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Mitey · Guest Offline

I'm not sure if this is the proper place to post, but I was wondering if anyone knew how to link from a website to Edome stats for every pilot that is on their squad.

Help would be MUCH appreciated! Sorry if this is the wrong place to post!

Mitey

www.pwnedsquad.bravehost.com

Cerium · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:00 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

You cant link directly to the stats, since the cgi script only accepts form data via post. However, you can use some javascript to simulate it:

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<html>

<head>
   <title></title>
</head>

<script language="javascript">

   function getStats(strPlayer)
   {
   var objForm = document.getElementById("statform");
   var objName = document.getElementById("statname");

   if(objForm != null && objName != null)
   {
   objName.value = strPlayer;
   objForm.submit();
   } else {
   alert("Unable to locate form and/or name objects!!");
   }
   }

</script>

<body>

   <form id="statform" method="post" action="http://edome.fi.soneraplaza.net/subspace/cgi-bin/search.cgi">
   <input id="statname" type="hidden" name="string" value=""/>
   <input type="hidden" name="zone" value="3800"/>
   </form>

   <a href="#" onclick="javascript:getStats('Cerium');">Cerium</a><br/>
   <a href="#" onclick="javascript:getStats('Cerium+');">Cerium+</a><br/>
   <a href="#" onclick="javascript:getStats('Dr Cerium');">Dr Cerium</a><br/>
   <a href="#" onclick="javascript:getStats('The Cheat');">The Cheat</a><br/>
   <a href="#" onclick="javascript:getStats('Kid Flash');">Kid Flash</a><br/>

   

</body>

</html>

Just change the zone value to the value of the select options value of the zone you want (got that?). And then youll need to update the links with the actual names of the pilots.
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Mitey · Guest Offline

Wow, you are an absolute lifesaver. Thank you so much!!!

I will have to work with it I'm sure. I don't completely understand it (probably never will "completely") but if I have any questions I will get back to you....if thats ok

Woo hoo! Thanks!

Mitey · Guest Offline

Ok, I am a complete newbie at this, so please bear with me...

Is this what the code should look like since the zone I am going to play in is SSCX Extreme Games? Also, is there a way to go even further and to display a pilots total points for that zone on the actual webpage, and for them to be somehow updating by refreshing, or running a query of some sort?

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<html>

<head>
<title></title>
</head>

<script language="javascript">

function getStats(strPlayer)
{
var objForm = document.getElementById("statform");
var objName = document.getElementById("statname");

if(objForm != null && objName != null)
{
objName.value = strPlayer;
objForm.submit();
} else {
alert("Unable to locate form and/or name objects!!");
}
}

</script>

<body>

<form id="statform" method="post" action="http://edome.fi.soneraplaza.net/subspace/cgi-bin/search.cgi">
<input id="statname" type="hidden" name="string" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="zone" value="5200"/>
</form>

<a href="#" onclick="javascript:getStats('Mitey');">Mitey</a><br/>



</body>

</html>

Did I completely butcher this?

Cerium · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:06 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

At a glance, it looks correct. The part starting with the  is an HTML comment, and can be removed. I only included it so you had a list of zone names and their script values.

The easiest way to check if youre edits are ok is to save it to text file, change the extension to .html, then open it in any browser.

For the other stuff, youll want to employ something similar, perhaps in an auto-refreshing iframe, or you could go even more browser specific/hackish and use ajax, but I really wouldnt recommend it.

Mitey · Guest Offline

Thank you very much.

As far as the other stuff I mentioned above (total pts, and autorefresh) you are talking to a complete newbie here. This is the first time I have ever used any HTML script. I basically just followed what you said to the T.

I did check this since I last posted, and it worked btw! Excellent!

But if there is a way you can provide some code for what I mentioned above, that would be even sweeter!

If you aren't able to help on that, I just want to say I really appreciate what you have done. This is great. I never would have been able to do this otherwise

Cerium · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:16 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I could, but its generally against my 'rules', for lack of a better word. I hate giving out code to people who dont understand it -- mostly because if it doesnt work exactly as the person wants, they cant modify it accordingly. And that means more work for me. Nothing personal, Im just lazy when it comes to compensationless work.

If you want to learn some html (xhtml) or javascript, a good place to start would be @ www.w3schools.com.

Mitey · Guest Offline

Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it, and completely understand your rule.

The time you do spend not being compensated is already very gracious. Again, thank you!