Conditional javascript includes

Hi,

I’m hoping this is an obvious question, with an easy answer. I have one template for my site, but some pages require javascript for things like LightBox. do I have to include these on every page, or is there a way to have them only included in the page when needed ?

Thanks,

Allen

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Quote from: AllenConquest at May 29, 2008, 10:07 AM

I’m hoping this is an obvious question, with an easy answer. I have one template for my site, but some pages require javascript for things like LightBox. do I have to include these on every page, or is there a way to have them only included in the page when needed ?

Allen:

I always create a TV and attach to all my templates in which I can stick custom HEAD content, like Javascripts needed for specific pages. Using @INHERIT, you can even change this for entire branches on your site taxonomy by editing a single document’s TV value.

There are many other ways to do this in MODx, including using Snippets to register javascript in the HEAD programmatically. See the $modx->regClientStartupScript() function.

Thanks for your suggestions.

I did some searching myself and came across the $mod->regClientStartupScript() and corresponding $mod->regClientCSS() functions. The way I now do this is to create a Snippet and use these function to load the required JS and CSS for the page. I can then add this snippet code to my page (created by my site template). This way I don’t need to hard-code any document IDs, or put any conditional logic in the page, I just add the Snippet to any page that needs it.

I’m being to enjoy MODx and appreciate the power of the application.

Allen