mailto: and javascript

[superfly404]

i'm trying to create a nifty 404 page where a customer can send me an email by clicking a link (mailto) to let me know that the link is broken, however, rather than having them cut and paste the link into the email is there a way to setup some javascript so when the link is clicked it automatically puts the url in the subject line and the body text?

thanks

 

[CliveC]

Rather than relying on a user to inform you, why not set up the page so that whenever it gets displayed, it sends you an email. Not sure that you can do this with javascript but it is very simple with a server-side language such as PHP

Clive

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[superfly404]

good feedback, but php is not a resource on what i have available, i have to rely on js

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Try this. You get the best of both worlds - you get an email if they have JS disabled, but with more content if not:

<a href="mailto:some@address.com?subject=Problem with website" onclick="this.href += escape('&body=The problem was with page: ' + location.href);">

Hope this helps,
Dan


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