trouble with javascript menu reference.

[daedreem]

a long time agao, I found a tutorial that explained how you could make a javascript file for a menu, that every page in the website could look up in order to show a

menu while only needing to update one file for new pages.

It worked great!!
I haven't updated that page in forever, but here's the site that uses that menu:
My BCS Gamers Club

so, I have 2 other sites that I've wanted to do the same thing in.. these sites are not free hosted, I pay for them. I have been unable to get the same thing to work.
Every time i try, i search for that old tutorial, and cannot find it, and give up.

Today, I started working on a new main page for my newer site... it's again not working.

If I copy my old menu from bcs gamers, it works.
If I replace the information inside the document.write... it stops working.

I am not changing the javascript coding... only the information inside of it. I cannot figure out why this will not work.

here are working vs nonworking codes.

WORKING

document.write("<br><font color='turquoise'><b>Message Boards</b></font><br>") 
document.write("<a href='http://www.communitygaming.org/clubforum/viewforum.php?f=56'>Public Forum</a><br>") 
document.write("<a href='http://www.communitygaming.org/clubforum/'>Private Forum</a><br>")

NOT WORKING

document.write("<br><b>Menu</b><br>") 
document.write("<a href='http://www.catscratches.net/index.html'>HOME</a><br>")
document.write("<a href='http://www.catscratches.net/links.html'>links</a><br>")
document.write("<a href='http://www.catscratches.net/aboutus.html'>Bio</a><br>")
document.write("<a
href="mailto:CAT@CatScratches.Net?subject=Regarding%20CatScratches.Net">Contact CAT</a>")
document.write("<a href='http://www.communitygaming.org/clubforum/'>CGO Public Forum</a><br>")
document.write("<a href='http://www.catscratches.net/cscredits.html'>Credits</a><br>")

Can anyone save hy head from exploding, and tell me either what i'm doing wrong, or an easier way to do this??
(I hand code, cannot afford dreamweaver, and prefer to continue handcoding anyway)

p.s...
The page I'm working on is http://www.catscratches.net/newindex.html

[daedreem]

PPs.... Right now, I'm basically trying to come up with a versitile template I can make better, and use for my 2 different websites.. I have no $ to buy one, but if you can give me any good suggestions of how to make it better, it'd be wonderful.. i don't expect you to do the work for me (although that'd be nice.. ) but i'd love a little assistance..
The one site is planned to be a way for me to earn $ from home so i can take care of my daughter and work at the same time.. my other hosted site was just so much of a hassel to update (2 days approx. to add 1 page) that I don't want to do anything with it or my 'work' site without an easy to edit template.

[brian0555]

[quote=daedreem]
NOT WORKING

document.write("<br><b>Menu</b><br>") 
document.write("<a href='http://www.catscratches.net/index.html'>HOME</a><br>")
document.write("<a href='http://www.catscratches.net/links.html'>links</a><br>")
document.write("<a href='http://www.catscratches.net/aboutus.html'>Bio</a><br>")
document.write("<a
href="mailto:CAT@CatScratches.Net?subject=Regarding%20CatScratches.Net">Contact CAT</a>")
document.write("<a href='http://www.communitygaming.org/clubforum/'>CGO Public Forum</a><br>")
document.write("<a href='http://www.catscratches.net/cscredits.html'>Credits</a><br>")

The only problem in this one is the line with your email.. Notice the ".." instead of '..'

Also, it should be one line, without a break between the a
href. A space is fine, just fix it from going to the next line.

[daedreem]

Brian, Thank-you thank-you!!
That worked...
The mailto was working on the bottom of the page, and I'd had a mailto link on my other site. it didn't occur to me that copying it to here had inserted an extra space, or that the " vs ' would make the difference!

Whichever it was, it works now!

If you have any other suggestions, feel free to send them my way!!