Javascript function in advertisement_url

[davesec]

First of all, great work on PageCurl! Aside from experiencing the minor, easily-fixed z-index issue initially, the script installed and worked perfectly right "out of the box." Clear and well-written instructions, as well. Worth every penny!

Now, to my question: I know that PageCurl is able to accept a javascript function within the advertisement_url. And I did notice your example of how to go about calling a javascript function within the PageCurlPro.pdf. However, that example, I believe, is a bit too simple for my needs, so I'd like to ask for some advice on how to implement a slightly more complex script.

To be specific, I'd like to use the "add search" function to allow visitors to add my webpage (a search portal) to their browser's search bar.

I have found the following example script, which should do the trick, but I do not know how to fit that multi-line script into the advertisement_url.
[code]
<a href="#" id="addSearch" style="display:none">
Add example.com search to your browser


<!-- edit the url below -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
(function(){

//edit this to point at your opensearch.xml file
var url = "www.example.com/opensearch.xml";

var add = function(ev){
window.external.AddSearchProvider(url);
Event.stop(ev);
};
if ( typeof window.external == "object"
&& typeof window.external.AddSearchProvider != "undefined" ) {
var a = $('addSearch');
Event.observe(a, 'click', add);
a.toggle();
a=null;
}
})();
</script>[/code]

Can anyone help? Thanks! By the way, I'm a javascript novice.

[PowerUpAdmin]

Hello. I'm not familiar with that particular script, but it appears that you will need to turn it into a function, and then call the function from the advertisement_url. Basically, you would wrap the existing function with:

function add(){
}

So, it would look like this:

<a href="#" id="addSearch" style="display:none">
<!-- edit the url below -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function add(){
(function(){

//edit this to point at your opensearch.xml file
var url = "www.example.com/opensearch.xml";

var add = function(ev){
window.external.AddSearchProvider(url);
Event.stop(ev);
};
if ( typeof window.external == "object"
&& typeof window.external.AddSearchProvider != "undefined" ) {
var a = $('addSearch');
Event.observe(a, 'click', add);
a.toggle();
a=null;
}
})();
}
</script>


Then, your advertisement_url would be "javascript://add();"

I hope this helps you out.

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[advecdodendum]

Oh... I see that it does work under some circumstances, but its behaviour is not identical to older versions. Have to test more.