Former post : added feature to a online bookstore (still need help)

SabrinaP posted this at 02:42 — 21st November 1999.

Joined: Mar 1999

This message was was deleted from the old TWF site so here goes...

At my online bookstore (in affiliation with amazon.com) I want users to have a way to list links of books they can visit in the future in order to future investigate which books would suit their wants. Here is a site that has a good examople of what I mean: http://www.insidedhtml.com/scriptlets/controls/listbox/page1.asp

Take a look, as you can see, if you type something in, it will automatically be transfered to the little html box. I would like to have a similar type for my site (this isn't as a shopping cart - merely a way so people find books they like and they add the title to a small html box).

But there is one thing that does discourages me - the use of forms. I would like people to just click a link saying "Add to Check Out List" and when they click it, the name of the book is added to a special list in a new window (or separate frame). I made this picture from Photoshop as a test to how I'd like it to appear: .

I want to find a place where I can find out how to achive this using dhtml, javascript or whatever.

Thank you in advance,
Sabrina

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John Pollock posted this at 02:54 — 21st November 1999.

He has: 628 posts

Joined: Mar 1999

Interesting. I like the image, it helps to see what you mean.

This sounds possible, but with JS I doubt the window could be saved. Perhaps a cookie could save the links?

I'll see what I can find out. If Lloyd stops by he might have some more ideas as well.

I'll post if I get something going or find a workable script for you.

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Anonymous posted this at 03:22 — 22nd November 1999.

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What you would need to do is use JavaScript to create a new html document which can be displayed in a new window. Store the new document html in a variable:

htmlString = '<html><head><title>etc...'

Then prepare the code to open new window:

var windowFeatures = 'height=NUM,width=NUM,';
windowFeatures += 'screenX=NUM,screenY=NUM,top=NUM,left=NUM,';
windowFeatures += 'location=Y/N,menubar=Y/N,resizable=Y/N,';
windowFeatures += 'scrollbars=Y/N,status=Y/N,toolbar=Y/N';

newWindow = window.open('','',windowFeatures);
newWindow.document.write(htmlString);

I know this is brief but hopefully you get the idea.

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