Redirect question

[Thesealion]

So i wrote a code for fun a month ago. it was my first code ever so i was just playing with it and this is what i got

<script type="text/javascript">
// Delete Forum Trick by Nightwalker
// Do not repost or claim for your own
// This header MUST stay intact
function show_confirm()
{
var r=confirm("Are you sure you want to do this?"); // question about deleting the forum


if (r==true)
{
window.location = "http://www.proboards.com"; //url you go to if you delete the forum
alert("The forum has been deleted"); //pops up if you delete the board
}
else
{
alert("Forum has been deleted");
window.location = "http://www.proboards.com";
}
}
</script>

you can see that it uses the window.location twice and i was told by someone on here that that would be the best way to send people to another page. I was writing another code yesterday and decided to use the same thing so i did this.

<script type="text/javascript">

// Alert Before Reporting by Nightwalker
// header must stay intact

if (location.href.match(/action=reportpost/)) {
var r=confirm("This feature is used for reporting posts that do not follow the rules of the forum or the proboards TOS. If you use this feature for any other purpose you will be warned or banned. To proceed click ok, otherwise click cancel.");
}
if (r!=true)
{
window.location = "http://www.joemaggio.proboards.com";
}
</script>

as soon as i posted this in my headers the board got deleted and i had to have staff put it back up. They said it had to do with the window.location not letting the adds load but i was wondering what the difference between the two codes was? if the first one was ok why did the second one fail? Well when i looked at the code i think i put one of the }s in the wrong spot so i moved it. <script type="text/javascript">

// Alert Before Reporting by Nightwalker
// header must stay intact

if (location.href.match(/action=reportpost/)) {
var r=confirm("This feature is used for reporting posts that do not follow the rules of the forum or the proboards TOS. If you use this feature for any other purpose you will be warned or banned. To proceed click ok, otherwise click cancel.");

if (r!=true)
{
window.location = "http://www.joemaggio.proboards.com";
}
}
</script>

when i tested this on the w3school's try it yourself page it worked but i don't want to put it on my board for fear it gets deleted again. Is there a way i can use the window.location without not letting the adds load or does it just not work? And what did i do rite in the delete forum code that i did wrong in the other one?

[Bennett 🚀]

Not saying this will work, but looking at the code, there are a few things you could change:

<script type="text/javascript">
/* Alert Before Reporting by Nightwalker
header must stay intact */
if(location.href.match(/action=reportpost/i)){
var r=confirm("This feature is used for reporting posts that do not follow the rules of the forum or the proboards TOS. If you use this feature for any other purpose you will be warned or banned. To proceed click ok, otherwise click cancel.");
if(r!=true){
window.location = "http://www.joemaggio.proboards.com";
}
}
</script>

[Thesealion]

oops left off the begining of the script tag

what does this do? if(location.href.match(/action=reportpost/i)){

and why the location.href instead of what i had?

[Bennett 🚀]

The i means case insensitive, so it would still match if it were like aCtIoN=REpoRTpOsT;
And oops xD I didn't mean to put location.href.

[Thesealion]

did you change anything else?

and how could i test it to see if it blocks the adds without putting it on the board?

[Bennett 🚀]

Just make sure you put it in the Global Footers And other than make it a little more compact, i didn't change anything else

[Thesealion]

i will test it now and hope my board dosn't go away again

[Bennett 🚀]

So, what happened last time, that made your board go away?

[Thesealion]

i got the "cant load the forum try again later" thing

it seems to work this time though

[Bennett 🚀]

I'm sure Lol, you just need to put it in the correct position

Here is another modification:

<script type="text/javascript">
/* Alert Before Reporting by Nightwalker
header must stay intact */
if(location.href.match(/action=reportpost/i)){
var r=confirm("This feature is used for reporting posts that do not follow the rules of the forum or the proboards TOS. If you use this feature for any other purpose you will be warned or banned. To proceed click ok, otherwise click cancel.");
if(r!=true){
window.location = "http://"+pb_forum+".proboards.com";
}
}
</script>

Or even better, lol:

<script type="text/javascript">
/* Alert Before Reporting by Nightwalker
header must stay intact */
if(location.href.match(/action=reportpost/i)){
var r=confirm("This feature is used for reporting posts that do not follow the rules of the forum or the proboards TOS. If you use this feature for any other purpose you will be warned or banned. To proceed click ok, otherwise click cancel.");
if(r!=true){
history.back(1);
}
}
</script>

And this is really just open source.. I don't see why you need a copyright in there.

[Thesealion]

i just did it for fun...i only have a few simple codes so i like to keep track of them

[Bennett 🚀]

Ah, okay then. Just so you know, the first one uses the PB variable pb_forum. The second uses the history of the browser, and goes back one.

[Thesealion]

i know i like the second one will that work on all browsers?

[Bennett 🚀]

As far as I know.. probably not xD

[Thesealion]

i hope it works for most