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Sep 07.2004

Hi everyone,
I’m having a little problem with part of my site. I really know nothing about javascript, just enough to get the site working in the first place.

Here is the page with the problem:

[url]www.jeffludes.com/client_access_pc.html[/url]

Try putting “test” in the password box, and clicking the button. It works, right? Now do it again, but use the enter key rather than clicking. No workie.

What gives? I feel like it just needs some command like onenterkeypress= : P

It would also be great if the cursor was in the password box when the page loads… But that’s just icing at this point!

Thanks for any help!
Jeff

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@AdamGundrySep 07.2004 — Welcome to the forums.

Neither the table-based layout nor JavaScript "password protection" are good ideas. If you want security and usability/accessibilty, you will need to use a server-side language.

If not, call Guardian() from the form's onsubmit event handler instead of the onclick event of the button.

Adam
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@ludesjauthorSep 07.2004 — Hey Adam,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm aware of the issues with javascript passwords. But I think this script is pretty good, because it's not really a password, it's just the name of the folder I give the user. So you'd have to know the name to get in. And this isn't super top-secret stuff anyway, so it works for me. Or perhaps I need to be educated- is there a way for people to get a directory listing of my site?

As to your other suggestion, yes, I tried calling the script on the form's onsubmit, but nothing happens. When clicking or hitting enter, the page just reloads. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks again,

Jeff
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@AdamGundrySep 08.2004 — Try adding a "return false" instruction after Guardian() in the form's onsubmit event handler, and change the type of the button to "submit".

Adam
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@ludesjauthorSep 09.2004 — Thanks for the idea, Adam. That's the kind of specifics I need! I'll give it a shot when I have a chance, and report back.

Jeff
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@ludesjauthorSep 09.2004 — Yeah! It works! Yep, adding the return false did it. Of course, the other problem is that for some reason, my GoLive kept referring to the script library burried deep in my hard drive, and I guess the web browser needs it in the same directory as the page itself. Whatever, it works =)

Now I just need a little something to set the focus to the password field... A battle for another day.

Thanks again for the help, Adam!

Jeff
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