I’ve decided that with my new interest in this site and web standards I’d write an article based on web standards for the beginner. A simplified version of the xhtml vs. html argument , doc types, and writing valid code. Which should become available in the coming weeks.
The topic has required a lot of reasearch on the subject, which was necessary based on all the unfounded arguments floating around ont he web. Not to mention just a general misunderstanding of xhtml and html. It seems as if neither side really understands the other (akin to a generational gap between a grandparent and their grandchild) to the point where they will make wild assumptions about the other markup langauge.
I have reduced some of the functionality of the ajax script before I end up removing it all together. I’ll paste it here so that you can see it in it’s entirety if I do completely remove it. The httprequest object creation is based off the script I found at w3schools.
function createAjax() {
var xmlHttp;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e) {
try {
xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e) {
alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
return false;
}
}
}
return xmlHttp;
}
function getType(name) {
xmlHttp=createAjax();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
if(xmlHttp.readyState==4) {
document.getElementById("content").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
}
}
xmlHttp.open("GET",name + ".html",true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
}
Quite simply I call getType() with an onClick() event on one of my links, passing it the content type I want. I.E. if I want about.html, I just call getType(’about’). Then an HttpRequest is created, and the responses is placed inside my content div tag.
I eventually plan on removing this completely, but will instead start using it for comment areas on my articles (or whatever else I feel needs it). This initial implementation was simply a demonstration for myself and my friends. I was also interested in how standards compliant it was. That’s about all for now, so until later.
