+Urubu Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 (edited) I'm trying to set up an easy-to-update profile, by means of a link to a javascript program that is hosted off the gc.com site. Specifically, I'm trying to change my profile to something like <script src="REMOTE_URL/geoprofile.js"></script> where geoprofile.js is a javascript file with code for a pretty list of milestones, FTFs, etc. When I try updating my profile, the direct method doesn't work. If I change the 'Latest News' in my profile to something like the code above and then update, the 'Latest News' seems to change to a blank. Is there some simple trick I'm missing? I requested help from Groundspeak, but they were coy. They say that (1) it's possible to include javascript from off-site locations (2) it's not a supported feature, so they can't offer any help and (3) maybe someone on the Forums can help me. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of thing? Thanks. - Urubu Edited July 20, 2005 by Urubu
+Stunod Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 (edited) I've used this format with success in the past: <script language="JavaScript" src="REMOTE_URL/geoprofile.js"></script> Edited July 20, 2005 by Stunod
+Urubu Posted July 20, 2005 Author Posted July 20, 2005 Thanks, Stunod, but adding language="JavaScript" doesn't seem to change the result -- the "Latest News" simply blanks out after the update.
+Stunod Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 Sorry that didn't help. My expierience with it has been with adding a stat listing (generated by keenpeople.com) to my profile. The exact link that works is: <script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.keenpeople.com/components/com_stats/js_showstate.php?stateval=IL"></script> I'm certainly no expert in this stuff, but maybe you can see some minor difference that I didn't. Good luck!
+Urubu Posted July 20, 2005 Author Posted July 20, 2005 (edited) The site behaves slightly differently (and works as I hoped in the first place) if I add some little bit of html in addition to the <script>...</script> part. Initially, when I pasted the <script>...</script> stuff above into the 'Latest News' area and updated, the 'Latest News' changed to a blank. Now, when I do the same thing with the same text but add a <br> at the beginning, it keeps what I pasted and adds type="text/javascript" inside the initial <script> tag. I'm baffled, but it seems to work if you put a little standard html into the profile in addition to the javascript link. Edited July 20, 2005 by Urubu
+ChileHead Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 I've done something similar in my profile, but didn't use javascript. Not sure if it gives you exactly what you want. <iframe src="http://home.rochester.rr.com/tdt/geocaching/ftflist.html" width="800" height="400"></iframe>
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