Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Web Slices: you need to use Alternative Display Source or javascript will not work

If your WebSlices use the Basic Web Slice model, javascript will not work (this file is WebSlice.html):

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>

<div class="hslice" id="SliceID">
     <span class="entry-title">Title of the web slice</span>
     <div class="entry-content">Preview of the <a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('Message').innerHTML='Hello'; return false;">web</a> slice
       <div id="Message"></div>
     </div>
     <p>
     Hola Rebanadas Web!
     </p>
  </div>

</body>
</html>

you have to use Alternative Display Source to make javascript work (this file is WebSlice.html):

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>

<div class="hslice" id="SliceID">
      <span class="entry-title">Title of the web slice</span>
      <a rel="entry-content" href="AlternativeDisplay.html" style="display:none;">Alternative Display Source</a>
      <p>
      Hola Rebanadas Web!
      </p>
   </div></body>
</html>

 

and in the file AlternativeDisplay.html you put the code that use to be in WebSlice.html (and that needs to use javascript):

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
     <div class="entry-content">Preview of the <a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('Message').innerHTML='Hello'; return false;">web</a> slice
        <div id="Message"></div>
      </div>

</body>
</html>

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