DHTML Window external js-file

**raimond** · 08-04-2006, 12:29 PM

I like the DHTML Window script, but i want to put the script, which is in between the <head>, into a external js-file. Like external/js/google.js

How can i workl this out?

**jscheuer1** · 08-04-2006, 12:40 PM

Use a text editor to save the script, call it 'file_name.js' where 'file_name' can be any valid file name of your choosing. Substitute the name of your external .js file for some.js in the below:

HTML Code:

<script src="some.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Common problems arise when:

1 ) The script file is not in the directory specified. In the above example it must be in the same directory as the page(s) that use it. Below, it can be in the scripts directory off of the root of a domain:

HTML Code:

<script src="http://www.somedomain.com/scripts/some.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

2 ) Opening, closing and/or 'hiding' tags are left in the external file. This means that you must strip:

Code:

<script>
<!--

and

Code:

//-->
</script>

and any of their many variations from the beginning and end of the external file.

3 ) The external call (<script src="some.js" type="text/javascript"></script>) is not inserted into the page at the correct spot. The external call must be inserted at the same place on the page where the script was/would have been.

4 ) Paths to other files (if) used by the script are no longer valid due to its location. This is only a problem if the external script is kept in a different directory than the page it was working on when it was an internal script. To correct this, use absolute paths inside the script. Absolute path examples:

Code:

http://www.somedomain.com/images/button.gif

http://www.somedomain.com/~mysitename/index.html

5 ) Inappropriately combining two or more scripts into one external file. Usually external scripts can be combined if one knows enough about scripting to do so properly. Even then it is possible to overlook something.

A rule of thumb when testing is, if it won't work on the page, it won't work as an external file either.

One other thing, if this is a DD script or any script that requires the credit remain for legal use, include the credit in the on page call, ex:

HTML Code:

<script src="some.js" type="text/javascript">
/***********************************************
* IFrame SSI script II- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
* Visit DynamicDrive.com for hundreds of original DHTML scripts
* This notice must stay intact for legal use
***********************************************/
</script>

Make sure to retain all the 'decorations', as these include begin and end javascript comment delimiters without which the script won't function.

**raimond** · 08-06-2006, 12:02 PM

it wont work for me

When i put the script in the same page between the <head> it works okay, why not in a seperate file. I want to have the file orderly

**jr_yeo** · 08-06-2006, 12:06 PM

PLEASE: Include the URL to your problematic webpage that you want help with.

**raimond** · 08-06-2006, 01:10 PM

Thnx for reply

This is the url my startpage and this is the pad where the js-file is. http://rspikker.thuisserver.com/external/js/google.js

It works now, because i have the script into the <head>. But I want this into the google.js

**blm126** · 08-06-2006, 01:31 PM

Read #2 on jscheuer1's list.

**raimond** · 08-06-2006, 05:42 PM

wonderful, i didn't read that well.

Thnx

**ddadmin** · 08-08-2006, 01:56 AM

Warning: In the future please include a link to the DD script in question in your post and post in the correct forum (DD scripts help). See this thread for the proper posting format when asking a question.

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