Re: myJavaScriptQuestion

I'll take a crack at it.. but i've been starting at my screen quite a bit
too... so don't take this for gospel.... <grin>

You have in your page:

function changeAccessoryPage(){
         var accessoryName = document.myForm.acc.value;
         if ( accessoryName == 'skateboards' ) {
                 return false;
                 }
         else
                 window.location.href = ( "skateboards/" + accessoryName +
".htm" )
}

change the first line in the function to:

         var accessoryName =
document.myForm.acc.options[document.myForm.acc.selectedIndex].value;

And it should work. (I didn't double check on your html file names and
locations... I was just focusing on the null issue.)


>Would anyone like to take a crack at why this javascript does not work in NS
>4.7? The thing is, it works on my local machine, but when I upload it, it
>reads the variable "accessoryName" as null. That really throws me - why
>would it work locally and not on the net?
>
>The url is http://www.erniesbikeshop.com/products/skateboards.shtml
>
>I have similar code at
>http://www.erniesbikeshop.com/ernies_about/bios.shtml
>which works fine in both IE and NS. The only difference is I use
>selectedIndex to assign a value to the var, instead of assigning the value
>directly. When I tried this technique with the above skateboard url it
>refered to my external style sheet. Now how does that happen?
>
>If anyone has any ideas I'd really appreciate it. I've been staring at this
>snippet for 2 hours and I'm going to bed now. I'll look at it again
>tomorrow.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Michael Barath
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Michael Barath
>Stark State College of Technology
>6200 Frank Ave NW
>Canton, OH  44720-7299
>330.966.5461
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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