Hi guys,

Don't want to sound rude, but this thread doesn't belong in Prototype
core.

Could you kindly pursue in the spinoffs mailing list (http://
groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?lnk=li&hl=en) ?

Thanks and best regards,

Tobie



On Mar 18, 7:23 pm, "andymadonna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Gareth,
>
> The create_year function creates all the dates for that year on the
> timeline. I have it on my live site to test the 
> code:http://the60s.andrewmadonna.com/timeline.html
>
> Here is the actual function:
>
>    function create_year(transport) {
>        alert("I am being executed!");
>        var timeline_content = document.createElement("div");
>        timeline_content.setAttribute("id","timeline_content");
>        var timeline = document.createElement("div");
>        timeline.setAttribute("id","timeline");
>        var line = document.createElement("div");
>        line.setAttribute("id","line");
>        var xmlDoc = transport.responseXML.documentElement;
>        var loop_length = xmlDoc.getElementByTagName("date").length;
>        var isBottom = false;
>        for (var i=0;i<loop_length;i++) {
>            var date_title = xmlDoc.getElementByTagName("date")
> [i].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
>            var date_text =
> document.createTextNode(xmlDoc.getElementByTagName("date")
> [i].childNodes[1].nodeValue);
>            var date = document.createElement("div");
>            date.setAttribute("title",date_title);
>            var date_line = document.createElement("div");
>            date_line.setAttribute("class","date_line");
>            if (!isBottom) {
>                date.setAttribute("class","date");
>                date.appendChild(date_text);
>                date.appendChild(date_line);
>                isBottom = true;
>            } else {
>                date.setAttribute("class","date_bottom");
>                date.appendChild(date_line);
>                var date_bottom_text = document.createElement("div");
>
> date_bottom_text.setAttribute("class","date_element_text");
>                date_bottom_text.appendChild(date_text);
>                date.appendChild(date_bottom_text);
>                isBottom = false;
>            }
>            timeline.appendChild(date);
>        }
>        timeline.appendChild(line);
>        timeline_content.appendChild(timeline);
>
>        var next_arrow = document.createElement("div");
>        next_arrow.setAttribute("id","next");
>        next_arrow.setAttribute("class","arrows");
>        next_arrow.setAttribute("onclick","slide_timeline_next();");
>        var next_arrow_text = document.createTextNode("&gt;<br /><br /><br 
> />&gt;");
>
>        next_arrow.appendChild(next_arrow_text);
>        timeline_content.appendChild(next_arrow);
>
>        var previous_arrow = document.createElement("div");
>        previous_arrow.setAttribute("id","previous");
>        previous_arrow.setAttribute("class","arrows");
>
> previous_arrow.setAttribute("onclick","slide_timeline_previous();");
>        var previous_arrow_text = document.createTextNode("&lt;<br /><br /><br 
> />&lt;");
>
>        previous_arrow.appendChild(previous_arrow_text);
>        timeline_content.appendChild(previous_arrow);
>
>        document.body.appendChild(timeline_content);
>        $('timeline').setStyle({
>            width: 8 * loop_length + 'em'
>        });
>
>    }
>
> On Mar 18, 7:18 pm, "Gareth Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What is in your create_year function?
>
> > On 3/19/07, andymadonna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Thanks Tom,
>
> > > I modified it to what you said. But now it doesn't create the loader,
> > > and I know its executing the create_year function because I put in an
> > > alert to test it but it doesn't perform anything past that.
>
> > > Modified:
> > >   new Ajax.Request('timeline_backend.php', {
> > >   method: 'get',
> > >   parameters: {action: 'year', year: request_year},
> > >   onCreate: create_loader,
> > >   onFailure: function () {alert("Oops!");},
> > >   onSuccess: create_year
> > >   });
>
> > > On Mar 18, 6:36 pm, Tom Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > You are not passing function references to the callbacks as you
> > > > perhaps intend. You are instead passing the results of functions.
>
> > > > Modify these lines:
> > > > onCreate: create_loader, // No parenthesis
> > > > onFailure: function () {alert("Oops!");}, // anonymous function
> > > > onSuccess: create_year  // Again, use a function reference, not a
> > > > function result
>
> > > > TAG
>
> > > > On Mar 18, 2007, at 4:32 PM, andymadonna wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi, I'm new to using Prototype. I trying to use Ajax to make an
> > > > > interactive timeline of the 60s, but my Ajax request keeps failing.
>
> > > > > I have it on my live site for testing: http://
> > > > > the60s.andrewmadonna.com/timeline.html
>
> > > > > Here is a code snippet of the actual request:
>
> > > > >    new Ajax.Request('timeline_backend.php', {
> > > > >    method: 'get',
> > > > >    parameters: {action: 'year', year: request_year},
> > > > >    onCreate: create_loader(),
> > > > >    onFailure: alert("Oops!"),
> > > > >    onSuccess: create_year(transport)
> > > > >    });


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