Thank you all, but mail to link is a backup atleast. I was more looking for a way to use email in a form right from the wiki. That doesnt require Email setup on the local PC.
What I want to ask then is: Is there a way to pass the pageURL variable to a hidden field of an HTML form? That will help. Then it'll be like the Clickability links of CNN.com, where pages can be emailed with the Link of the page already embedded in the email form.
Brian is right though, this kind of thing could be used to spam, so a visual confirmation mod would help, but atleast I'll be on my way if I can get the HTML form thing going - along with passing the pageURL to the form ofcourse.
Eric .
JTAutry jtautry@yahoo.com wrote: Not sure what magic words work with each versions, but this external hyperlink works in 1.7.1:
[mailto:?subject=Check%20this%20page%20out&body=You%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20web%20page:%20{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}}} Tell a friend]
Of course its still a bit sloppy not to have the email sent by the wiki's server, but still, it works right NOW! :)
Taylor
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Erik,
I would agree with Robert - ideally you make a special page and add an "email user" button in your skin.
If you want to go the "hackish" route use a mailto link and define the subject/body. Of the top of my head, something like this might work: You might be interested in this web page; text ('pageurl') ?>">Tell a friend
Let me know if you implement a SpecialPage - as I would be interested in also doing that on http://BluWiki.org
-s
On Oct 18, 2006, at 1:44 AM, Robert Leverington wrote:
That would require editing the skin files as all of the links that appear in the toolbox are found in the SkinName.php files, it might also need a new special page depending on how it was implemented.
If it were like the Emailuser item then it could just be a special page with options on it (you would need to be logged in though) otherwise it could be a mailto: link however they are not very friendly if you are using a public computer or use online web mail.
On 18/10/06, Eric K wrote:
"Email this page" is a very useful feature that can boost the traffic of a website. Any suggestions on how to enable this in the Toolbox on the left for every page?
thanks Eric
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