[SWFObject] placing the swfobject.js

[Geoff Stearns]

i've never seen that happen before... it looks like the one script  
call from hitbox isn't being loaded.

this part:
<script language="javascript1.1" defer src="/jshitbox/hbe-media.js"></ 
script>

is what i think is breaking it... the 'defer' will make IE wait to  
load that js file, but i'm not sure how that all fits in with the  
other things on the page and the load order and whatnot.

there's nothing wrong with putting the swfobject link in the body of  
the page - as long as it works, that's what matters.


i can tell you that i've used swfobject on many many projects that  
use hitbox and other tracking systems and haven't come across this  
issue, so if you figure anything out, please let the list know.



On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:16 PM, dayvid jones wrote:

> Hi, at SparkTop.org we use HitBox to track traffic on our site.   
> HitBox uses JavaScript, and all the JavaScript has to be the first  
> thing in the body tag, not the header tag.  We noticed that  
> SWFObject was causing JavaScript Errors when a user clicks on a  
> button in the Flash movie that makes the HitBox javascript call.   
> But when we moved the <script type="text/javascript"  
> src="swfobject.js"></script> to after the HitBox code in the body  
> tag, it seems to be working fine.  Does this sound okay?  Is it  
> okay to have the swfobject.js load in the body tag?
>
> Here is a page with the swfobject.js loading in the body tag (use  
> IE, turn on display a notification in internet options panel, then  
> click the join sparktop.org - you should not get an error):
>
> http://sparkdev2003.sparktop.org/home.html
>
>
> Here is a page with the swfobject.js loading in the header (use IE,  
> turn on display a notification in internet options panel, then  
> click the join sparktop.org - you should get an error)
>
> http://sparkdev2003.sparktop.org/winstuff.html
>
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