[HTML/Javascript] URL, Concatenation and Variables.

by -AusKinetic- Wed Mar 30 2011, 11:02

Hi, i'm not sure if this is the right forum, but it looks the best to post this in.
I'm trying to make a widget that incorporates this code, but this is the first time i am using HTML/Javascript, i have knowledge of basic programming and i'm not use to the syntax of these two languages.

Here is my code:

Code:: <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function go() { var searchtype = document.cblsearch.searchtype; var searchname = document.cblsearch.searchname; var searchurl = "http://"+searchtype+".thecbl.net/"+searchname+".html"; searchtype = document.cblsearch.searchtype; searchname = document.cblsearch.searchname; searchurl = "http://"+searchtype+".thecbl.net/"+searchname+".html"; window.location="searchurl"; } </script> </head> <body> <FORM NAME="cblsearch"> <br> <select name="searchtype" size="1"> <option value="player">Player</option> <option value="clan">Clan</option> </select> &nbsp<input type="text" name="searchname" size="15"> </br> <br><INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Search" onclick="go()"></br> </FORM> </body> </html>

Can someone fix it up, i want it to get data from the combo and textbox then insert it into a url, example: http:// [data from combobox here] .thecbl.net/ [data from textbox here] /, then go to that url.

Keep in mind i want this in a widget, if possible, so i can display it on my clan page.

by brenda Thu Mar 31 2011, 00:55

You would need a database to do this, searching for names ect.
We dont have access to forum database.
The only way i think you could do this for example. Build a wiget with notepad or wordpad with a list of name built iin which would pull out the names.
You would have to use a program lang VB you should know what i mean if you have programing exprence.
Good luck with this one.
But even then it might not work on the forum.
Brenda

by -AusKinetic- Thu Mar 31 2011, 11:16

I can easily make this in VB.
But i want a widget, and i don't think you understand what i want.

It will access another site, i just need to be able to modify the site URL, using user input from a textbox and combobox.

by brenda Fri Apr 01 2011, 00:30

So the combobox when clicking on it will redirect you to a website.
Also if you type a entry it will also take you to a site. is that what you mean.
Brenda

by -AusKinetic- Fri Apr 01 2011, 05:09

the combobox has 2 options so it is either on one of them, the textbox will have anything.

then when a button is clicked it will go to a url. that url is modified from the data from the combobox and textbox.

example:

combobox [ player]
textbox [playername]

so the button is clicked

it will go to url

http://[player].thecbl.net/[playername]/

like that.

by -AusKinetic- Fri Apr 01 2011, 13:28

bump!

by Quozzo Sat Apr 02 2011, 01:41

These use jQuery right?

Code:: <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function go() { window.location="http://"+$('select[name=searchtype]').val()+".thecbl.net/"+$('input[name=searchname]').val()+"/"; } </script> </head> <body> <FORM NAME="cblsearch"> <br /> <select name="searchtype" size="1"> <option value="player">Player</option> <option value="clan">Clan</option> </select> &nbsp<input type="text" name="searchname" size="15"> <br /> <br /><INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Search" onclick="go()"><br /> </FORM> </body> </html>

the HTML for a line break is either <br> or <br/> for XHTML its <br /> but either way its definitely not what you were doing </br>

by -AusKinetic- Sat Apr 02 2011, 13:11

it doesn't seem to work.
i tried to test it by making a html file and when i click search nothing happens.

by Quozzo Sat Apr 02 2011, 16:16

You probably havn't got jQuery on the board, try this instead

Code:: function go() { var option=document.cblsearch.searchtype.options[document.cblsearch.searchtype.selectedIndex].value window.location= "http://" + option + ".thecbl.net/" + document.cblsearch.searchname.value }