I would try document.referrer.
What do you get if you add this to the gadget:
alert( document.referrer );
-Mike
> From: Region 3 DFG
>
> to test out what comes from _args i inserted this into my gadget...
>
> for(var param in _args()) {
> var value = _args()[param];
> //html.push(param);
> html.push(value);
> html.push('<br>');
> }
>
> ...and then later in the gadget i do this..
> var tableDiv = _gel('tablediv');
> tableDiv.innerHTML = html.join('');
>
> ...the parameters i get back are just these...
> mid
> synd
> url
> h
> w
>
> ...url is the url of the gadget unfortunately!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 24, 9:43 am, Region 3 DFG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > yeah but what i need is the actual page, so just to be
> > clear...http://www.region3dfg.org/lands/1802-2005-020-3
> >
> > i need to know that the gadget is in the page "1802-2005-020-3"
> > then the gadget will pull in details from multiple tabular
> sources to
> > include in a report
> >
> > On Nov 24, 2:26 am, "Jerome (Guru)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi String,
> >
> > > As far as I could tell, "parent" is undefined as well on
> Google Sites.
> >
> > > But this is a good suggestion, as you are right, this works on
> > > iGoogle returninghttp://www.google.com.
> >
> > > Jerome
> >
> > > On Nov 24, 9:50 am, String <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > What about _args()['parent']? That's what I usually use, and it
> > > > seems fairly reliable. It certainly works for iGoogle,
> returning a
> > > > value of "http://www.google.com";.
> >
> > > > String
> >
> > > > On Nov 23, 11:02 pm, "Jerome (Guru)"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Hi there,
> >
> > > > > You are correct, the source parameter is not set in some
> > > > > situations (including iGoogle and Google Sites). You
> will not be
> > > > > able to know which Google site is displaying the
> gadget, but you
> > > > > can differentiate between containers by checking the
> value of the "synd" parameter.
> > > > > _args()["synd"]
> >
> > > > > When the gadget is running on iGoogle, synd will have
> the "ig" value.
> > > > > As far as I have experienced, on Google Sites, synd
> will be set
> > > > > to "trogedit".
> >
> > > > > If you'd like to experiment, here is a modified gadget to
> > > > > display not only the source but the synd as
> > > > >
> well:http://www.ljmsite.com/google/gadgets/tests/get_source_n_sy
> > > > > nd.xml
> >
> > > > > Here is this gadget embedded on a page (source available and
> > > > > synd set to
> > > > >
> open):http://www.ljmsite.com/google/gadgets/tests/get_source_n_s
> > > > > ynd.html
> >
> > > > > I hope this helps.
> >
> > > > > Jerome
> >
> > > > > On Nov 19, 11:48 pm, Region 3 DFG
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > this previous post seemed to be exactly what i was
> looking for..
> >
> > > > >
> >http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API/browse_thre
> ad/threa...
> >
> > > > > > but i can not seem to get it to work for Google Sites. The
> > > > > > above post notes that you will get a "undefined" if
> the gadget
> > > > > > is hosted on Igoogle so is this also true on google
> sites? or
> > > > > > is there a different way to access the url address
> in google sites?
> >
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