code to enable users javascripts on page load?

[kangaroobin]

does anyone know of a way to turn on users' javascript when they load my webpage without them approving to do so?

if not a way to tell them it needs to be on if it is off?


if it is off (haven't seen a computer that is to know what happens) what shows up in its place? note: I have a js slideshow

thanks!

[vpguy]

You have no control over whether or not the user has Javascript enabled. If this were possible it would be a HUGE security hole.

If you want something to be displayed to users who have Javascript disabled, use the <noscript> ... </noscript> tag, such as:


<noscript>This page requires Javascript in order to function properly. Please enable Javascript and refresh the page.</noscript>


Anything inside a <noscript> tag is not shown to people who have Javascript enabled. It only appears to the people who have it disabled.

[kangaroobin]

cool great thnx!

[AstarothSolutions]

It would be a major security hole if you could modify settings for a browser without their consent.

Decent code should work irrespective of things like javascript being turned on or off (if with minor elements not working ideally) but at a minimum should warn them that the site wont function correctly without javascript/ cookies etc being turned on