[Catalyst] javascript in Catalyst using Template Toolkit

[John Romkey]

Two recommendations, assuming the Javascript file isn't meant to be  =

modified at runtime:

First, use an absolute path to the file in your script tag, ie:  =

<script src=3D'/static/clock.js'> or use $c->uri_for() to compute the  =

path.

Second, serve the Javascript file from your static directory so that  =

Catalyst is bypassed. This will help performance and caching as well  =

(I embed version numbers in the filenames to help avoid new code from  =

getting old cached versions of my Javascript files, so I would have  =

something like <script src=3D'/static/clock-0.1.js'> in my code).

If those don't solve the problem, what turns on up the Javascript  =

console of your browser? Is the script file just not being found or is  =

your browser getting errors trying to execute it?
	- john romkey
	http://www.romkey.com/

On Dec 20, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Emily Heureux wrote:

> I am trying to execute a bit of external javascript code, but I  =

> don=92t believe I am setting it up correctly in Catalyst.  I have a  =

> clock.js file, and then inside a menu file in myapp/root/lib/site I  =

> have the script tag: <script src=3D=94clock.js=94>=85</script>.
>
> If I put the clock.js code directly into the menu file, and not in  =

> an external js file, I can get it to work.  It is badly done  =

> though.  I have an extra body tag to call an onload function, but it  =

> works.  Does anyone know how to set up the different pieces so that  =

> I can have the javascript in an external file?  I have seen a  =

> friend=92s method, and it is so complicated, and I have looked online,  =

> but haven=92t found that people are having a problem with javascript  =

> and catalyst.
>
> Emily
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