[isf-wifidog] Node name as javascript variable on portal page.

[Benoit Grégoire]

On 22 February 2009, andrewhodel at gmail.com wrote:
> I'm currently embedding an iframe with a form which allows users to comment
> on the system from the portal page.
>
> As it stands now the users have to manually enter the node that they are at
> in the forum, I would ideally like to have this field be populated
> automatically based upon the node which they are currently on.
>
> The node name is present in on the page and I can get the information via
> the DOM however this seems like a very bad way to do things. Beyond the
> argument of people without JS, the node name is wrapped in between a div
> that has no id and only a class (although that class seems to be unique).
> Then inside a span, then inside an em. Using JS it would be ideal if the
> node name tag had it's own unique id.
>
> Even better would be a list of predefined JS variables for certain data an
> administrator may want to input into a form. Specifically current data
> usage, time since login, mac address, username, and node name.


The SmartyTemplate content type 
(http://dev.wifidog.org/wiki/ContentDistributionSystem#SmartyTemplate) is 
designed to do exactly what you want, except that you cannot create a <script> 
tag.  However, you can use the variables in an onclick() in a <form> or <a>.
-- 
Benoit Grégoire
Technologies Coeus inc.
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