Brad, Interesting approach... I like it! Now I'll see if I can get this to work on the site... like replacing the missing widget with a static image or something... so the page doesn't have a gaping hole where the weather's supposed to be (which is what was happening when iBegin was down and the widget wouldn't load, on-and-off all day a few days ago).
Thanks a lot!!! - John On Sep 7, 6:22 pm, Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is a different approach. Include the javascript source for the > weather.ibegin.com in the body of your page. On load run a delayed > function to see if it has written its forecast to your page. I ran > this on a test page and it worked. I could never get the ibegin source > to fail, therefore I had to change the script source to something else > likehttp://foo.weather.ibegin.com/... to simulate failure. BTW, I was > playing with the widget, so my example gets a different forecast than > yours. > > <script> > > var ibeginHTML; > function ibeginLoaded() { > ibeginHTML = $("#ibegin div").html(); > if (ibeginHTML == null) { > alert('Widget not loaded'); > // You'd do something useful here like insert your > missing widget > image > } > } > > function ibeginTest() { > // Give the widget a few seconds to load > setTimeout('ibeginLoaded();',2000); > } > > $().ready(function(){ > ibeginTest(); > }); > > </script> > </head> > <body> > ... other content ... > <div id="ibegin"> > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://foo.weather.ibegin.com/js/ > us/nm/santa+fe/1/1/1/1/1/ > custom.js&background_color=ffffff&color=000000&width=175&padding=10&border_ > width=1&border_color=000000&font_size=11&font_family=Tahoma&showicons=1"></ > script><noscript><a href="http://weather.ibegin.com/";>Weather > Information by iBegin</a></noscript> > </div> > ... more content ... > </body> > </html> > > On Sep 7, 3:55 pm, bcbounders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK... so here's what I've got so far. I'm trying to work out the > > jQuery so that if the iBegin weather widget is successfully loaded, > > then the <div id="weather"> is shown... otherwise, it's hidden. > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > jQuery.ready(function(){ > > jQuery("#weather").replaceWith({ > > jQuery.ajax({ > > type: "GET", > > dataType: "script", > > url: > > "http://weather.ibegin.com/js/us/ak/ninilchik/0/0/1/1/0/ > > custom.js&background_color=transparent&color=093384&width=200&padding=0&bor > > der_width=0&border_color=transparent&font_size=18&font_family=inherit&showi > > cons=1", > > success: function(){ > > jQuery("#weather").show() > > }, > > error: function(){ > > jQuery("#weather").hide() > > } > > }); > > }); > > }); > > </script> > > > But... what I've got isn't working. And, being new to jQuery (and > > Javascript), I'm not sure why it's not working... or even if this is > > the best route to try and achieve what I want. > > > Can someone take a look and provide some feedback? I'd really > > appreciate it! > > > Thanks a lot! > > > - John > > > On Sep 6, 10:49 am, bcbounders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Rene, > > > > Thanks so much for posting. > > > > I got the site up, using the iBegin weather widget on it's own. If it > > > helps, here's a link: http://tinyurl.com/5n8mco > > > > I'll take a stab at doing what you suggest... wish me luck! :D But... > > > expect to hear more questions from me soon. > > > > - John
