[Javascript] RE:What book would you consider to be the best on Javascript?

[Dave]

Hi Scott,
    Thanks for the info on the Javascript book. I am heading to Amazon
right not to check it out...I also checked out your website and believe
it or not, we have a small soapmaking business and have used hemp seed
oil in some of our products. I think when I was in my teens I used some
too but it was different :)
Thanks again,
Dave

Golden Troll wrote:

>
> I prefer the JavaScript bible by Goodman awesome...!
> Scott
> www.goldentroll.com
> (it shouldn't crash Netscape now.....)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu
> [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 5:59 AM
> To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] thumbnails displayed on one html page
>
> Hi Peter,
>     Thanks for the quick response on my question. I will use this info
> and try to make it work again and then if I have a problem I can ask
> another more specific question. What book would you consider to be the
> best on Javascript? I have found that when buying books that I usually
> end up with about 10-20 books on the same subject as not all books are
> created equal, and some books have more info or are written in an
> easier to learn fashion. I tend to favor O'Reilly or Wrox..I would
> like your honest opinion of a book that I should get.....
> Thank you,
> Dave
>
> Peter Brunone wrote:
>
>> Dave,
>>
>>         In server-speak, the parameters after the ? in the URL are
>> called the
>> querystring.  In the client side world... well, I don't know what to
>> call
>> them, so we'll just keep calling them that :-)
>>
>>         Using the window.location.href property, you can get the
>> entire URL of the
>> current page (including parameters that you append).  The correct
>> syntax for
>> appending parameters is as follows:
>>
>> http://www.domain.com/directory/file.html?param1=this&param2=that
>>
>> and so on.  When you grab this entire string using
>> window.location.href, you
>> can then parse the URL for the pieces you want using the .substring
>> and
>> .indexOf methods and the .length property of your string.  For
>> example, if
>> you wanted the piece of the above URL (after putting it into a
>> variable
>> called strURL) after the question mark, you would do the following:
>>
>> strParams = strURL.substring(strURL.indexOf("?"), strURL.length);
>>
>>         You could then split up the pieces further.  I suggest you
>> pick one of the
>> Javascript resources from
>> http://www.mountaindragon.com/javascript/resources.htm or a good
>> book and
>> read up on the string methods.
>>
>>         Alternatively, you could do this server-side with PHP, ASP,
>> PERL, or
>> another scripting environment.  For what it's worth, I find
>> server-side
>> methods easier and more powerful for dynamic content like this, but
>> what you
>> want is still attainable with client-side Javascript.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> |-----Original Message-----
>> |From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu
>> [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
>> |Behalf Of Dave
>> |Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:21 PM
>> |To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>> |Subject: [Javascript] thumbnails displayed on one html page
>> |
>> |
>> |Hi,
>> |    I am not an expert so I have come to find help on an operation
>> I
>> |have seen work, but cannot get it to work for me. I want to display
>>
>> |pictures created with thumbnails with the output going to a single
>> html
>> |page so I can retain my background to match my website. This is
>> opposed
>> |to the full sized image being displayed on a white background and
>> in the
>> |upper left hand corner. I have heard of a "?" extension (in html
>> 4.01)
>> |being applied to an html document in the URL address with
>> everything
>> |being set after a "?" in a document, accessable from javascript in
>> the
>> |opened document. You can then use it to send the filename of the
>> image
>> |to be opened on that page. Does anybody know how to do that?
>> |Thanks,
>> |Dave
>> |
>
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