DrDoc
msg:1491486 | 2:39 am on Jun 19, 2002 (gmt 0) |
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
now = new Date();
month = now.getMonth() + 1;
day = now.getDate();
if(month == 7 && day == 4) {
document.write('<img src="images/jul4.jpg" alt="July 4" />');
}
else if(month == 10 && day == 31) {
document.write('<img src="images/oct31.jpg" alt="October 31" />');
}
else if(month == 12 && day == 25) {
document.write('<img src="images/dec25.jpg" alt="December 25" />');
}
/*
Insert more else if lines here
Follow the examples above when you check for month and day
*/
else {
document.write('<img src="images/standard.jpg" alt="" />');
}
</script>
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madcat
msg:1491487 | 2:54 am on Jun 19, 2002 (gmt 0) |
You could put that cool script in an external .js file too (without the <script> tags). DRDOC
function changePicture() {
now = new Date();
month = now.getMonth() + 1;
day = now.getDate();
if(month == 7 && day == 4) {
document.write('<img src="images/jul4.jpg" alt="July 4" />');
}
else if(month == 10 && day == 31) {
document.write('<img src="images/oct31.jpg" alt="October 31" />');
}
else if(month == 12 && day == 25) {
document.write('<img src="images/dec25.jpg" alt="December 25" />');
}
else {
document.write('<img src="images/standard.jpg" alt="" />');
}
} I suggest something like this in your <div> or <table>... <script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
changePicture();
//]]>
</script> M
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DrDoc
msg:1491488 | 3:03 am on Jun 19, 2002 (gmt 0) |
.. except that if you put the actual script in an external js file, you don't need the CDATA lines anyway ;)
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madcat
msg:1491489 | 3:15 am on Jun 19, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Actually, lol - I'm failing to understand the CDATA designation again. Is it used only for scripts declared in the <head> rather than external scripts? Would you mind explaining a bit further? Thanks,
M
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andy04031
msg:1491490 | 4:12 am on Jun 19, 2002 (gmt 0) |
guys, thank you very much for your help, I'll try this out and let you know, thanks again, Andy
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DrDoc
msg:1491491 | 6:33 am on Jun 19, 2002 (gmt 0) |
madcat, You should use <![CDATA[ ]]> if you are using any special characters, such as [, ], >, <, and &, in your script. However, if you put the script in an external js file you don't have to. [w3.org...]
[xml.com...]
[webmasterworld.com...]
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madcat
msg:1491492 | 2:49 pm on Jun 19, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for the links DrDoc, I got it. But this was the problem I was having earlier... [webmasterworld.com ]
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OhMyPixel
msg:1491493 | 3:30 pm on Jun 19, 2002 (gmt 0) |
If CDATA is going to cause problems - would it be bad to consider putting all JavaScript in an external .js file from now on? Sounds like another browser problem (yay!....shoot me). -OMP
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DrDoc
msg:1491494 | 1:32 am on Jun 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
well, the reason why Opera couldn't see the JS is because you had the comments .. <script type="text/javascript">
<!--
changePicture();
//-->
</script> Remove the comments, and you'll be fine ;)
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Purple Martin
msg:1491495 | 2:58 am on Jun 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
That's something new to me, DrDoc. I've always included the <!-- and //--> comments inside script tags (probably because I started out using Dreamweaver which puts them in). Are you saying that Opera will be ignoring any JavaScript inside those comments? I had thought that the comments were necessary to stop non-JavaScript-supporting browsers falling over.
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rewboss
msg:1491496 | 9:45 am on Jun 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
The problem relates not to browsers that don't support JavaScript, but browsers that don't recognize the <script> tag. There's a subtle difference. When JavaScript was first introduced, most browsers didn't recognize the <script> tag, so they ignored the tag and happily displayed the JavaScript code, blissfully unaware of the fact that this was not intended. Hence the need for the comments in the days when Netscape 2 ruled supreme. Later browsers that didn't support JavaScript (I believe that includes WebTV, is that right?) did recognize the <script> tag. But to them, it meant (and still means) "ignore this, it's not for you". On the basis that most browsers that didn't recognize <script> have probably gone out of circulation, you can probably safely omit the HTML comments. Incidentally, one early version of the Lynx browser had real problems, because not only did it not recognize the <script> tag, but it also ended the HTML comment at the first > it came to. This meant that this code: <script>
<!--
if(i>9) document.write('i is greater than 9');
// -->
</script> generated the following display: 9) document.write('i is greater than 9'); Cross-browser compatibility was a major challenge even back then.
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Purple Martin
msg:1491497 | 11:59 pm on Jun 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for that rewboss! I think I'll drop the comments from now on :)
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DrDoc
msg:1491498 | 6:28 am on Jun 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
And, if your site is upgraded to XHTML, <!-- --> should not be used.
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