I have two buttons on a page. One button is a web address. No problem to link it to a website using the cutom HTML page, but I have a button with a phone number. When the user taps it I want it to bring up a phone number so the user can make a call. How can it be done?

Did you try the "Call Us" plugin? https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=67DD87826F792C1E3A666B2

Yes I did, but call us page is not what Im going for. I want to place a couple of buttons in the custom html page having one button pull up a phone number

What about this: Your button "Call" open another button plugin. On this next page you have only one button, let's call it call now. On the background of this button page you make a graphic for the background showing the phone number (maybe something that says, 34353567878, call now?). Is that what you mean?

I think the main question is "how do you link to a screen from within HTML?" If you can do that, then the CallUs plugin should be perfect for this scenario. But, to my knowledge, there isn't a good way of linking to a BT screen using HTML.

Actually I read something about opening an app page from a website on Buzztouchmod. There is a plugin that might be what you are looking for, I haven't read it in detail though. Here is the link: https://www.buzztouchmods.com/downloads.php?cat_id=1&download_id=40

@farcat: Of course, that requires being self-hosted - which may or may not be an option for the OP. I would be interested in hearing about opening a BT screen from within HTML if you happen to come across that discussion again.

@chris1, you are correct about Self-hosted, I just made the assumption. :) I will keep an eye open about this issue, it would be very handy indeed! Farcat

Some good ideas but really need to link a button to make the phone dial out

I guess I could link a button to the call us screen but how is that even done

I guess I could link a button to the call us screen but how is that even done

Here's another option. Check out Stanford University's mobile webpage (m.stanford.edu). If you click on the "contact & directory" link on the homepage, you're given 2 phone number buttons. Tapping on one (at least on my iPhone 4S on iOS5.1) brings up a dialogue asking if you want to all the number. Looking at the source code reveals it's a simple anchor link like such: <li><a href="tel:6507232300" rel="external">Operator (650) 723-2300</a></li> I haven't explored this enough to see if it requires jQuery Mobile to work properly, or if any html page with a href="tel:XXX" would work.

Ill try it thanks for all the help

The <a href="tel:1800xxxxxx"> mentioned above will work for you. I currently use that method to allow someone to dial straight off my page.