"bookmark us" script?

**coo_t2** · Apr 16, 2003, 14:43

Hey all. Does anyone know any good cross-browser script
that will add the page to the person's bookmarks?

tia,
--ed

**mydster** · Apr 16, 2003, 16:35

<a href="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite('URL','Name')">add to Favorites</a>

**coo_t2** · Apr 16, 2003, 18:23

Originally Posted by mydster

<a href="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite('URL','Name')">add to Favorites</a>

That's pretty much IE only though isn't it?

--ed

**Bill Posters** · Apr 16, 2003, 23:43

Yep, it is. Afaik, it's specifically MSIE/Win (i.e. not supported by MSIE/Mac).

Afaik, at present there is no way to offer an 'add link' kind of facility to other browsers.
So, seeing as you're already using javascript , why not use it to offer the advice/facility that is appropriate to the browser?

Code:

<head>
...
<script type="text/javascript">
function doLink() {
if ( (document.all) && (navigator.platform.indexOf('Win') != -1) ) {
document.write("<a href='#' onclick='window.external.AddFavorite('URL','Name')'>Add this page to Favorites</a>");
} else {
document.write("Press Control+D to bookmark this page (Command+D for Macintosh)");
}
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
...
<script type="text/javascript">doLink()</script>

Hope that helps.

**coo_t2** · Apr 17, 2003, 06:11

I didn't know if there was a cross-browser way to do it or not.
What I've done so far is just use php to only show the link
if they're using IE. But now that I know that it doesn't work on
mac either I should change this code to also check that the OS
is Windows.

PHP Code:


  <?php



  if (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE')) 

  {

    ?>

    <a href="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite('http://www.mysite.com','The title of my site')" class="bottomLeftNav">Bookmark us</a>

    <?php

  }



  ?>

Maybe change it to the following.

PHP Code:


  <?php



  if ( strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE') && strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Win')) 

  {

    ?>

    <a href="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite('http://www.mysite.com','The title of my site')" class="bottomLeftNav">Bookmark us</a>

    <?php

  }



  ?>

thanks all,
--ed

**Bill Posters** · Apr 17, 2003, 06:23

Quick question...

Is there any benefit in using PHP (your example) rather than javascript (my example) given that the facility you are implementing is javascript-based anyway?

**coo_t2** · Apr 17, 2003, 10:22

Originally Posted by Bill Posters

Quick question...

Is there any benefit in using PHP (your example) rather than javascript (my example) given that the facility you are implementing is javascript-based anyway?

I don't think there's any real benefit with php in this case.
I actually came up with my quick peice of php
last night. If I hadn't already done it I woulda just used your javascript code, as I used mydster's code to open the bookmarks window.

The navigation that this link is a part of is an "included" php file, so it was kinda natural for me to do the logic in php. That's kind of the purpose of my having a seperate file for navigation.

And I'm a quite a bit more comfortable with php than I am with javascript so I probably tend to use php when possible.

So I guess it largely comes down to personal preference.

--ed

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