By ikati on

I am trying to add my javascript to the section of the webpages on my drupal site.

I have followed the directions here... but no matter how I set it up.. it doesn't seem to put the link to the javascript on my webpages. I have cleared the cache (thru performance), and also cleared my browser cache before trying it each time.

here are the instructions:
http://drupal.org/node/171205

and here are the 2 ways I tried setting it up:

  1. try 1
    • add this statement into the .info file:
      scripts[] = mt.js
    • put the javascript mt.js into the /themes/garland/ folder
  2. try 2
    • add this statement into the .info file:
      scripts[] = /sites/all/themes/mt.js
    • put the javascript mt.js into the /sites/all/themes/ folder

neither one worked. what am I doing wrong?

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ikati commented

is this the right way to specify the path? There were no examples in the writeup, so.. it makes it hard to tell. But.. I am assuming that when I start with "/", that the path is relative to the base of the drupal system, which is usually public_html

therefore:

scripts[] = /sites/all/themes/mt.js

would resolve to "http://www.mydomain.com/sites/all/themes/mt.js"

right?

Lynne

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ikati commented

well, I gave up on adding the scripts statement to the info file.

so, I tried adding a drupal_add_js to my theme template. but... it still doesn't generate the call to my javascript. I am about to tear my hair out.. I've spent 3 days on this now.

I've got to be doing something wrong.. this should be a simple thing. but I cannot figure out what it is.

this is how I added the drupal_add_js:

I put my javascript : mt.js in my sites/themes/garland folder. the path to mt.js is:
/sites/all/themes/garland/js/mt.js

then I added this to the top of the template.php file for the garland theme:

<?php
drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('theme', 'garland') .'/js/mt.js', 'theme');
?>

then I go to performance and clear cache.

then I create or edit a page where I call the javascript "mt.js".

nothing calling mt.js is generated in the header, and of course when I try to execute the javascript call, I get an error.

what am I doing wrong? I modded the CSS with no problem.. but trying to add javascript is making me tear my hair out.

can anyone help?

Lynne

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ikati commented

bump.

just noticed I'm not the only person having trouble getting their own javascript into the section using the .info file

maybe there is a bug?

Lynne

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suntog commented

Assuming you are using a subtheme, the .info file should already be in the /themes/your_subtheme directory. So you should specify a path from that directory. I placed my myscript.js into a directory called myscriptfolder. So my script[] path looks like this:

script[] = myscriptfolder/myscript.js

Then clear cache and see what happens. It worked for me.

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mooffie commented

add this statement into the .info file:
scripts[] = mt.js
put the javascript mt.js into the /themes/garland/ folder
[...]
cleared the cache (thru performance),

It works for me, I've just tried this.

Tip: if you have a 'script.js' file in your theme folder it will be picked up automatically (provided you don't already have "scripts[] = ..." lines in your info files). You won't even have to clear the cache in this case.

Tip2: put alert('hi!') in your JS file to see if it get's loaded.

(Tip3: Drupal has a feature: it's enough to visit the theme settings page to cause the theme cache to get cleared.)

scripts[] = /sites/all/themes/mt.js

That won't work. Drupal adds the theme folder in front of what you type there, so you'll end up with '/themes/garland/sites/all/themes/mt.js', which doesn't exist. In other words, what you type there must be relative to the theme folder; it can't start with a '/'. The same rules apply to .css files, so there's nothing special here.

I have cleared the cache [...]
here are the 2 ways [...]
try 1 [...]
try 2 [...]
I've got to be doing something wrong..

Maybe you cleared the cache only in 'try 2'? Maybe you forgot to clear it in 'try 1'?

then I added this to the top of the template.php file for the garland theme:
[...]
drupal_add_js([...]

Works for me. I see 'gpdinoz' too reports success, in your other thread.

Add the following to your template.php,

drupal_set_message('you should see this message');

You should see this message. (No need to clear the cache here.) Perhaps you're not using Garland (or a theme that inherits it)?

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ikati commented

It is like my cache is never really cleared. I swear.

I did this:
[code]add this statement into the .info file:
scripts[] = mt.js
put the javascript mt.js into the /themes/garland/ folder
[...]
cleared the cache (thru performance),[/code]

and.. there is no call to my javascript produced in the page. zip.

and i changed the fckconfig.js in my fckeditor module, and no matter what I do... that isn't picked up. i even changed the name to zfckconfig.js to see if it would bomb it with no fckconfig.js at all. didn't make any difference.. just worked the way it always did. like i did NOTHING.

I clear cache thru performance, and clear my browser cache. I logged in and out. I tried it with another browser... nothing.

it is like i have made no changes.

very frustrating.

I think i'm going to go to bed.

:(

Lynne

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ikati commented

just wanted to say that the problems I was having had nothing to do with drupal. I had my site moved to another server, and I found out that when I was making these changes, my ftp program was pointint to my old server. so, I would see the changes on my server.. but when I would try them out by calling the url , it would go to the new server, and my change wouldn't be there.

Now.. everything works as it should. I put the scripts[] in the .info file, and it works great.

thanks for the help. i do appreciate it.

Lynne