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Javascript to add bookmark option on your website

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If it is required to add a facility on the webpage that users can click a button on the website and it will open up bookmark option. Following is

If it is required to add a facility on the webpage that users can click a button on the website and it will open up bookmark option. Following is the code that will perform this task.

<html>
<body>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function bookmark(url, description)
{
if (navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer')
{
window.external.AddFavorite(url, description);
}
else
{
alert('This option works with IE only as of now.');
}
}

</SCRIPT>
<input type="Button" ID="btnBookMark" onClick="bookmark('http://mypage.aspx','MyWebsite')" value="Bookmark" />
</body>
</html>

 

-And if you want it work in IE and firefox as well:

function addToBookMarks()

{

if(document.all)

window.external.AddFavorite(proxyLoc(location).href,document.title);

else if(window.sidebar)window.sidebar.addPanel (document.title,proxyLoc(location).href,'');

}