parent problems! 1

[ralphonzo]

ok, i need to get the 'parent.location.href' from within an iframe pasted into other web sites - ie. several different web sites will display a page from one other master site within the iframe. this has worked fine on same-server located sites, but doesn't play ball when the master site and the display site are disimilarly located. is there any way around this without going down the ssl / Signed Scripts route?

pleases somebody say there is!!!

ralph

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Sorry - I doubt it, due to browser security restrictions.

Perhaps look into "document.domain" if we're only taslking sub-domain differences...

Dan



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[ralphonzo]

no, unfortunately i need to be able to grab any location regardless - nothing sinister - just to verify the origin of the link. thanks anyway Dan.

is there another way to achiexe this or am i going to have to request that my users hardcode their location into a form that they paste directly into their page??

ralph

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You could go via a server-side proxy... so you install a proxy on your site which the other sites go through.

That would bypass any client-side security restrictions...

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[ralphonzo]

ingenius Dan, but unfortunately not really viable (not for a halfwit like me anyway). looks like i'm resigned to use a less slick model after all!!!