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| Can someone tell me how i make an email link ( I can do that part) so that I
can nominate what is in the subject line.
So if i want to say -: for a price on this item email us at a@b.com subject
= price on Item ABC
ta plato
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"plato" <platoTAKETHISOUT@telpacific.com.au> wrote in message
news:427314f2$1@news.rivernet.com.au...
> Can someone tell me how i make an email link ( I can do that part) so that
> I
> can nominate what is in the subject line.
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> So if i want to say -: for a price on this item email us at a@b.com
> subject
> = price on Item ABC
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> ta plato
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mailto:a@b.com?subject=price_on_Item_ABC
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| "Norman L. DeForest" <af380@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, plato wrote:
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> The right way:
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> ``How do I set a subject in a "mailto:" link?''
> http://www.sightspecific.com/~mosh/...Q/mailsubj.html
According to this, the "wrong" way crashes "most other browsers" besides
Netscape. However, it works just fine on IE 6. It also says that the "title"
method doesn't work on Netscape.
(Note, I'm not arguing right/wrong or spec, just stating that it happens to
work on IE 6.)
How about generating a pop-up form with the values filled in? On the user
end, it wouldn't really be any different than clicking a link that opens an
email program. And, as that article says, a form is the only totally safe
AND totally effective way to send a subject...
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| Norman L. DeForest 2005-05-01, 7:37 pm |
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Tony wrote:
> "Norman L. DeForest" <af380@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
> news:Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.1050430052459.7950A-100000@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca...
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> According to this, the "wrong" way crashes "most other browsers" besides
> Netscape. However, it works just fine on IE 6. It also says that the "title"
> method doesn't work on Netscape.
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> (Note, I'm not arguing right/wrong or spec, just stating that it happens to
> work on IE 6.)
>
> How about generating a pop-up form with the values filled in? On the user
> end, it wouldn't really be any different than clicking a link that opens an
> email program. And, as that article says, a form is the only totally safe
> AND totally effective way to send a subject...
What do you mean by "generating a pop up form" as opposed to just having
an ordinary form on the page?
In any case, a form would be very *much* different from a "mailto:" link,
especially for lynx users:
1. You can easily have a "mailto:" link on all of your pages.
Nobody wants to have a huge form on every page of the site.
2. With a "mailto:" link on a page, a lynx user can quote the page
and comment on it. That can't be done with a form, especially if
the lynx user is restricted to an older version that doesn't allow
the use of a text-editor to edit a form field.
3. With a "mailto:" link, a lynx user can edit the message with whatever
editor the browser invokes and take advantage of its features to
cut-and-paste and to read in other text to be included. With a form,
only the later versions of lynx allow such editing. If a lynx user
wants to include a URL to make his/her point, he/she would have to type
it in by hand either from memory or by copying it from a hardcopy
printout. (There are other ways of doing it but not all of the lynx
users would have the knowledge or the tools necessary.)
4. With a "mailto:" link, a lynx user can send a comment of virtually any
size. With a form, a lynx user can only enter as many lines of text as
there are in the form.
5. With a "mailto:" form, the user can choose to CC a copy of the message
to his/herself to have a copy of it. With a form, it may be necessary
to take a series of screen-dumps to make such a record. Besides being
a pain in the -- ummm -- neck, the screen-dumps also take more disk
space.
6. If JavaScript is involved at all in any necessary features of the form
(especially the "Submit button), lynx users are shut out completely.
Idea:
Get multiple addresses and use a unique one for each "mailto:" link
and then just assume the appropriate subject for each specific address.
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">> consider moving away from Front Page...."
">To what? Any suggestions?"
"Naked bungee-jumping. It's less humiliating <g>"
-- Matt Probert in alt.www.webmaster, March 20, 2005
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| On 30 Apr 2005 Norman L. DeForest wrote in alt.www.webmaster
> Idea:
So don't use lynx.
--
Don
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| Norman L. DeForest 2005-05-01, 7:37 pm |
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On Sun, 1 May 2005, Don wrote:
> On 30 Apr 2005 Norman L. DeForest wrote in alt.www.webmaster
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> So don't use lynx.
What alternative would you suggest for those with text-only accounts at
the Chebucto Community Net? (Effectively, lynx 2.7ac *is* their shell.)
For a restricted view of this (going to user-entered URLs and accessing
files and email are disabled for guest accounts),
telnet://www.chebucto.ns.ca/
and login as "guest" (without the quotes).
--
">> consider moving away from Front Page...."
">To what? Any suggestions?"
"Naked bungee-jumping. It's less humiliating <g>"
-- Matt Probert in alt.www.webmaster, March 20, 2005
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| Col.Steve Austin Ret. 2005-05-01, 7:37 pm |
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>On 30 Apr 2005 Norman L. DeForest wrote in alt.www.webmaster
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>So don't use lynx.
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>--
>Don
But I *LIKE* using lynx.. it's immune to scripting poisons and I don't have
to spend my precious 33600 dialup bandwidth loading all those nasty
graphics that take away from the real content that informs me: Text.
And I hardly ever use forms on websites, most of them don't work right
anymore anyway. I would rather have an email link and Jack B Nymble to
handle it.
- --
my email address is bogus, do NOT use it.
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| Toby Inkster 2005-05-01, 7:37 pm |
| Norman L. DeForest wrote:
> What alternative would you suggest for those with text-only accounts at
> the Chebucto Community Net? (Effectively, lynx 2.7ac *is* their shell.)
links?
elinks?
w3m?
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"T.J." <no1@home.invalid> wrote in message
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> "plato" <platoTAKETHISOUT@telpacific.com.au> wrote in message
> news:427314f2$1@news.rivernet.com.au...
that[color=darkred]
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> mailto:a@b.com?subject=price_on_Item_ABC
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Thanks TJ,
That's the answer I was after...hope the others enjoyed the domestic...
cheers
Paul
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| Charles Sweeney 2005-05-01, 7:37 pm |
| plato wrote
> That's the answer I was after...hope the others enjoyed the domestic...
:o)
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| Norman L. DeForest 2005-05-01, 7:37 pm |
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On Sun, 1 May 2005, Toby Inkster wrote:
> Norman L. DeForest wrote:
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> links?
> elinks?
> w3m?
Since they connect with a terminal emulator (or via telnet or ssh) and
can't install software on the CCN's system, how could they possibly use
those? Is there a telnet address they could use to access any of them?
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">> consider moving away from Front Page...."
">To what? Any suggestions?"
"Naked bungee-jumping. It's less humiliating <g>"
-- Matt Probert in alt.www.webmaster, March 20, 2005
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| Toby Inkster 2005-05-01, 7:37 pm |
| Norman L. DeForest wrote:
> Toby Inkster wrote:
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> Since they connect with a terminal emulator (or via telnet or ssh) and
> can't install software on the CCN's system, how could they possibly use
> those? Is there a telnet address they could use to access any of them?
I'd imagine SDF would have one or two of them. <http://sdf.lonestar.org/>
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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact
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