Add Javascript per Module...

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:17 pm

I have a Module that I need to add a couple of LARGE JS files to but like I said they are LARGE and I do not want to add them in javascript.php becasue I don't want them loading all the time....just in this one module.

Do I just make an If statement in javascript.php?

Dawg

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:32 pm

If they need loaded in the HEAD that is pretty much your only option at the moment. We will have something for this in 2.4 and if we don't it will be over my dead body Wink

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:06 pm

for now:

in includes/javascript.php
after global $name add:

if ($name == 'Your_Module') {
echo '<s cript type="text/javascript" src="myreallybig.js"></s cript>'."\n";
}

you can also make it load for users only by changing global $name to global $name, $user and:
if(is_user($user)) {
echo '<s cript type="text/javascript" src="myreallybig.js"></s cript>'."\n";
}

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:23 am

Would be nice to have a check on every module too (or instead)?
like have a specific folder in each module

$filename= "modules/$name/Javascript/javascript.php";
if (file_exists($filename)) {
include javascript.php; }

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:32 am

I figured it could done with an IF statement. Thank You....That is what I was looking for.

I am trying to preload some stuff that runs my maps. They are LARGE js files and they take a while to download so instead of loading them when they go into the map....we are going to preload them when they go into the module.

Thank You for your help!

Dawg

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:09 pm

As code maintenance is always an issue you could also add that code into your
includes/custom_files/custom_head.php
If that file doesn't exist, simply create it with that file name as header.php will look for it.
Putting in that file should stop it getting over written during updgrades.

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:23 am

Guardian2003 wrote:

As code maintenance is always an issue you could also add that code into your
includes/custom_files/custom_head.php
If that file doesn't exist, simply create it with that file name as header.php will look for it.
Putting in that file should stop it getting over written during updgrades.

This is defiantly the best way.