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olev_ait
post Nov 2 2006, 01:51 PM
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hello
what i want to do is have a form on my web page with text input so that if a user enters an url (http://address or just address) the page redirects to that url. i have tryed to search but i'm not quite sure what i should search for. if it's not possible with simple html i would prefer solutions for php and/or javascript.

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ps. sorry for my bad enlish
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Darin McGrew
post Nov 2 2006, 02:12 PM
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Why? Most browsers provide a built-in mechanism for users to enter a URL and go to that URL. Users will already be familiar with that mechanism.
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post Nov 4 2006, 06:44 AM
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yes, but this leaves a lot more noticeable traces behind
i know lots of peaople who use this built-in mechanism as bookmarks (or favorites) and they dont want any crap addresses in there (a little silly but what can i do, they say that its a lot more handy for them)
and besides.. i have spent too much time searching for that solution to just give it up now
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post Nov 8 2006, 08:00 AM
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You can use form for sending mail, delete what you don't need and use variable 'redirect'. You can find script here http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html
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post Nov 8 2006, 09:25 AM
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QUOTE(stjepan @ Nov 8 2006, 02:00 PM) *

You can use form for sending mail, delete what you don't need and use variable 'redirect'. You can find script here http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html


I wouldn't base anything on Matt's FormMail, it's lack of security has allowed it to be abused as a spam engine.

With the PHP header() function you might redirect users depending on the form data they submit. Note that this causes a privacy issue, since you can see which sites the user enter.
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post Nov 9 2006, 05:44 AM
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Matt's FormMail, it's lack of security has allowed it to be abused as a spam engine.

I didn't know that... sad.gif
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post Nov 9 2006, 06:13 AM
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It's improved over the years, but FormMail still isn't up to scratch security-wise. Shame it's still so popular.
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post Nov 9 2006, 09:09 AM
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There are drop-in replacements for Matt's scripts at http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/about.html AFAIK these are more secure.
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post Nov 9 2006, 05:47 PM
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thanks for all who answered... going to try the nms solution when i have some free time
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post Nov 9 2006, 06:16 PM
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QUOTE(Christian J @ Nov 8 2006, 03:25 PM) *

I wouldn't base anything on Matt's FormMail, it's lack of security has allowed it to be abused as a spam engine.

This is four years old, but still thought-worthy. Right after Nimda.
http://web.archive.org/web/20031203161108/...s_q1_2002.shtml
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post Nov 11 2006, 09:33 AM
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<html>
<HEAD>
<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function whatURL() {
window.location= 'http://' + document.form1.url.value;
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM name=form1>
<input type=text name="url">
<input type=button onClick="whatURL()" value="Go">
</FORM>
...

it works fine when i press the go button, but what should i do to make it work with pressing ENTER too?
tried several things but none working so far.. so i'm hopeing to get some explicit code from you, not just recommendations what to try.
thanks
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post Nov 12 2006, 06:06 AM
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it works fine when i press the go button, but what should i do to make it work with pressing ENTER too?
tried several things but none working so far.. so i'm hopeing to get some explicit code from you, not just recommendations what to try.thanks

Example in details at http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/enter.html
Look for "Make ENTER submit"
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post Nov 12 2006, 08:19 AM
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QUOTE(olev_ait @ Nov 4 2006, 12:44 PM) *

yes, but this leaves a lot more noticeable traces behind
i know lots of peaople who use this built-in mechanism as bookmarks (or favorites) and they dont want any crap addresses in there (a little silly but what can i do, they say that its a lot more handy for them)


Using a form will not prevent the destination URL from being saved in the browser history.

Anyway you might experiment with the script below. It should work wether the user writes out "http://" or not, but does not work with other protocols like "ftp://". It does add a "?" after the destination URL but that shouldn't matter (and will not circumvent the auto-complete feature of the browser):

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<form action="#" onsubmit="this.action='http://'+document.getElementById('url').value.replace('http://', '');">
<input type="text" id="url">
<input type="submit" value="go">
</form>
<noscript>Javascript is required to use the above form.</noscript>
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post Nov 12 2006, 06:41 PM
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thanks Christian... and everybody else...
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