Re: Testing if "Shockwave" is installed.

[getmitch]

>At 1:15 AM 3/16/98, mitch wrote:

>>Macromedia's site tests whether "Shockwave" is installed, and if not,

>>brings you to a bland page saying that it uses Shockwave extensively and

>>recommends installation.  After installation, subsequent accesses of

>>macromedia.com take the viewer directly to the main Macromedia

>>site...which is what I'm trying to accomplish with my site...I've looked

>>at their page source and tried to figure out how they do this, but not

>>having much luck...  I'm trying to learn JavaScript now..very much a

>>novice in this area, and my progress has been slow...  I also think it

>>may involve set up of a cookie.

>

>

>You're right on the mark... the Macromedia site does set a cookie for

>whether that browser has multimedia capability. That's how it knows to

>redirect you to the full pages on subsequent visits.

>

>jd

>


FORGIVE MY NOVICENESS JD, BUT IS SETTING A COOKIE SOMETHING I CAN DO?  OR 

MUST

THAT BE SET UP ON A SERVER...   IF YOU KNOW OF AN ALTERNATIVE OR A 

REFERENCE

THAT MAY BE USEFUL TO ME PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  I TRIED MACROMEDIA'S "AUTO 

UPDATE"

BUT I DIDN'T LIKE THAT IT INCLUDED ADVERTISEMENTS, IT WAS TOO LARGE, AND 

MOST 

IMPORTANTLY, IT ONLY WORKED 1 OF 3 TIMES I TESTED IT.  I THINK THE COOKIE

SOLUTION WOULD BE BETTER...IF YOU CAN (OR SOMEONE ELSE) CAN GIVE ME SOME

GUIDANCE.


THANKS...MITCH



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>John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US

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