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If your hosting company allows you to use
SSIs (Server Side Include) you can use that method to insert things
into your web pages, such as a Navagatgion list, much easier than using
JavaScripter. I wrote JavaScripter when my web sites where on the
AT&T servers (my ISP) and they did not allow the use of SSIs.
So - if you can use SSIs on your web server, do so, don't use
JavaScriper.
If you don't
know how to use this
page or why you would want to you use it, go to the JavaScripter
Help Page and read and
understand it before you try to use this page and its output.
Paste your HTML code into the box
below and click the Generate Code button
After you have generated the code,
do the following
to use in one of two ways:
- You can place (or have JavaScript generate) Script
tags around the code and insert it directly into your web page at the
point where you want the code created on your web page.
- Or, you can leave off the Script tags (don't tell
JavaScripter to generate Script tags) and save the generated code in a
file on your web site and then insert Script tags where you want the
code created on your web page.
The Pros and Cons of each method are:
Pro - there really only one and it is not a very
strong one:
Iif
you are going to use the generated code in only one web p page, putting
the code JavaScripter generated directly into your web page eliminates
the steps needed to put the code in a file and then upload that file to
the server.
Con -
With the first
method, if you
decide to change the code,
you will have to make changes to every page into which you have
inserted it. You can update the single file which you created with
generated code and then all of your web pages which contain Script tags
"pointing" to that one file will show the changes when they are
displayed. This saves a lot of work.
Additonly, with the first
option you are adding what may be a lot of text to each web page file
and, if you use it in a lot of your web pages, this will increase the
amount of disk storage space you use on your computer and on the server
where your web site is hosted.
- Create a text file and copy the entire contents of
the
"Generated JavaScript Code" text box into the new file. If you are a
Windows user you can use the Notepad program to create this file. You
should find Notepad in the Accessories group on the Program Menu.
- Save the file with a meaningful name and with the
extension JS.
For example, if you are creating a navigation list for your web pages,
you might use the name navlist.js
It is vital that you save the file as a text only file without any
formatting codes. The Notepad program will save the file as a text file
without any formatting codes but the WordPad program will add
formatting codes unless you specify the type as TEXT (.txt) when you
save the
file.
However you create the file, be absolutely sure that the program will
not add anything to the file - you want the file to contain only
the
generated code shown above
- Upload the file to your web server.
- In each web page where you want to use the
generated code,
insert a Script tag:
<script
language="javascript"
type="text/javascript" src="XXXXXX"></script>
Copy this sample and paste it into your web pages at the point where
you want the generated code to insert your statements. The src parameter in the Script tag
stands for
"Source." This is where you specify the name of the file you created in
Step 2. You must change the XXXXXX to the name of the file you created
in step 2. For example, if you use the file name navlist.js, the Script
tag would be:
<script
language="javascript"
type="text/javascript" src="navlist.js"></script>
If you put the file in a directory/folder other than the one that
contains the web pages which will use the generated code, you must
specify that directory/folder in the script tag along with the file
name.
If you put the file in a directory/folder named JS which is directory
below the root directory/folder for your web site, the Script tag would
be:
<script
language="javascript"
type="text/javascript"
src="js/navlist.js"></script>
I recommend that you perform steps 1 through 3 and then make a test web
page and use it to check that the code works as you wish it to before
you change your other web pages.
Once you have it working as you want, then perform step 4 and change
your web pages. You should then text each and every page you changed to
insure that things are working as you want them to. Don't assume that
because one page is okay that all of them are. You could make mistakes
on other pages. Check all your pages after you change them.
JavaScripter is provide "as is" and no support is provided. Having said
that, if you find a bug in JavaScripter" please report
it to me via email and I will try to find time to investigate
the problem but remember, I'm offering this for us "as is".
Also - if you have a quick question about JavaScripter you
can email me
and I will try to reply to you but I can't guarantee that I
will be able to reply in a timely fashion. |