[jQuery] JavaScript text nodes

[Rodney Finn]

Is it possible to take a node:

window.onload = initAll;
var nodeChangingArea;

function initAll() {
   document.getElementsByTagName("form")[0].onsubmit = function() {return
nodeChanger();}

   nodeChangingArea = document.getElementById("modifiable");
}

function addNode() {
   var inText = document.getElementById("textArea").value;
   var newText = document.createTextNode(inText);

   var newGraf = document.createElement("p");
   newGraf.appendChild(newText);

   nodeChangingArea.appendChild(newGraf);
}

function delNode() {
   var delChoice = document.getElementById("grafCount").selectedIndex;
   var allGrafs = nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName("p");
   var killGraf = allGrafs.item(delChoice);

   nodeChangingArea.removeChild(killGraf);
}

function insertNode() {
   var inChoice = document.getElementById("grafCount").selectedIndex;
   var inText = document.getElementById("textArea").value;

   var newText = document.createTextNode(inText);
   var newGraf = document.createElement("p");
   newGraf.appendChild(newText);

   var allGrafs = nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName("p");
   var oldGraf = allGrafs.item(inChoice);

   nodeChangingArea.insertBefore(newGraf,oldGraf);
}

function replaceNode() {
   var inChoice = document.getElementById("grafCount").selectedIndex;
   var inText = document.getElementById("textArea").value;

   var newText = document.createTextNode(inText);
   var newGraf = document.createElement("p");
   newGraf.appendChild(newText);

   var allGrafs = nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName("p");
   var oldGraf = allGrafs.item(inChoice);

   nodeChangingArea.replaceChild(newGraf,oldGraf);
}

function nodeChanger()  {
   var actionType = -1;
   var currentPgraphCount = nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName
("p").length;
   var radioButtonSet = document.getElementsByTagName
("form")[0].nodeAction;

   for (var i=0; i<radioButtonSet.length; i++) {
       if (radioButtonSet[i].checked) {
           actionType = i;
       }
   }

   switch(actionType) {
       case 0:
           addNode();
           break;
       case 1:
           if (currentPgraphCount > 0) {
               delNode();
               break;
           }
       case 2:
           if (currentPgraphCount > 0) {
               insertNode();
               break;
           }
       case 3:
           if (currentPgraphCount > 0) {
               replaceNode();
               break
           }
       default:
           alert("No valid action was chosen");
   }

   document.getElementById("grafCount").options.length = 0;

   for (i=0; i<nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName("p").length; i++) {
       document.getElementById("grafCount").options[i] = new Option(i+1);
   }

   return false;
}



and have it PERMANENTLY pasted to the web page? Like a guestbook?
Thanks in advance!
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Random Person