Why is the ext js file not loading?

<html> <head>NEW PAGE WITH JAVASCRIPT</head> <body> <script type="text/javascript" src="demopage.js"> </script> </body> </html> this is the code but for some reason the js file is not popping up when i run the doc

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1st Feb 2017, 7:47 AM

Glenn Bennett

11 Respuestas

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Try putting it inside <head></head>?

1st Feb 2017, 7:50 AM

David Sebastian Keshvi Illiakis

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@Cheeze: Put the script in the <head> can just bring more difficulties ( DOM not loaded when JS script start ) ;) @Glenn Bennett: Don't you have anything else in the <body> or is this just an extract? You can try to put the <script></script> at the very bottom end of the <body>, to be sure that you don't need access to a DOM element, before it would be available... Else: - Is the 'demopage.js' file in the same directory as your html source code? - Are you trying to link it inside a code playground web document? ( linked documents -- css, js, images, and so on -- must to be hosting anywhere on internet and cannot be accessed localy )

1st Feb 2017, 8:08 AM

visph

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@visph Yes, I have a feeling that the .js is not in the same directory.

1st Feb 2017, 8:08 AM

David Sebastian Keshvi Illiakis

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Not: need to be inside <body> ( or <head>, but don't work outside these two )

1st Feb 2017, 8:23 AM

visph

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also, can you post the complete code? or a link to it? html and js, to see how they ( should ) interract?

1st Feb 2017, 8:25 AM

visph

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Well, the mistake is in your js file: you need to remove all html tags ( including <script> and </script> ), to keep only script content ^^

1st Feb 2017, 8:31 AM

visph

the .html and the.js file are in the same folder

1st Feb 2017, 8:20 AM

Glenn Bennett

would i need to put it outside the body tags ar the bottom

1st Feb 2017, 8:22 AM

Glenn Bennett

also i am using a text editor app and then viewing it through a browser

1st Feb 2017, 8:23 AM

Glenn Bennett

// demo.html doc <html> <head>NEW PAGE WITH JAVASCRIPT </head> <body> this is the body part of my page <script type="text/javascript" src="demopage.js"> </script> </body> </html> //demopage.js page <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> alert("this is an alert box") </script> </head> <body> </body> </html> these are my two pages

1st Feb 2017, 8:29 AM

Glenn Bennett

hey thanks alot it works now lol

1st Feb 2017, 8:33 AM

Glenn Bennett