I believe this one in particular is for setting values in forms when a user chooses to be "remembered".
Matt On 9/15/05, Allen Gilliland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just a general question here ... what is the purpose of doing javascript like > this? i see this stuff spread throughout a number of pages and i don't > understand why it's there. > > <script type="text/javascript"> > ... > > if (author) { > theForm.name.value = author; > } > if (email) { > theForm.email.value = email; > } > if (url) { > theForm.url.value = url; > } > > ... > </script> > > -- Allen > > >