Getting Rid of Javascript Links

Basicskills · 04-12-2006, 08:19 AM

Hi all,

Was needing some advice on changing javascript links to text links. I'm not a coder so my question will probably sound very elementary. Currently the javascript links are on .asp pages that link to dynamically produced pages.
The javascript links to go to page 2 3 4 5 6.... the code looks like this javascript:__doPostBack('ctl02$dgProds$ctl01$ctl01 ',''). The amount of pages
often change from day to day. I need the links to be able to be crawled and with JS I know they aren't. Any help would appreciated.

thanks in advance

Basic

veridicus · 04-12-2006, 09:00 AM

I'm not sure I understand the question completely, but I'm a software developer so let me throw something out there.

If your asp is generating your javascript, then you can change the asp to generate HTML instead of javascript.

If your javascript is hardcoded then you'll need to write some asp code to generate the currently relevant links and output them.

WorldwideTrading · 04-12-2006, 09:10 AM

Thats interesting. I have just built a suppliers directory for a client and I was thinking about using javascript to hide email addresses from harvesters. I am interested to hear about people not wanting to use javascript and the reasons.

Basicskills · 04-12-2006, 09:27 AM

veridicus,

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if the JS is hardcoded. But I'll give you a link to one of the pages in question and hope it will help you understand.

http://www.wakefieldscearce.com/mn_products.aspx?sc=25

Look for the links to page 123456789 they use JS and directly across from this is a back image button that uses JS also I think. Hope this helps.

thanks again
basic

Mrblogs · 04-12-2006, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cgreen

Thats interesting. I have just built a suppliers directory for a client and I was thinking about using javascript to hide email addresses from harvesters. I am interested to hear about people not wanting to use javascript and the reasons.

Best way I've found of hiding email addresses is to unicode them, with the &# tags.

Just get each letter and turn it into a � or whatever

WorldwideTrading · 04-12-2006, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrblogs

Best way I've found of hiding email addresses is to unicode them, with the &# tags.

Just get each letter and turn it into a � or whatever

thanks, ill give that a shot. All I have do to is find an example in php.

veridicus · 04-13-2006, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Basicskills

veridicus,

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if the JS is hardcoded. But I'll give you a link to one of the pages in question and hope it will help you understand.

http://www.wakefieldscearce.com/mn_products.aspx?sc=25

Look for the links to page 123456789 they use JS and directly across from this is a back image button that uses JS also I think. Hope this helps.

thanks again
basic

Ah, asp.net. Plus there's some dreamweaver sprinkled in. You're going to have to speak to your developers because all we can see here is the output, not how it's generated. It sounds like you'll want to change your code, and that can be easy or hard with .NET. Speaking in generalities on a forum won't help. You need someone to look at your code.

Basicskills · 04-13-2006, 07:23 PM

veridicus,

Will do. Thanks for taking a look.

Basic

**LazyJim** · 04-14-2006, 04:01 PM

Possibly a good example of over-complication, the solution would be easy if the <form> post was not needed. (The JavaScript modifies a form then submits it.) That is the back-end (server-side) code could be changed to accept HTTP Get Requests and the 12345 page links could be changed to links with ?sc=25&page=2 instead.

Further complications may arise if this method means variables get dropped if they are not added to each 12345 link. Which may be why the current page uses a <form> to hold on to them. Sessions (and cookies or session-ID in the URL) might be able to replace the form.