Building browser-specific CSS - need help FAST! 1

[binarybabe]

Hi, all -<br>
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Just dabbling in JS and having a *devil* of a time getting a simple little script to run. I have a class assignment due this week that needs to incorporate javascript and cascading style sheets. My URL for what I have so far is

http://www.ipass.net/~laurie/browserid2.html.<br>

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My goal for this script: if appName="Netscape" then load a certain set of CSS guidelines, otherwise default to a set of CSS guidelines written in HTML that will run on IE or NN.<br>
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If anyone has a minute, can they view this script and give me some pointers? TIA,<br>
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Binarybabe

 

[TheOrange]

Well first of all get rid of the "&lt;" in front of the var declaration, its giving errors. If you want to generate HTML on the fly, you need server-side scripts, like CGI or SSJS. I'm not sure you can do it with just JS and HTML.

 

[rycamor]

I hate to intrude again, TheOrange. Please don't get me wrong. I'm all in favor of server side scripting, and love PHP, ASP, etc...<br>
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But It IS possible to write HTML on the fly, either from within the current HTML page or by referring to a .js file.<br>
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Simply put, the call 'document.write' can COMPLETELY rewrite the current HTML page depending on a variable. For an example of just this, visit one of my projects at

http://www.anisite.com/entercoords.htm

- here you can enter a set of coordinates, (try LAT 28-32-21 and LONG 81-22-44) and the javascript application will match an array of coordinates HELD IN the .js file and rewrite the current page with the response.<br>
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I do have a question, though. For BinaryBabe's application, is it possible that a server-side include could query the browser and then load the appropriate CSS text string? That option would be least taxing on both browser and server.

http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/html/97/39/index1a.html

has a really good intro to server side includes, even though it's aimed at Dreamweaver and the Apache web server. (don't know how much applies to IIS)