Thanks Will. Very helpful, as always. Cheers.
Ross On Dec 3, 4:27 am, William Ross <w...@spanner.org> wrote: > On 2 Dec 2011, at 21:15, Ross Laird wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'm rebuilding one of my Radiant sites using the latest version, and > > I've decided to incorporate my JavaScripts into the Design --> > > Javascripts area rather than load them from a subdirectory. However, I > > haven't been able to find any documentation about how to do this > > properly (and, being seemingly one of the few Radiant users who is not > > a programmer, I need documentation). Do I just place each of the > > scripts into new JavaScripts pages? And, if I do that, how do I refer > > to the scripts on the pages? For example, here is some sample code > > that I currently place in the header snippet: > > > <script src="/js/signup.js" type="text/javascript"></script> > > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://downloads.mailchimp.com/js/ > > jquery.form-n-validate.js"></script> > > <script language="javascript" src="/js/jquery.tweet.js" type="text/ > > javascript"></script> > > <script src="/javascripts/hyphenator/Hyphenator.js" type="text/ > > javascript"></script> > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > Hyphenator.config({ > > displaytogglebox : false, > > orphancontrol: 2 > > }); > > Hyphenator.run(); > > </script> > > > How do I use scripts like these (and the links to which they point), > > in the same way as they are currently being used in the header > > snippet, in the Design --> Javascripts area of the admin interface? > > It's probably much simpler than it looks. > > Scripts that come from elsewhere should be left alone so that the service > provider (e.g. mailchimp) can continue to do what they do. > > Scripts that you've downloaded from somewhere (eg. the jquery tweet plugin) > can be considered static and left in the filesystem. > > Radiant's javascript-editing mechanism is the right place for scripts that > you create or intend to edit. In your example, that may only be the final > inline script in which you invoke the hyphenator. > > In that case you'll end up with something like this in your layout: > > <script src="/javascripts/signup.js" type="text/javascript"></script> > <script src="http://downloads.mailchimp.com/js/jquery.form-n-validate.js"; > type="text/javascript"></script> > <script src="/javascripts/jquery.tweet.js" > type="text/javascript"></script> > <script src="/javascripts/hyphenator/Hyphenator.js" > type="text/javascript"></script> > <r:javascript slug="site.js" as="inline" /> > > And a single javascript page called 'site.js' in which you can put this: > > Hyphenator.config({ > displaytogglebox : false, > orphancontrol: 2 > }); > Hyphenator.run(); > > The script tags and CDATA wrappers and so on are done for you. > > If you also want to bring the signup.js script into an editable place, the > procedure is the same: create a javascript page called signup.js, paste in > the javascript code from that file and then change the tag in your layout to > this: > > <r:script slug="signup.js" as="link" /> > > Note that the javascript machinery will create a path within radiant that > matches /js/. It's probably a good idea to move all your static javascript > files to /javascripts/ to avoid collisions. > > best, > > Will > > > > > > > > > > > This seems like such a simple question (probably the answer is just to > > copy and paste the code), but there may be factors to consider, such > > as how (and from where) Javascript links are loaded. > > > Is this as simple as it sounds? > > > Thanks in advance. > > > Ross
