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Professional Line

This is a new line of scrips that I am writing. I can call them professional because of they way that they work. At the expense of the very first script (the Professional Menu-adder) and usage of the function, all other scripts have the ability to load absolutely nothing untill a link is clicked. This is accomplished through the jQuery function: $.getScript() which loads a file and executes the javascript that is contained.

Using this function is far superior to putting new script tags because the script is not loaded with the page. Loading scripts can usually take a long time and cause the page to lag while it is loading. By allowing users to activate a script through clicking a link, this lag is eliminated - which is nothing short of Genius.

The current scripts are as follows:

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• Professional Menu-adder (http://support.zetaboards.com/topic/104862/)
  
• * Professional Content-boxes (http://s1.zetaboards.com/Chris_Codes/index/ - Click Announcements)
  

* - Not Released Yet

Enjoy!
- Chris

1. Comment by Chris, Feb 24 2008, 12:21 PM

   I just downloaded Firefox 3 Beta 3. It is freaking awesome!!!
   The best part, is that links can be dragged from the page to a toolbar. I tried it with the announcements link generated on my site, and when I clicked it - it worked! And to make it even better, it worked on other ZetaBoards!!

2. Comment by Viral, Feb 26 2008, 04:47 PM

   Like the Content Box code. Just a suggestion: Add a close link to the actual announcements table.

3. Comment by Chris, Feb 27 2008, 07:16 PM

   I would but I have two very good reasons why I wont do it.. (and one very bad reason).
   
   1) The way I have the script set up wont allow the script to be executed twice. I did this because when it could run more than once, it created two boxes, or three, or however many times you click the link. And when you click the section link, it caused major errors because the script was trying to change all of the sections. But that won't work because scripts only recognize an ID one time. The rest are ignored.
   2) You can just go to a new page and it is gone until you click the mysterious button again.
   3) I don't wanna!!

4. Comment by Viral, Mar 22 2008, 01:07 PM

   I checked your sig, about an unannounced Ad Removal policy. I'm guessing you're using AJAX to get the BB Codes? Some codes were removed because of Ajax and eating up people's credits.
   
   Viral.

5. Comment by jockinjonasbro, Jun 2 2008, 09:26 PM

   [staff]test[/staff]

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