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Detect Javascript On/Off, With Notification

<script type="text/javascript">
   document.write("Welcome, you have Javascript on.")
</script>

<noscript>JavaScript is off. Please enable to view full site.</noscript>

If JavaScript is on the user gets a welcome message. If off, the user is instructed to turn it on.

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  1. Toni Podmanicki says:
    10/06/2010 at 2:08 pm

    You could also simply add a link with instructions on how to turn on JavaScript in the noscript tag.


    <noscript>For full functionality of this page it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the <a href="http://www.enable-javascript.com" target="_blank"> instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser</a></noscript>

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  2. Mani says:
    10/25/2010 at 11:17 pm

    @Toni Podmanicki Thanks for the useful link

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