Enabling java? 1

[sinbadly]

I haven't used javascript in dreamweaver8, but now I'd like to. But when I insert the code, it looks, well, dead compared to my php code. Is some enabling necessary to use java, please?

 

[starblood]

Forget what it looks like, does the javascript work when you try it in a browser? If so, then surely you just need to change the colour formatting of your code to make it look 'undead':

Edit => Preferenced => Code coloring => PHP

 

[sinbadly]

No, it doesn't work in a browser.

 

[starblood]

Then I suspect it is down to your syntax, because although you can turn Javascript off in a browser you cannot turn it off in Dreamweaver (by the way Javascript and Java are two different languages).

Is this custom Javascript you are adding or a Dreamweaver behavior? Have you tried adding the Javascript to the page via notepad?

Do you have a link to the page?

 

[sinbadly]

Thanks, starblood. I'll try the idea about loading the code via notepad, and report back. Many thanks for advice about dw and js. No, I've been trying it on localhost, so there isn't a lnk. Soon as I get a break to try it, I'll come back. (Probably Sunday at the present rate.) Cheers.

 

[sinbadly]

Starblood, I put this is in the page's head section ...

<script language="javascript1.2">

<!--

//Smart Folding Menu tree- By Dynamic Drive (rewritten 03/03/02)
//For full source code and more DHTML scripts, visit [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.dynamicdrive.com[/URL]
//Code Generated by [URL unfurl="true"]www.SearchBliss.com[/URL]

var head="display:''"
img1=new Image()
img1.src="fold.gif"
img2=new Image()
img2.src="open.gif"

var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
var ie4=document.all&&navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1

function checkcontained(e){
var iscontained=0
cur=ns6? e.target : event.srcElement
i=0
if (cur.id=="foldheader")
iscontained=1
else
while (ns6&&cur.parentNode||(ie4&&cur.parentElement)){
if (cur.id=="foldheader"||cur.id=="foldinglist"){
iscontained=(cur.id=="foldheader")? 1 : 0
break
}
cur=ns6? cur.parentNode : cur.parentElement
}

if (iscontained){
var foldercontent=ns6? cur.nextSibling.nextSibling : cur.all.tags("UL")[0]
if (foldercontent.style.display=="none"){
foldercontent.style.display=""
cur.style.listStyleImage="url(open.gif)"
}
else{
foldercontent.style.display="none"
cur.style.listStyleImage="url(fold.gif)"
}
}
}

if (ie4||ns6)
document.onclick=checkcontained

//-->
</script>
<style type="text/css">
	<!-- 	
	//javascript css
#foldheader{
cursor:pointer;cursor:hand ; font-weight:bold ;
	list-style-image:  url(fold.gif)}
#foldinglist{list-style-image:  url(list.gif)}
font-family:Verdana;
	
	//javascript css to here
	
		 -->			
</style>

... and this in the body ...

 <ul>
<li id="foldheader">[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.willowfield.waltham.sch.uk/</li>[/URL]
<ul id="foldinglist" style="display:none"></ul>
</ul><script language="JavaScript1.2">
<!--

function get_cookie(Name) {
//Get cookie routine by Shelley Powers 
  var search = Name + "="
  var returnvalue = "";
  if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
    offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
    // if cookie exists
    if (offset != -1) { 
      offset += search.length
      // set index of beginning of value
      end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
      // set index of end of cookie value
      if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
      returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
      }
   }
  return returnvalue;
}

var foldercontentarray=new Array()
var c=0

if (ns6){
for (i=0;i<document.getElementsByTagName("UL").length;i++){
if (document.getElementsByTagName("UL")[i].id=="foldinglist"){
foldercontentarray[c]=document.getElementsByTagName("UL")[i]
c++
}
}
}

if (get_cookie(window.location.pathname) != ''){
  var openresults=get_cookie(window.location.pathname).split(" ")
  for (i=0 ; i < openresults.length ; i++){
    if (ns6){
    foldercontentarray[openresults[i]].style.display=''
    foldercontentarray[openresults[i]].previousSibling.previousSibling.style.listStyleImage="url(open.gif)"
    }
    else{
    foldinglist[openresults[i]].style.display=''
    document.all[foldinglist[openresults[i]].sourceIndex -1].style.listStyleImage="url(open.gif)"
    }
  }
}

if (ns6||ie4){
var nodelength=ns6? c-1 : foldinglist.length-1
var nodes=new Array(nodelength)
var openones=''
}

function checkit(){
  for (i=0 ; i <= nodelength ; i++){
    if ((ns6&&foldercontentarray[i].style.display=='')||(ie4&&foldinglist[i].style.display==''))
       openones=openones + " " + i
  }
  document.cookie=window.location.pathname+"="+openones
}

if (ns6||ie4)
window.onunload=checkit
//-->
</script>

And I have tried with another script, trembling text, but for some reason, nothing happens. Perhaps you'll spot something, starblood. Be very pleased if you can. Cheers
paul