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Hi all,
I have some script which doesnt work at all in firefox or other browsers, and i was wondering how to make a browser checker script which checked if the user was using IE, and if they are, show the script. If not, write somthing else for example "Go to the gallery page to see our pictures". Im not very good with javascript but am good with html and css. below is a copy of the script which does not work in FF. Thanks!!!
(also, if anybody has any idea how to make the script browser friendly please say! Thanks
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I have some script which doesnt work at all in firefox or other browsers, and i was wondering how to make a browser checker script which checked if the user was using IE, and if they are, show the script. If not, write somthing else for example "Go to the gallery page to see our pictures". Im not very good with javascript but am good with html and css. below is a copy of the script which does not work in FF. Thanks!!!
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(also, if anybody has any idea how to make the script browser friendly please say! Thanks
) Last edited by MaxMumford; Jan 19th, 2007 at 4:44 pm. Reason: forgot to put code in code box
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>I have some script which doesnt work at all in firefox or other browsers
Oooh, that sounds bad. What are you tryin to do?
Oooh, that sounds bad. What are you tryin to do?
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Make sure that you call the script when the document has finished loading (that will mean that you will not be able to use document.write()) , otherwise make sure you don't use the XHTML doctype.
The XHTML doctype forbids document.write() because it messes with the output document tree during rendering.(http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2004/xhtml-faq#docwrite)
If you're not using XHTML (you'll know if your not) it still pays to avoid using hacky Javascript methods to generate HTML elements during rendering. What you're doing (or perhaps the way you're doing it) would be better suited to a server side scripting language.
Personally, I would define a single array, containing only the unique identifier for each thumb and preview pair, for example:
And then, you can create the object and invoke the randomness using markup as follows:
A bit more manageable maybe? Post back if you have problems with that.
The XHTML doctype forbids document.write() because it messes with the output document tree during rendering.(http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2004/xhtml-faq#docwrite)
If you're not using XHTML (you'll know if your not) it still pays to avoid using hacky Javascript methods to generate HTML elements during rendering. What you're doing (or perhaps the way you're doing it) would be better suited to a server side scripting language.
Personally, I would define a single array, containing only the unique identifier for each thumb and preview pair, for example:
JavaScript / DHTML / AJAX Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
And then, you can create the object and invoke the randomness using markup as follows:
JavaScript / DHTML / AJAX Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
A bit more manageable maybe? Post back if you have problems with that.
Plato forgot the nullahedron..
You can check my comments on your other thread.
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread67804.html
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread67804.html
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