Re: send this page to a friend

Could you not use a modified mailto tag such as one from the Microsoft
b-central site?

<a href="mailto:?subject=bCentral:Sole proprietorships: simple, but not very
flexible&body=http://www.bCentral.com/articles/anthony/107.asp">Send this
article to a friend</a>

Not sure what limitations this poses to older browsers but its a painless
way to go about it.


Jeff P.



----- Original Message -----
From: John Allred <allred(at)allrednet.com>
To: Noteworthy Web Designs <webmaster(at)noteworthydesigns.com>
Cc: Roxy <4Roxy(at)autumnweb.com>; HWG Techniques <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: send this page to a friend


> Karen & Roxy,
>
> While they may not be as "simple" as recommendit or hitbox, there are
> other approaches. I'm not familiar with the particulars of other server
> products like JSP, PHP, or ASP, but I assume they have similar
> functionality to Cold Fusion. Under CF, you have access to the current
> page's path and file name as CGI variables. Using a form to capture the
> email address of the recipient, the current URL can be dropped into a
> script that calls CF Mail. Dress it up with whatever text you want, and
> off you go.
>
> If you don't have one of these server products, you might be able to do
> something similar using a Perl script, like Matt's FormMail. You could
> put a small form with the page's URL hardwired into it on any page you
> want and do the same thing, or you might be able to use one form and use
> SSI includes. But your form would have to capture the path and script
> name.
>
> Don't assume you are compelled to use one of these other sites if you
> don't want to.
>
> Regards,
> John Allred
>
> Noteworthy Web Designs wrote:
> >
> > I know, but my customer wants a feature or link on his site that enables
this
> > "Send to a friend", and since he's an AOL person, well, he's not able
to:-).
> > Probably the best bet is recommend it or hitbox.
> >

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