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Check URL is reachable with Javascript
Hi All
I'm developing a website for a company with a link to their company intranet; this will only resolve with DNS from *inside* the network, though (fine, as outside users don't need access to the intranet)
However, I don't want users from outside just getting a generic 404 when they click the intranet link, and was wondering if there was a piece of javascript I could use to check that the URL is reachable from their machine; if not, pop-up a message box, if so, just follow the link.
Thanks in advance
George Preston
I'm developing a website for a company with a link to their company intranet; this will only resolve with DNS from *inside* the network, though (fine, as outside users don't need access to the intranet)
However, I don't want users from outside just getting a generic 404 when they click the intranet link, and was wondering if there was a piece of javascript I could use to check that the URL is reachable from their machine; if not, pop-up a message box, if so, just follow the link.
Thanks in advance
George Preston
Web Development
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lotsofish
In IIS I know you can specify a custom designed page for each page error.
Look at the link provided directly below for more detail.
http://www.plinko.net/404/custom.asp
This is also useful for pages that have been removed or other page
errors so your visitors never get that ugly white error page.
Hope this helps!
:)
Look at the link provided directly below for more detail.
http://www.plinko.net/404/custom.asp
This is also useful for pages that have been removed or other page
errors so your visitors never get that ugly white error page.
Hope this helps!
:)
If they can't reach the intranet that means that they will never connect to the web server. This in turn means that you have no control over the error message that will appear on the client since it will simply time out.
If you really want to give custom error messages you would have to set up your web server that will offer those responses to be available from outside the intranet as well.
cheers,
Anastasiosyal
If you really want to give custom error messages you would have to set up your web server that will offer those responses to be available from outside the intranet as well.
cheers,
Anastasiosyal
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Anastasiosyal thanks for your input but that is why I proposed javascript (client side) although I do not have much experience of it.
Regarding custom pages, these won't work because the pages are Asp.NET, so if a page retreival fails, it gives the .NET error (ugly looking thing) before any server error page.
JoePoster, can you elaborate on the Logon_user/Remote_user option, or give me some pointers as to how to implement your other suggestion (don't display link for given IP range) please?
Thanks
George
Regarding custom pages, these won't work because the pages are Asp.NET, so if a page retreival fails, it gives the .NET error (ugly looking thing) before any server error page.
JoePoster, can you elaborate on the Logon_user/Remote_user option, or give me some pointers as to how to implement your other suggestion (don't display link for given IP range) please?
Thanks
George
If you're using .net I would definatly do this on the server side.
Are you using any athentication? If so you can probably use IsAuthenticated to determine how to set the visability on th anchor. Or you could change the href to javacript:alert("not on internet").
Here's info on the server variables I mentioned...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/iissdk/html/21b3be8f-d4ed-4059-8e21-6cba2c253006.asp
Note that REMOTE_ADDR is the ip address. Depending on how your network is set up this might be the IP of a proxy and not the user's machine. It might be easier if that's the case.
Are you using any athentication? If so you can probably use IsAuthenticated to determine how to set the visability on th anchor. Or you could change the href to javacript:alert("not on internet").
Here's info on the server variables I mentioned...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/iissdk/html/21b3be8f-d4ed-4059-8e21-6cba2c253006.asp
Note that REMOTE_ADDR is the ip address. Depending on how your network is set up this might be the IP of a proxy and not the user's machine. It might be easier if that's the case.
I got my idea to work. I tested it and made a couple of small changes. Here is the code.
<html><head>
<script language="javascript">
function checkImage() {
var i = new Image;
i.onerror=setpopup;
i.src="http://this.is.a.small.image.on.your.server.gif";
}
function setpopup(){
yourlink.href="javascript:
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="checkImage();">
<a href="http://intranet/site/" name="yourlink">INTRANET</
</body>
</html>
<html><head>
<script language="javascript">
function checkImage() {
var i = new Image;
i.onerror=setpopup;
i.src="http://this.is.a.small.image.on.your.server.gif";
}
function setpopup(){
yourlink.href="javascript:
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="checkImage();">
<a href="http://intranet/site/" name="yourlink">INTRANET</
</body>
</html>
ASKER
Lotsofish, many thanks - exactly what I wanted and works perfectly. Sorry about low points, am a newbie.
You van see your handiwork here: http://81.138.70.68/ (it's in development)
George
You van see your handiwork here: http://81.138.70.68/ (it's in development)
George
Cool. Glad to help.
BTW, they won't get a 404 error. They'll get something like "Cannot find server or DNS error".