fill in form with URL of previous page

**BrianC** · 08-01-2006, 07:52 AM

Hi,

I've fairly new to Javascript and can't find an answer to this. I want the user to be able to click on a link at the top of the page and take them to a contact form. I'd like the URL of the previous page (the one they were on when they clicked on contact) to be entered in to a hidden field on the form. This is so people can report broken links and we know where on the site they requested the contact form from. Or there may be a better way to do this?

Thanks, Brian

**funkdaddu** · 08-01-2006, 09:02 AM

The Javascript code for the referring doc is:

Code:

document.referrer

But JS might not be the best way to do it. I would do it via server side code from a custom 404 page with the referring url in a form element

**BrianC** · 08-01-2006, 09:30 AM

Hi, this worked perfectly. Thank you very much, Brian

**saadatshah** · 08-03-2006, 09:21 AM

Already answered so I missed the chance