include a js

[stvchez123]

I am trying to insert some external .js's to help clean up the page. in this one, its just some rollover code. it worked when straight on the page, so thats step one. I added this code:

<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="

http://www.funtigodoc.com/ftp/steve/js/rollover_source.js"></script>

then, when I do a view-source, well, i'd immagine i'd see the actual javascript, so something's amiss. any assististance is appreciated

 

[chessbot]

Your assumption is incorrect. Javascript includes are not like other server-side includes -- all you will see is that line of code. However, you will be able to access the functions in the file.

--Chessbot

"So it goes."
Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five

 

[ToddWW]

Becuase of this different type of include, using external JS files can cause some bizarre results. Especially if it takes more time to call the external JS than load the current HTML. And even more if objects are expected in the external JS to make the main page work correctly.

You might want to consider importing the external JS to a local JS. You can download the external JS by simply typing that path and filename into your browser address line.

ToddWW

 

[chessbot]

ToddWWW:
I think, from the post, that stvchez123 is simply using an absolute path to his file. Regardless, it should not matter where the file is.

--Chessbot

"So it goes."
Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five