JavaScript: Already added to favorites?

Hi Everyone!

I'm looking to add a feature to a site I'm making to add the site to a user's favorites in IE.

I've know the JavaScript to add a URL to the favorites list, however what I would like to know is how to tell if the current URL has already exists in the favorites list.

I would like to know this so that I can display a button to add the URL to the favorites only if it isn't in the favorites already.

On a similar subject, does anyone know if it is possible to read the full list of favorites in IE with JavaScript?

The idea I have is to read the contents of the IE favorites list with JavaScript, use a bit of PHP to store it server-side and then, from another machine, retrieve the server stored list of favorites and add them to the favorites list of the other machine. I know all I need apart from the initial reading the favorites list in IE. Any ideas?

Thanks very much for any help anyone can offer!!

Regards,

CW

I would sure hope it's not possible. That'd be one HUGE security/privicy violation.

You might like to try something like this that works for IE, and offers something useful for NN, etc

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
var txt = "Bookmark this page";
var url = "Url of site - could use PHP to grab the particular page URL if needed";
var who = "Name of site";
var ver = navigator.appName;
var num = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
if ((ver == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")&&(num >= 4)) {
document.write('<A class="brown" HREF="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite(url,who);" title=" LEFT-click HERE to bookmark this page. Works in IE browsers only. " ');
document.write('onMouseOver=" window.status=');
document.write("txt; return true ");
document.write('"onMouseOut=" window.status=');
document.write("' '; return true ");
document.write('">'+ txt + '</a>');
}else{
txt += " <span class='popup1' title=' RIGHT-click HERE to bookmark page '>Bookmark</span>";
document.write(txt);
}
</script>
<noscript>
<span class="whatever" title=" Right-click here to bookmark and select Add to favorites/bookmarks, or click CTRL + D ">Bookmark</span>
</noscript>

best wishes

tony

Why? Google checks your computer to see if your homepage is google.com.