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How do I use javascript to tell me which link brought me to my current page?

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Aug 09.2010

Hi,

I have a home page with basic links to anchored sections of a second page.

On the second page i have some content which contains a variety of functions that will run depending on which link the user clicked from the home page.

My question is what javascript can I use on the second page which will identify the link used from the home page.

Thank you

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@tirnaAug 09.2010 — One way to do it is to attach a query string with a unique value to the link's href url and then check on the second page what the value is. Then do whatever you need to do depending on what the value is.
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@gregcauthorAug 09.2010 — Thank you for you quick response ?

Could you perhaps give me some example code as I am not very skilled yet.
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@tirnaAug 09.2010 — The code depends on whether you are using javascript or a server side script.

If you Google something like "parse query string javascript" you will get lots of examples on the www on how to do it client-side..
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@gregcauthorAug 10.2010 — Thanks for your advice - think i'm getting somewhere now! ?
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@Sterling_IsfineAug 10.2010 — If you're linking to anchors, all you need is to read [I]location.hash[/I].
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