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Can someone explain what <noscript></noscript> is
is this a good or bad thing and what does it do?
javascript code contained within the <script> tag is executed by the browser if javascript is enabled.
html code contained within the <noscript> tag is rendered by the browser if javascript is disabled.
It's a good idea to provide alternate functionality using the <noscript> tag for your visitors who do not have javascript enabled.
HTH, Jim
Always get a chuckle when I see "You Must Enable JavaScript To View My Page" as a site's description.
Do you think they (er... Google) look down on this as spam? I guess they can't because it is improving relevancy - they would never find the pages otherwise.
Always get a chuckle when I see "You Must Enable JavaScript To View My Page" as a site's description.
I always gasp when I see this at all. Don't these people want their sites to be seen?
Incidentally, Netscape 2 executed both <script></script> and <noscript></noscript> code - but that information is probably of no practical use at all now, except to calculate how old I am.
<script> can go in either the <head> or <body> of the code.
<noscript> can only ever go in the <body> section.
