It's hard to contact them. But it's ok. Thanks for all your advice anyway.
I'm just going to forget about greybox and do a run of the mill new window
pop up in an onclick event in a <a> tag for the time being
Dan
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:29 AM, T.J. Crowder <t...@crowdersoftware.com>wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> Ah, okay, that actually has nothing to do with evalScripts or loading
> scripts dynamically. :-)
>
> You'll have to talk to the Greybox folks. (I've never heard of it.)
> My *guess* is that Greybox is looking for anchor tags with that kind
> of REL attribute at page load time and attaching handlers to them (the
> snippet you quoted doesn't have any handlers, so they must be doing it
> another way), and so new elements added *after* page load (via
> Ajax.Updater, Element#update, etc.) don't get handled because Greybox
> has alredy done its anchor search. I'm sure they provide some
> function you can call to say "Hey, look, there's a new anchor here!"
> -- which you would put in script tags in the fragment, which will get
> evaluated by evalScripts. E.g., something like this (*NOT* this, talk
> to the Greybox folks):
>
> <a href="showStuff.php"
> title="Title for PopUP'"
> rel="gb_page_center[540, 380]">When you click this link a popup
> will show up</a>
> <script>greybox_load_new_stuff_or_something();</script>
>
> HTH,
> --
> T.J. Crowder
> Independent Software Consultant
> tj / crowder software / com
> www.crowdersoftware.com
>
>
> On Feb 24, 4:35 am, Recourse Records <recoursereco...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > thanks for the reply. However, it still doesn't work. let me just write
> out
> > an idea of what im trying to get done. This is without the method on the
> > wiki. Let's start from the original issue and work thru it from there
> >
> > So...
> >
> > ::This is what's included on each page to get the GreyBox pop up box to
> > work::
> >
> > :::index.php:::
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > <head>
> >
> > <script src="libraries/prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
> >
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > var GB_ROOT_DIR = "./GreyBox_v5_5_3/greybox/";
> > </script>
> >
> > <script type="text/javascript"
> src="GreyBox_v5_5_3/greybox/AJS.js"></script>
> >
> > <script type="text/javascript"
> > src="GreyBox_v5_5_3/greybox/gb_scripts.js"></script>
> >
> > <link href="GreyBox_v5_5_3/greybox/gb_styles.css" rel="stylesheet"
> > type="text/css" media="all" />
> >
> > </head>
> >
> > <div id="container"></div>
> >
> > <script type="text/javascript>
> > new Ajax.Updater('container', 'example.php', {evalScripts:true});
> > </script>
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > example.php
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > <!--This is how GreyBox works. It's all in the rel attribute-->
> >
> > <a href="showStuff.php" title="Title for PopUP'" rel="gb_page_center[540,
> > 380]">When you click this link a popup will show up</a>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > So.. the above anchor tag should be put into the container div. That
> anchor
> > tag triggers the GreyBox javascript stuff in the <head> tags. So....how
> do I
> > get this to work?
> >
> > I just want to make it more clear to you of what my issue is.
> >
> > If you don't mind, please supply the code to the solution, if it won't
> take
> > you too long.
> >
> > I really appreciate you working with me. There is obviously something I'm
> > not grasping. Sorry.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:34 AM, T.J. Crowder <t...@crowdersoftware.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > Where was that HTML? Because if it was in the page you're *loading*,
> > > it still uses a script tag to reference an external file
> > > (prototype.js) and then using things from it ($$).
> >
> > > If the things you're loading are under your control, provide a
> > > `loadScript` function in your main page (that actually does the work,
> > > as from the wiki page) that they can use like this:
> >
> > > <script type="text/javascript">
> > > loadScript("MyexternalScriptFile.js");
> > > </script>
> >
> > > That inline script in the fragment loaded by Ajax.Updater will get
> > > executed by `evalScripts`. Since it's executed in the context of your
> > > page with your `loadScript` function, it has access to it, and the
> > > external file gets loaded.
> >
> > > HTH,
> > > --
> > > T.J. Crowder
> > > Independent Software Consultant
> > > tj / crowder software / com
> > >www.crowdersoftware.com
> >
> > > On Feb 21, 7:03 pm, Recourse Records <recoursereco...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > This syntax works when ajax.updater is not involved but it still
> doesn't
> > > > work with ajax.updater. What am I doing wrong? I'm trying to reach a
> > > > deadline :(
> >
> > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Recourse Records <
> > > recoursereco...@gmail.com
> >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for replying. Ok, so going by page[3] if I were to do the
> > > > > following...AJAX UPDATER would evaluate the external js files:
> >
> > > > > <head>
> > > > > <script type="text/javascript" src='libs/prototype.js'></script>
> >
> > > > > var head;
> > > > > var script;
> >
> > > > > head = $$('head')[0];
> > > > > if (head)
> > > > > {
> > > > > script = new Element('script', { type: 'text/javascript', src:
> > > > > 'GreyBox_v5_5_3/greybox/AJS.js' });
> > > > > head.appendChild(script);
> > > > > }
> >
> > > > > </head>
> >
> > > > > Did I get it right?
> >
> > > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 2:04 AM, T.J. Crowder <
> > > t...@crowdersoftware.com>wrote:
> >
> > > > >> Hi Dan,
> >
> > > > >> > NOW, every-time I do a AJAX.UPDATER...it doesn't do what it's
> > > suppose
> > > > >> > to. IN OTHER WORDS: It's acting like those declarations are not
> > > declared
> > > > >> > in the header.
> >
> > > > >> It's actually doing what it's documented[1] to do: "<script>
> blocks
> > > > >> referencing external files will be treated as though they were
> > > > >> empty...external files are not loaded and processed by
> evalScripts."
> > > > >> I'm not saying they shouldn't be, just that they aren't and the
> > > > >> behavior is documented.
> >
> > > > >> This came up just a few days ago[2]. As I mentioned in that
> thread, at
> > > > >> the moment you have to find the script tags yourself and load
> them;
> > > > >> this page[3] on the unofficial wiki talks about the process of
> > > > >> dynamically loading scripts.
> >
> > > > >> [1]
> > > > >>
> http://api.prototypejs.org/language/string.html#evalscripts-instance_.
> > > ..
> > > > >> [2]
> > > > >>
> http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous/browse_thread/.
> > > ..
> > > > >> [3]
> > > > >>
> http://proto-scripty.wikidot.com/prototype:how-to-load-scripts-dynami.
> > > ..
> >
> > > > >> HTH,
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> T.J. Crowder
> > > > >> Independent Software Consultant
> > > > >> tj / crowder software / com
> > > > >>www.crowdersoftware.com
> >
> > > > >> On Feb 21, 6:39 am, Dan <recoursereco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > I have some <script> tags in my header tags that's used all
> > > throughout
> > > > >> > my site. In particular, they are script tags to a pop-up box:
> >
> > > > >> > <script type="text/javascript"
> > > src="GreyBox_v5_5_3/greybox/AJS.js"></
> > > > >> > script>
> > > > >> > <script type="text/javascript" src="GreyBox_v5_5_3/greybox/
> > > > >> > AJS_fx.js"></script>
> >
> > > > >> > <script type="text/javascript" src="GreyBox_v5_5_3/greybox/
> > > > >> > gb_scripts.js"></script>
> > > > >> > <link href="GreyBox_v5_5_3/greybox/gb_styles.css"
> rel="stylesheet"
> > > > >> > type="text/css" media="all" />
> >
> > > > >> > The way to have the popup box show up is to write out a link
> like so
> > > > >> > <a href="URL" title="CAPTION" rel="gb_image[]">HTML</a>
> >
> > > > >> > NOW, every-time I do a AJAX.UPDATER and I update the container
> with
> > > a
> > > > >> > link like the one above, it doesn't do what it's suppose to. IN
> > > OTHER
> > > > >> > WORDS: It's acting like those declarations are not declared in
> the
> > > > >> > header.
> >
> > > > >> > How can I make this work? I know it has something to do with
> > > > >> > EvalScripts. Please help I am lost.
> >
> > > > >> > Thanks,
> > > > >> > Dan
> >
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