script type/script language

disaster-master posted this at 18:49 — 22nd July 2001.

Joined: May 2001

This is going to be hard for me to explain but here goes.
I am using a javascript menu on a site that I am working on.
I downloaded it from Dynamic Drive. (HVMenu)
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/hvmenu/index.htm

You have to place these three scripts in your code.

*script type='text/javascript'*
function Go(){return}
*/script*

*script type='text/javascript' src='exmplmenu_var.js'* */script*

*script type='text/javascript' src='menu_com.js'* */script*

My question is...if I add the below along with it will it help
more browsers be able to see the menu??

*script language='text/javascript'*
function Go(){return}
*/script*

*script language='text/javascript' src='exmplmenu_var.js'* */script*

*script language='text/javascript' src='menu_com.js'* */script*

It is my understanding from reading about cross browser compatibility that
if you have *script type* then you should also put *script language* Is this correct?
I added to the code so that each has a script TYPE and LANGUAGE
and it seems to be working for me in IE 5.0 so far.

I have already posted my site under the web site critique area of this board
but here is the temporary URL if you want to peek at the menu.
virtualgarphiti.net/template2.html.

disastermaster

Abhishek Reddy posted this at 06:08 — 23rd July 2001.

He has: 3,348 posts

Joined: Jul 2001

hi,

i've read somewhere that older versions of browser do need the text/javascript bit, but it needs to be in "type" not language. similarly, in style tags, usually one inserts type="text/css" or in the meta headers content: text/html etc.
in the language property you could use "JavaScript". but i dowbt that helps much.