scott, :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : From: AtdtXav : : I imagine there has to be a way to pull a variable : from the link/address bar in javascript, right? : so that something like "A href='webpage.html?santa'" : would be the link, and webpage.html could declare a : variable that pulls in that item? :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ check the source of this page: http://members.evolt.org/jeff/code/ammend_links.html in the top section of it is a bit of code (8 lines to be exact) that will parse the url for name/value pairs. good luck, .jeff name://jeff.howden game://web.development http://www.evolt.org/ mailto:jeff at members.evolt.org