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    Unhappy Switch Content script

    1) Script Title:
    Switch Content script
    2) Script URL (on DD):
    http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...tchcontent.htm
    3) Describe problem:
    first of all, thank you whoever made this script. i use this in a sidebar on many of my pages.
    The problem is that when users switch between pages the content boxes return to whatever they left them as on THAT page instead of ANY page. is there any way of making the cookie available for all the pages to read instead of having one for each page?

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    Code:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">
    <html>
    <head>
    <title></title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
    <script type="text/javascript">
    
    /***********************************************
    * Switch Content script- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
    * This notice must stay intact for legal use. Last updated April 2nd, 2005.
    * Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
    * Modified to use site wide cookies by jscheuer1 in
    * http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums
    ***********************************************/
    
    var enablepersist="on" //Enable saving state of content structure using session cookies? (on/off)
    var collapseprevious="no" //Collapse previously open content when opening present? (yes/no)
    
    var contractsymbol='- ' //HTML for contract symbol. For image, use: <img src="whatever.gif">
    var expandsymbol='+ ' //HTML for expand symbol.
    
    ////////////////Stop Editing////////////////
    
    function createCookie(name,value,days)
    {
    if (days)
    {
    var date = new Date();
    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
    var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
    }
    else var expires = "";
    document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
    }
    
    function readCookie(name)
    {
    var nameEQ = name + "=";
    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++)
    {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
    }
    return null;
    }
    
    function eraseCookie(name)
    {
    createCookie(name,"",-1);
    }
    
    if (document.getElementById){
    document.write('<style type="text/css">')
    document.write('.switchcontent{display:none;}')
    document.write('</style>')
    }
    
    function getElementbyClass(rootobj, classname){
    var temparray=new Array()
    var inc=0
    var rootlength=rootobj.length
    for (i=0; i<rootlength; i++){
    if (rootobj[i].className==classname)
    temparray[inc++]=rootobj[i]
    }
    return temparray
    }
    
    function sweeptoggle(ec){
    var thestate=(ec=="expand")? "block" : "none"
    var inc=0
    while (ccollect[inc]){
    ccollect[inc].style.display=thestate
    inc++
    }
    revivestatus()
    }
    
    
    function contractcontent(omit){
    var inc=0
    while (ccollect[inc]){
    if (ccollect[inc].id!=omit)
    ccollect[inc].style.display="none"
    inc++
    }
    }
    
    function expandcontent(curobj, cid){
    var spantags=curobj.getElementsByTagName("SPAN")
    var showstateobj=getElementbyClass(spantags, "showstate")
    if (ccollect.length>0){
    if (collapseprevious=="yes")
    contractcontent(cid)
    document.getElementById(cid).style.display=(document.getElementById(cid).style.display!="block")? "block" : "none"
    if (showstateobj.length>0){ //if "showstate" span exists in header
    if (collapseprevious=="no")
    showstateobj[0].innerHTML=(document.getElementById(cid).style.display=="block")? contractsymbol : expandsymbol
    else
    revivestatus()
    }
    }
    }
    
    function revivecontent(){
    contractcontent("omitnothing")
    selectedItem=getselectedItem()
    selectedComponents=selectedItem.split("|")
    for (i=0; i<selectedComponents.length-1; i++)
    document.getElementById(selectedComponents[i]).style.display="block"
    }
    
    function revivestatus(){
    var inc=0
    while (statecollect[inc]){
    if (ccollect[inc].style.display=="block")
    statecollect[inc].innerHTML=contractsymbol
    else
    statecollect[inc].innerHTML=expandsymbol
    inc++
    }
    }
    
    
    
    function getselectedItem(){
    if (readCookie('switch_content') != null){
    selectedItem=readCookie('switch_content')
    return selectedItem
    }
    else
    return ""
    }
    
    function saveswitchstate(){
    var inc=0, selectedItem=""
    while (ccollect[inc]){
    if (ccollect[inc].style.display=="block")
    selectedItem+=ccollect[inc].id+"|"
    inc++
    }
    
    createCookie('switch_content', selectedItem)
    }
    
    function do_onload(){
    uniqueidn="firsttimeload"
    var alltags=document.all? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName("*")
    ccollect=getElementbyClass(alltags, "switchcontent")
    statecollect=getElementbyClass(alltags, "showstate")
    if (enablepersist=="on" && ccollect.length>0){
    if (readCookie(uniqueidn)==null)
    createCookie(uniqueidn, 1)
    else
    createCookie(uniqueidn, 0) 
    firsttimeload=(readCookie(uniqueidn)==1)? 1 : 0 //check if this is 1st page load
    if (!firsttimeload)
    revivecontent()
    }
    if (ccollect.length>0 && statecollect.length>0)
    revivestatus()
    }
    
    if (window.addEventListener)
    window.addEventListener("load", do_onload, false)
    else if (window.attachEvent)
    window.attachEvent("onload", do_onload)
    else if (document.getElementById)
    window.onload=do_onload
    
    if (enablepersist=="on" && document.getElementById)
    window.onunload=saveswitchstate
    
    </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    <!--Optional Expand/ Contact All links. Remove if desired-->
    <div><a href="javascript:sweeptoggle('contract')">Contract All</a> | <a href="javascript:sweeptoggle('expand')">Expand All</a></div>
    
    <h3 onClick="expandcontent(this, 'sc1')" style="cursor:hand; cursor:pointer"><span class="showstate"></span>What is JavaScript?</h3>
    <div id="sc1" class="switchcontent">
    JavaScript is a scripting language originally developed by Netscape to add interactivity and power to web documents. It is purely client side, and runs completely on the client's browser and computer.
    </div>
    
    <h3 onClick="expandcontent(this, 'sc2')" style="cursor:hand; cursor:pointer"><span class="showstate"></span>Difference betwen Java & JavaScript?</h3>
    <div id="sc2" class="switchcontent">
    Java is completely different from JavaScript- the former is a compiled language while the later is a scripting language.
    </div>
    
    <h3 onClick="expandcontent(this, 'sc3')" style="cursor:hand; cursor:pointer"><span class="showstate"></span>What is DHTML?</h3>
    <div id="sc3" class="switchcontent">
    DHTML is the embodiment of a combination of technologies- JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. Through them a new level of interactivity is possible for the end user experience.
    </div>
    </body>
    </html>
    - John
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    thanks heaps, that works seamlessly!

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