posted on September 11, 2000 10:54:37 PM
Here is a HTML that I use on ebay. It is a button and it gets me 25% click through on my site. Have fun with it. remove the quotation marks on the ends, insert your web address, change what you want it to say
"<form action="http://www.123pix.com" action="post">
<input type="Submit" name="submit" value="View My Web Page CLICK HERE">
</form>"
<form action="http://www.123pix.com" action="post">
<input type="Submit" name="submit" value="View My Web Page CLICK HERE">
</form>
posted on September 12, 2000 03:57:23 PM
basic html. you can demonstrate this yourself like so..
1. open up the notepad accessory on your computer (assuming you use windows)
2. copy and paste the three lines (they were put in the message twice - you only need the three) from your browser here into notepad.
3. change the http://www.123pix.com to something you know - like http://www.ebay.com, or..
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&[email protected]
4. save the notepad file as test.html
5. use your browser's FILE menu OPEN PAGE or OPEN LOCATION opton and browse to where you saved the file on your hard disk. select and open it.
-- you should see a button, and if you press it you should go to the site whose URL you used.
The first line establishes a 'form' on the web page, an area that will contain user interface controls. the action clauses specify what happens if a submission is made from that form area.
The second line defines a button (type=submit) and it's text.
posted on September 17, 2000 07:32:11 PM
Hi, Will someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? I put in the information as listed by hosereel. I want to create a button to connect to an e-bay listing of my current auctions. I went to e-bay did a seller search for me and when the page came up, I copied and pasted the url on my notepad and worded everything else like the previous posters said.
Well, I got excited to see the button!
I clicked on the button and it went to an e-bay page stating input error.
I changed around the url but I get the same message. Please help!
Also, when I do get the button to work correctly and I decide to put it in my auctions-I use AW auction manager, Do I have to add anything like a href(?) to it to make it link? Thanks, Lauren
posted on September 17, 2000 09:16:08 PM
well, if the browser does at least TRY to go somewhere, then the problem is in the url, not in the button. it's doing it's job. try making the button action="get" -- ebay probably doesn't like seeing the "post" action.
a link (href) and a button are different animals which serve different purposes. you don't change one into the other. personally I prefer links, and they're easy to enter.
"A HREF="http://www.ebay.com">eBay!</A>"
-- use without the quotes at the start and end of the line.
posted on September 17, 2000 09:38:51 PM
Thanks Dave!!!! It works!!!!
Now, How do I make it a different color? I know the code for red is #FFOOOO but where do I put it? Thanks! Lauren
posted on September 18, 2000 07:20:52 AM
I believe, *if forms haven't changed since HTML 3.. lol* that "buttons" take on the default colors of the websurfer's desktop theme (ie, my theme "color" is tan, therefore all buttons show up as tan........ yours is "blue" therefore they all show up as blue).
I do not believe there is a way around the form color, unless you actually create a graphical button and then link it.
