Creating a jump menu for outside links

[delia]

I want to be able to have the select box send to a full url (to use for setting an affilate cookie). So I've discovered that that has the cart send me to http://domain.com/?jumpmenu=http%3A%...jamaffilates%2 etc where jumpmenu is the name in the select box. So I found out how the select boxes work in zen!

But once I remove the name from the select, the screen refreshes to the default index page when the url is actually on another domain. Kind of like it's not finding anything but I can't be sure. Since the screen refreshes and it acts like a jump menu, something seems to be working.

I can't find any instructions or information on this anywhere. Surely I'm not the first one to do this (or want to do this)!

[kobra]

Try a normal html href....
Don't know what a "jump menu" is??

[delia]

Jump menu is a select box that will once you choose an item will send the user to a specific url either on choosing it or when you hit the submit button.

No room for the links in a sidebox.

[bappyho]

Hello every body. Please help me. I want to Creating a jump menu for outside links. I think it will be more acquire more popularity with all. So please help for this.

Geo Metro Parts

[kobra]

This might be something that you can try??

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=297
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=814

[delia]

The links manager uses the same conventions as zen cart - sends you to another page. The exterior links mentioned in the second is for the links page itself, not the sidebox. We've decided to go another way in order to get this done. But This is still a question I would like answered.

Thanks!

[Website Rob]

Here is the code for the Drop down Jump Box using JS.

With a GO Button
<form name="Jump" action="">
<select name="Menu">
<option value="">Your Choices</option>
<option value="http://offsite1.com/">link 1</option>
<option value="http://offsite2.com/">link 2</option>
</select>

<input type="button" onClick="location=document.Jump.Menu.options[document.Jump.Menu.selectedIndex].value;" value="GO">
</form>


Immediate Action
<form name="Jump" action="">
<select name="Menu" onchange="location=document.Jump.Menu.options[document.Jump.Menu.selectedIndex].value;" value="GO">
<option value="">Your Choices</option>
<option value="http://offsite1.com/">link 1</option>
<option value="http://offsite2.com/">link 2</option>
</select>
</form>

How you incorporate into a Sidebox I will leave up to you.

[delia]

Have you used this in zen cart?

[Website Rob]

Nope, but it don't matter. It is basic JS and will work anywhere you put it.

[delia]

I tried 2 different sets of javascript that didn't work. That's why I was asking. This is what happens:

http://domain.com/index.php?menu=htt...hp%3Fid%3D5007