me. Now I've wasted so much time I am determined to get it to work.