JS DOM error-thingy

**Moldarin** · 06-04-2006, 11:57 PM

Hi,

Ig got myself a little problem here. I am all new to JavaScripting and the whole related DOM-thingy so please bare with me.

Why do not this work!?

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
   <![CDATA[
      var insertelement = document.getElementById('insertemailhere')
      insertelement.appendChild(document.createTextNode('E-post: '))
      var ns = 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'
      var emaillink = document.createElementNS(ns,'a')
      emaillink.setAttributeNS (ns,'href','mailto:kontaktATLASchristianknappskog.com?subject=Kontakt%20fra%20christianknappskog.com')
      emaillink.setAttributeNS(ns,'title','Ta kontakt!')
      emaillink.appendChild(document.createTextNode('kontaktATLASchristianknappskog.com'))
      insertelement.appendChild(emaillink)
   ]]>
</script>
<p id="insertemailhere"></p>

To be used in an XHTML document (application/xhtml+xml).

**chrishirst** · 06-05-2006, 04:09 AM

define, "doesn't work". as in what does it or not do

you are missing the @ symbol in the email adresses though.

**Moldarin** · 06-05-2006, 04:15 AM

don't work = I do not know what is causing it to not write the output.

**chrishirst** · 06-05-2006, 04:55 AM

How are you debugging it. I would suggest using the javascript console in FireFox

1/ How are you calling the script, If it runs before the <p> is created it will fail

2/ the "<![CDATA" will cause an error if it is in a XHTML document rather than an XML document that is being transformed with XSLT.

works ok for me, once the above points are rectified BTW