How can I form email address via this function? Help please

[ultrajeeps]

Hello,

I would like to be able to pass two arguments via function:
1. name
2. email

Then I would like to split the fullname into an array so I would have first and last name. then I would concat the firstname and lastname (firstname.lastname) then I would like to hyperlink the the name so if the user clicks on the name, email client pops open and prompts user for email. I have tried to write the function, but appreciate any help. I am very new to JAVASCRIPT so please forgive my poor code.

function contactInfo(name,email)
{
  var domain = "@yahoo.com";
  var splitName = split.name(" ");
  var emailAddress = splitName[0] + "." + splitName[1] + domain;

 document.write("<a herf = 'mailto:' + emailAddress> + name + "</a>";
} 

[Chroniclemaster1]

are you wanting to construct an email address onscreen from what a visitor types in?

are you trying to obfuscate addresses (hide the address from spammers)?

or something else?

[ultrajeeps]

Hey Chroniclemaster1,

Neither or nor. What I would like to do is to be able to make the fullname clickable so if a user clicks on the name, the email client pops open.

So I have been able to take the users entered name and split it into an array. I have already assigned a variable to the domain name. I would want to write mailto: function within javascript by just placing the firstname . lastname and domain.

Please see my code, I think I am on the right track but my code lacks.

Thanks a lot.

[Ize]

 
function contactInfo (name){
  var domain = '@yahoo.com';
  var names = name.split(' ');
  var email = names[0] + '.' + names[1] + domain;
  return email;
}
 
var email = contactInfo ("John Johnson");
 
// email now contains "John.Johnson@yahoo.com"

Something like this?

[ultrajeeps]

Hey Ize,

Thanks a lot, I will give it a try.

Thanks.

[felgall]

What about for those people who don't have an email client available eg. internet cafes, libraries etc.

[Chroniclemaster1]

Nice work, Ize.

Hey felgall, I don't know of any way to send email from javascript, though I came at it from the same standpoint as you did. When I built a contact application for a client, I wanted it to be completely self contained. The upside is it works great, the downside is I did have to bail and do it server side. I used the ASP.NET mail classes and a little vb programming to take the input from a nicely CSS styled user form and convert it into a convenient and client friendly email message. But I literally think it's impossible to do that client side for the precise reason that the client side code can't control the server's access to email. And if you can't use the server's email channel, you have to open the client's email application like we're doing here.