A page:
location.href="B.html?name='box'";
Page B:
function GetQueryString(name){
var reg = new RegExp("(^|&)"+ name +"=([^&]*)(&|$)");
var r = window.location.search.substr(1).match(reg);
if(r!=null)return unescape(r[2]); return null;
}
var name= GetQueryString("name")
alert(name);