Sorry, I didn't even think of the Core part of the name till now, I thought it was just general Prototype
I moved it to the Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs group Anyway, Thanks you guys! On Mar 18, 7:30 pm, "Gareth Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops sorry Tobie, didnt notice this was core- just subscribe to the thread > via email. > My bad. > > Gareth > > On 3/19/07, Tobie Langel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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("><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' > > > }); > > > > } > > > > 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) > > > > > > > }); --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype: Core" group. 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