molendijk
06-10-2008, 02:25 PM
1) TITLE: Include external content via ajax + hidden object
2) AUTHOR NAME/NOTES: Arie Molendijk
3) DESCRIPTION: External content that is fetched with Ajax doesn't display foreign characters (é, ñ etc.) well. At least, this is true if the transformations are performed on the client (Google the Internet to see what I mean; see this (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29157&highlight=ajax+foreign+content), for instance).
This problem does not occur if external content is extracted with the help of a hidden object (or iframe) and innerHTML (see this (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31541)). But that method has its own limitations: it does not allow us to automatically access the js and the css belonging to the external files.
So I combined the two methods
4) URL TO CODE: http://molendijk.110mb.com/include_via_ajax_and_object/includer.html
(http://molendijk.110mb.com/include_via_ajax_and_object/includer.html)
2) AUTHOR NAME/NOTES: Arie Molendijk
3) DESCRIPTION: External content that is fetched with Ajax doesn't display foreign characters (é, ñ etc.) well. At least, this is true if the transformations are performed on the client (Google the Internet to see what I mean; see this (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29157&highlight=ajax+foreign+content), for instance).
This problem does not occur if external content is extracted with the help of a hidden object (or iframe) and innerHTML (see this (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31541)). But that method has its own limitations: it does not allow us to automatically access the js and the css belonging to the external files.
So I combined the two methods
4) URL TO CODE: http://molendijk.110mb.com/include_via_ajax_and_object/includer.html
(http://molendijk.110mb.com/include_via_ajax_and_object/includer.html)