set to homepage

[smoketer]

is there anyway to do the following?

1 - load the "set homepage to:______" script automatically
2 - remember what the user selected and next time NOT load the script

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/addhome.htm

eg:. John Doe comes to the site, is immediately prompted to set the homepage, and selects either "YES" or "NO". John Doe will never get prompted again.

[Twey]

Try:

<!--[if gte IE 5]>
<p id="fish"></p>
<script type="text/javascript">
  if(document.cookie.indexOf("askedHomePage=true;") == -1) {
    if(window.confirm("Set your homepage to " + window.location.href + "?")) {
      var f = document.getElementById("fish");
      f.style.behavior = "url(#default#homepage)";
      f.setHomePage(window.location.href);
    }
    document.cookie += "askedHomePage=true;";
  }
</script>
<![endif]-->

Quite unreliable, but so's the whole setHomePage() thing, so I guess it doesn't matter.

[jscheuer1]

I think you would want:

<!--[if gte IE 5]>

for IE5 and later, your conditional comment will select IE5 only. Not vouching for or against the rest of the code.

Just my 2 cents:

I think the whole Homepage idea is obnoxious. Conditional comments are neat though.

[Twey]

Guess who missed the "+" on the script ratings.
I'm obviously not awake yet. Give me time

I think the whole Homepage idea is obnoxious.

Hey, it's only IE, so I don't mind If Microsoft put things like this into their browser, they deserve to have people migrate away from it; if people don't migrate away from it, they deserve to have delightful little jewels like this in their browser.

Conditional comments are neat though.

But not as neat as Microsoft actually making IE standards-compliant, so we don't have to use completely different code for it in the first place.

[jscheuer1]

I've got an idea. Let's start a long winded, at times heated, discussion of the relative merits of the various browsers and their idiosyncrasies, in the hopes that the OP will abandon any thoughts of using this Homepage script.

[Twey]

Look at that Opera... what an IE clone

[smoketer]

Yeah yeah... I know how much everyone hates IE and loves firefox and mozilla and the rest. For my purposes however, IE does just fine, and since most of my viewers use IE, then so much the better:-)

The script doesn't seem to work as is. Is there any tweeking that I need to do - any instructions - install to the body or the head?

BTW... here is the site http://thebyrdfamily.home.comcast.net

[Twey]

Yeah yeah... I know how much everyone hates IE and loves firefox and mozilla and the rest.

Not really; just the "hates IE" part Anyway, that was just a spinoff of our main point: that this capability really shouldn't exist in any browser, and certainly shouldn't be used.

Unfortunately, I currently lack qemu to test it (just installed Gentoo ), so you'll have to wait for John to get back to this thread, I fear.

/EDIT: Ooh, 2000th post. And I spent it telling the OP to wait for John. Ah well

[jscheuer1]

Nevertheless, congratulations are in order, Mad Professor II. At least now you will also have the dubious distinction of having folks who don't quite understand what you are trying to do to help them, the option of thinking you quite insane.

Thanks for all your help in these forums, Twey!

Now for my prepared response . . . (re: the browsers rants)

On second thought, I might say something I'll later regret because the truth is anyone that can code a browser, well my hat's off to 'em. Without them I'd be out of business. But, why waste a perfectly good chance to rant? You go on ahead, I may catch up later.

To smoketer,

I will have a look at your page and get back to you. Please forgive Twey and I his much deserved moment in the sun.

[Twey]

At least now you will also have the dubious distinction of having folks who don't quite understand what you are trying to do to help them, the option of thinking you quite insane.

I think a fair few of them already thought that

Thanks for all your help in these forums, Twey!

They say you know you're a geek when you get paid to do what you'd do for pizza - and I've never had a single web-design job in my life.

On second thought, I might say something I'll later regret because the truth is anyone that can code a browser, well my hat's off to 'em.

Anyone can code a browser with sufficient (monetary) motivation. It's the ones who do it for free I admire