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JavaScript

Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points
Posted by Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points

Cookies in JavaScript- Help for Finals?

I'm currently in a JavaScript summer class and for finals we must use cookies. My teacher barely went over it and its due next week. Information on the internet has been confusing too.

Basically I have a form that has an input for name, value (place value reads "write an adjective"), and expire. A subheading at the top currently reads "A Journey". I'd like to press a button that will take the value and insert it to read "A (adjective) Journey" and also take you to the top to see the change.

It'd also be a cool bonus in the future if you reload or revisit the page it will read "Welcome back name!"

And I feel clueless about setting the expiration date too. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I know my professor will not be helpful if I were to email him my questions. The current coding I have now is such a mess that I'm not bothering posting it.

2 Answers

Gøran Smistad
Gøran Smistad
8,807 Points
Gøran Smistad
Gøran Smistad
8,807 Points

Around half way down the page, you should find the answers you seek :) http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp

Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points
Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points

That is sort of helpful but I'm still not sure how to just get a cookie's value.