I went to the PHP file with the web browser and it comes out as an XML file. Firefox had the "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below." thing at the top.
On Mar 18, 10:30 pm, "Gareth Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay that exhausts my limited debugging ability at this current moment in > time. > Anyone else got any ideas? > > I should really get my work done first :) > > Gareth > > On 3/19/07, andymadonna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > YES!!! my FTP just got back up :) > > > But adding the content header didn't work. > > > On Mar 18, 10:22 pm, "andymadonna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Gareth, > > > > I didn't have a content type header on the php page. I added to the > > > code but my hosts FTP is down :( > > > > Thanks, > > > I hope my hosts FTP will be back up soon so I can try it > > > > On Mar 18, 10:13 pm, "Gareth Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > are you setting text/xml as your content type in your http header in > > your > > > > php page? > > > > I think responseXML might only be available if you do that. > > > > > Gareth > > > > > On 3/19/07, andymadonna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I added the onclicks to the rest of the years. And if your wondering > > > > > what the final result is supposed to look like I uploaded the page I > > > > > used to test the CSS: > >http://the60s.andrewmadonna.com/timeline_year.html > > > > > > On Mar 18, 10:01 pm, "andymadonna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Gareth, > > > > > > > Oh, yes I didn't add the onclick attribute to those years yet, > > sorry > > > > > > about that. > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > On Mar 18, 9:17 pm, "Gareth Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > AndyMadonna, When I click any year past 1960 I don't get the > > alert at > > > > > all- > > > > > > > is request_year bringing back the correct data? > > > > > > > > On 3/19/07, andymadonna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > This was moved from Prototype: Core > > > > > > > > > andymadonna -me > > > > > > > > > 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) > > > > > > > > }); > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Tom Gregory > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > > > andymadonna > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > }); > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Gareth Evans > > > > > > > > > What is in your create_year function? > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > andymadonna > > > > > > > > > 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("><br > > /><br / > > > > > > > > ><br />>"); > > > > > > > > > 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("<<br > > / > > > > > > > > ><br /><br /><"); > > > > > > > > > previous_arrow.appendChild(previous_arrow_text); > > > > > > > > timeline_content.appendChild(previous_arrow); > > > > > > > > > document.body.appendChild(timeline_content); > > > > > > > > $('timeline').setStyle({ > > > > > > > > width: 8 * loop_length + 'em' > > > > > > > > }); > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. 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