old fart needs help

@bob8611Apr 15.2007

I’m a newbie trying to get javascripts to work.

I have no idea what I’m missing.

Perhaps some kind sole would look at it and tell me whats wrong or copy and paste something here or I can attach the file.

My site is:
~~[url]~~http://webpages.charter.net/robme/jas/jas.htm[/url]

It came from here:
~~[url]~~http://www.scriptsearch.com/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=11372[/url]

Thank you
boB

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@NedalsApr 16.2007 — #Not sure what this does but...

You are calling the javascript from within your style sheet. You also need to remove the </script> near the end of your style sheet.

Change to:

<style type="text/css">

...

</style>

<script type="javascript/text" src="jas.js"></script>

You may need to change the "jas.js" unless you put 'jas.js' in the 'jas' directory'.

@suntinApr 16.2007 — #^{^I} suspect the above post is correct, wouldn't imaging linking to a javascript file inside a css tag will work, but it may be exploiting a bug.

The MAIN problem though is the way you are linking to the file:

<script type="[B]h:/slide show/jas/javascript[/B]" src="jas.js">

The type is usually optional so I'd leave it out.

But if you want it then it's probably "text/javascript" rather than a link to a file on your HDD.

<script type="text/javascript" src="jas.js">

and that assumes jas.js is in the same directory as the page doing the calling.

@bob8611authorApr 16.2007 — #thanks guys

I changed the script call and moved it above <style type="text/css">

Should the slash be there showing the js file in a sub-directory?? <script type="javascript/text" src="[B]/[/B]jas/jas.js">

It still won't work, with or with out the slash!!!?

@NedalsApr 16.2007 — #Should be as suntin showed. My typo ?

<script type="text/javascript" src=".....>

You put the jas.js file in some directory. You must include the path and filename in "src=path-to-file/jas.js". If it in the same directory that contains the HTML page, there will be no path.

[i]Should slash be there showing the js file in a sub-directory[/i]

On a UNIX/Linux server the slash is used to always start the path at the webroot. (I not sure if this works on a $MS server).

@bob8611authorApr 16.2007 — #Thanks 4 responding.?

I put all files in the same sub-dir for sake of troubleshooting.

The program now indicates the htm file is reading the js file.

Picture captions change when I start the slide show. However the pics are missing.

I examined both files checking for a path problem and see nothing wrong.?

Thanks boB

@NedalsApr 16.2007 — #I would guess that your image path is wrong. Just a guess.

The script you identified uses "pictures/"

Are your pictures in a subdirectory named "pictures"?

@scott212Apr 17.2007 — #I'm thinking a little primer on directory paths is in order...

[U]Examples of [B]absolute paths[/B]*:[/U]

C:myPicturesimage01.jpg

D:folderfile.doc

http://www.mySite.com/images/image01.jpg

*These types of paths should generally be avoided since they are not very portable.

[U]Examples of [B]local paths[/B]:[/U]

If I want my page to get an image that is in the same directory as the page, a simple 'image.jpg' or './image.jpg' will do.

If I want to access an image inside the images folder in the same folder as the page, this will do: images/image.jpg (not /image/image.jpg Starting a path with a slash means your starting at the root of the drive, which is not what we want)

If I want to access an image in the images folder which is in a directory before the one containing the page, you'd do this: ../images/image.jpg

[U][B]Summary:[/B][/U]

../ means to go up or back one directory

./ means the current directory (but is usually unneccessary)

/images means the images folder at the root of the drive (not generally what you want)

images means the 'images' folder that is within the current directory

Best of Luck!

@rootApr 17.2007 — #Paths are Absolute or Relative.

Absolute paths are used for external links outside your site domain, relative paths are "Relative" to the site domain.

/ not only signifies the root of the domain BUT it could easily be a Virtual path, I had Abyss Webserver set up and running so that / would call the virtual directory /php and the index.php file which was in the servers root folder, eg, it was in a folder called PHP next to the htdocs folder and nothing was in the server root.

So beware that / DOES not ALWAYS signify the actual server root, it could just as well be a virtual path.

@scott212Apr 17.2007 — #that is a good distinction

@bob8611authorApr 17.2007 — #In response to Scott212, thank you. It was inside the script where I didn't recogonize a line of script as a path.

I will never understand y script files are posted that are incorrect.?

The script is functioning with one problem way beyond me. I moved the js file to cgi-bin and pics to its own directory. Great!? ?

The menu between the boxes is not showing one option, "Stop Slide Show"

http://webpages.charter.net/robme/jas.htm

I think I attached the file. I can't see any indication from this window of it being attached.

If anyone has the time and ability to correct it, that would be great. I thank you.

@scott212Apr 17.2007 — #It looks like you figured it out because the start/stop works fine for me! Nice job!

@umd2007Apr 17.2007 — #try the old ../jas/jas.js. should work with that! Chris

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