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Bembaman
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Jan 19, 2003, 3:20 PM
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I am using RM and wondering how I can allow people to request a viewing of a property. After they see the property on the '_publish_listing.html' template I need to allow them to request to view the property. Any ideas on how I can do this (yes, I am a novice!)? Obviously they could just send me an email with the code but I would like to automate this a little, and they may want details on 4 or 5 properties.
Is it possible to, for instance, insert an email link that inserts the property code(s), which are a field in the RM database and appear on the page, into the email 'subject' box? Alternatively is there a simple 'cart' tool I can use to allow multiple property code selections?
How is anyone else handling this?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Benjamin
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Jan 20, 2003, 11:10 AM
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Hi Bembaman,
Yes, I could see a 'cart' feature being a handy add-on. But I haven't heard of anything similar floating around the forums, I'm afraid.
To add a simple "email this link" function to your listings page, you'll need to insert the following code into your _publish_listing.html template file (stored in your /templates directory).
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
var url = window.location;
document.write("<a href='mailto:?subject=Property%20Code%20$lfield1$&body=" + url + "'>"
+ "Email this page</a>");
</script>
You'll need to replace the "1" in $lfield1$ to fit the field number of your property code.
If you need any help modifying the above to better suit your needs, just post me back! :-)
Ben
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Joey
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Jan 20, 2003, 3:03 PM
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Hi,
I had the mailto: link for a while...but using the new upgrade to Auto Manager for doing a Print This Page" template.
I was able to "on clicking" email this dealer, a new window pops open with details of the listing in a form and sends to the appropriate dealer
for an example go here:
http://used-carlots.com/am/listings/l0030.html
click on "Email This Dealer"
The problem i see is you cannot use an EXTERNAL CGI script for the mail handling, and I didn't want to use the Frontpage "Bots" so im still working on the mail delivery to work. But i guess I will have to use frontpage bots to get rid of the alert messages that pop up if outlook is the default mail handler? Any suggestions on a mail delivery script that dynamically fills in the email to from the form??
Hope this helps,
Take care
Joey Stubblefield
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leeshields
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Jan 21, 2003, 6:32 AM
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I dont have an answer for the cart option i'm afraid, but I have a formail.cgi script on my site which inserts the ref no into the subject and uses the dreamweaver behaviours to validate the form.
http://www.villassist.com/varm/listings/l0021.html
Its not as nice as I would like (be nice to have the fields auto complete for each form for example)
But saves any email client issues and gives you all the info you require (including a return email address) and you can send it to multiple destinations to track activity
Lee
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(This post was edited by leeshields on Jan 21, 2003, 6:35 AM)
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Benjamin
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Jan 21, 2003, 11:09 AM
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Thanks for the post, Lee! 
Ben
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(This post was edited by Benjamin on Jan 21, 2003, 11:09 AM)
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Bembaman
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Jan 23, 2003, 6:26 AM
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Benjamin,
Thanks for that and it is working perfectly. A quick question though:
As it stands the link to click to launch the email is text and I would like to replace it with a button. How?
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Benjamin
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Jan 23, 2003, 9:02 AM
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Hi again,
Glad it worked out. To have an image link, all you need to do is replace "Email this page" with the image itself. This would look something like this:
<img src="/path/to/image.jpg">
(where image.jpg is the name of the image you wish to use).
Here's a link to a short page on image tags, if that helps: http://www.mountaindragon.com/html/images.htm
Post me back if you encounter any problems.
Ben
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Bembaman
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Jan 24, 2003, 7:25 AM
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Benjamin-thanks for the help. Sure enough I reached the extent of my ability
! I have experimented a bit but cannot seem to place it correctly. Can you please spell it out where to delete then insert from the existing scenario as follows:
+ "Email this page</a>");
Thanks a lot. Sorry if this is a bit insulting to you veteran DW experts !
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Benjamin
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Jan 26, 2003, 10:47 AM
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No problem :-)
Try something like this:
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
var url = window.location;
document.write("<a href='mailto:?subject=Property%20Code%20$lfield1$&body=" + url + "'>"
+ "<img src='http://www.yoursite.com/path/to/image.jpg'></a>");
</script>
(You'll have to replace 'http://www.yoursite.com/path/to/image.jpg' with the location of the image on your server, though).
Ben
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