Javascript is for behaviour, not content (or structure, really).
Therefore, if you want to dynamically change a year like that, it
SHOULD be enshrined in markup (which means static or server-side
processing).
On 12/7/05, Bob Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lachlan,
>
> I'm going to take your much appreciated response one bit at a time.
>
> By doing as you suggested, I lose the point of having used the JS in the
> first place.
>
> (For the purposes of this discussion, let's assume that having the copyright
> notices reflect the current year is a desired thing).
> With the JS all copyright notices are automaticaly updated when the year
> changes, with your method I would have to go back to each site and manualy
> change them.
> This is sort of the contrary to one of the reasons for seperating structure
> from presentation in the "why CSS is good" argument.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
> This one all alone on the page, with no linked JS in the <head>:
>
> <div id="copy">
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
>
> var d=new Date();
>
> yr=d.getFullYear();
>
> if (yr!=2003)
>
> document.write("© "+yr);
>
> </script> Cedar Tree Books
>
> </div>
>
>
>
>
> <p id="copy">(c) 2005 Cedar Tree Books</p>
>
>
>
>
> No script (or entity reference) required.
>
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