I need help with java script codeing

[james70]

I want to extract some info from one page and insert it into another page.

I have a section of a page that looks like this:

  <!-- start content -->
  <div id="content">
   <div class="post">
    <h1 class="title"><p>Title</p></h1>
    <div class="entry">
          My Text........
    </div
   </div>
  </div>
  <!-- end content -->

How do I extract and write the " My Text......" to another page?

[ellescuba27]

Hi james70!
There are a few ways to pass the information to the other page, I am assuming that's what you want.
First, we want to get what's inside that <div>. I would do this by giving the <div> an ID:

<div id="texttoget" class="entry">
My Text...
</div>

And with Javascript, get the text inside using innerHTML. Let's put it in a variable called thetext .

var thetext = document.getElementById("texttoget").innerHTML;

Now we decide how to pass it. My personal favourite is using window.name .

window.name = thetext;

That way the window's name will be what is inside the <div>. When you get to the other page, just use

var thetext2 = window.name;

Now the other page has what was in that <div> in the variable thetext2 . Make sure you clear window.name though (the default is "view").

Another way to do it is to use the address bar at the top of the page. There is a tutorial on how to do this at HTMLGoodies (he'll probably explain it better):
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/ja...le-Passing.htm

So now you know! Hope that helps!

[callumacrae]

I added [html] and [code] tags to both of your posts - please use them in the future.

Adding it to the window object will not mean that you can access it across pages, you want to set a cookie or something.


I'm not really sure what you're asking - could you give us a context and example, please? Also, are you using AJAX at all?