Bookmark / Add to favourites link

[shimshon]

Hi again,

I recently added the posibility to bookmark my page.
When I look at this bookmark link with Internet explorer everything looks fine, but when I look at it with Mozilla Firefox the link doesn't look OK!?

You can find the bookmark link at the bottom of my site http://www.shimshon9.com

Does anybody has an idea why this is happening and what I could do?

Thanks,
Shimshon

[speed]

The JavaScript you use to generate the bookmark link treats IE and Mozilla differently.

For IE it make a clickable link to bookmark the page, while for Mozilla it shows the message about Ctrl+D.

I don't think you can add a bookmark using JS in Mozilla browsers, I've never tried.

[shimshon]

Is there a posibility to make a bookmark without javascript?

[speed]

The obvious way is to allow the user to bookmark the page from the browser menu.

Chances are if they don't know how to bookmark a page by hand they are unlikely to know how to use a bookmark to get back to your page.

Call me cynical if you like.

[paulhiles]

Originally Posted by shimshon

Is there a posibility to make a bookmark without javascript?

Javascript is traditionally the method that sites choose to achieve this. Of course, you could use either Javascript OR server-side scripting to first of all detect the user's browser and then serve up the appropriate code. But do you really want to go to all that trouble just to provide the "add to favorites" linkage?

[Lisamaliga]

Hello web experts!
I currently have a manual bookmark on my site, but would like to change it to one that allows a person to click on it and it'd show up on their favorites right away.

Would this be considered a pop-up?

The program I have is the educational version of Dreamweaver MX.

Thanks for any help!
best wishes,
Lisa
http://www.everythingshea.com
Everything Shea Aromatic Creations

[paulhiles]

Hi Lisa,

I noticed a line of red text "BOOKMARK A CLEAN SITE!" that was suggesting visitors might want to bookmark the site - was that what you meant by a 'manual bookmark'?
If you visit Shimshon's website (his web address is above), you'll notice he's using a Javascript to detect the visitor's browser then it's supplying the appropriate linkage. This is a pretty neat technique, just so long as your visitors have Javascript enabled browsers. The alternative would be to use server-side scripting (as we mentioned earlier in the thread)

What you should definitely avoid is having a bookmark function that automatically appears as the page loads. That would most likely come under the category of a popup, and it would certainly put off a lot of visitors. People like to be in control, so allow them to add the site to their favourites if they wish! :o)

Hope that helps.

Paul

PS. Lisa, I've merged your post with Shimshon's as they were dealing with the same topic.

[Lisamaliga]

Hi Paul,
Good idea to merge the same topics.

Thanks for your advice and by reading one of the earlier posts by speed, I have to agree. Also, I don't want to mess with pop ups and not everyone has java.

And it's a lot simpler to leave as is! Yeah, this is what I refer to as a manual bookmark I guess!

Thanks again for all the great advice here.
best wishes,
Lisa