Hi

I have read that it is possible to save your javascripts externally as .js files. Does this apply to all javascripts, and should you include the html comment lines, e.g.

<script language="Javascript">
<!--Begin
...
//End-->
</script>

I realise I don't include the <script> lines, but do you include the <!-- and //--> lines in your .js file?

And can you just save them using Notepad?

Thanx guys!

John

Yes, you can link to external javascript:

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

No, you do not need comments - if the browser does not support scripting it won't recognize the <SCRIPT> tag, therefore the external script will not be loaded.

In your external JavaScript file you just begin your functions, variables, etc - no other information is needed (i.e. <SCRIPT> tags, comments, etc).

You can create this script in NotePad - just as you would if you were creating JS inline....

but dont include the html tags in the js file

Sweet - I was just looking into this and could not find an answer. I knew we could 'point' to a .CSS file...but wasn't sure about .JS

Many Thanks!

As usual - this board saves me alot of time and trouble.

yeah. I'm actually teaching someone in France how to link to both Javascript and CSS files. It's a little hard as there's a large language gap! :-D I think he's getting the gist of it though.

Anything can be done in notepad really. It's just a matter of finding out how!