disable links

mackey333 · Sep 14, 2001

hey everyone...i've got another prob...

on my site, every time you click a link it records the target, date, and time to cookies...now if there happens to be a 404 error, these cookies will be used to fillout and submit a hidden form, then new cookies will be saved telling the site the the target isn't found, i can then locate the non-working link by checking the targets of the links on the page, now the prob is once i find the link, i can't figure out how to disable/turn it off (not just change the target to javascript:void(0) or somethin..i mean leave the text and remove the accual <a href>...is there any way to do this without using javascript to write the navigation bar?

-Greg :-Q

aperfectcircle · Sep 14, 2001

Here is a modified version of a file I had sitting around. I know this isn't exactly what you want to do, but maybe it will be somewhat helpful...

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Remove comma test</title>
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
function removeit() {
if (document.forms[0].text1.value.indexOf(&quot;<a href&quot;) != -1) {
var reg = new RegExp(&quot;<a href=\&quot;.{1,40}\&quot;>&quot;)
document.forms[0].text1.value = document.forms[0].text1.value.replace(reg,&quot;&quot;)

if (document.forms[0].text1.value.indexOf(&quot;</a>&quot;) != -1) {
var reg2 = new RegExp(&quot;</a>&quot;)
document.forms[0].text1.value = document.forms[0].text1.value.replace(reg2,&quot; &quot;)

removeit()
}
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;text1&quot; />
<input type=&quot;button&quot; onclick=&quot;removeit()&quot; value=&quot;GO&quot; />
</form>
</body>
</html>

aperfectcircle · Sep 14, 2001

I guess I should explain it a little...

Just enter any link (<a href="whatever.html">text</a>) in the textbox and click the button. It will remove everything but the text between the <a> and </a> tags.

mackey333 · Sep 15, 2001

thanks for the reply, but that won't work for me...that is searching a text string, i need to modify the accual html of my page -Greg :-Q

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