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RJ2003
09-15-2003, 01:07 PM
new to JS...pls educate me .

significance of placing JavaScript in the HTML head section
???

significance of placing JavaScript in the HTML body section
???
Jona
09-15-2003, 01:20 PM
It's all chronlogical. If you put this code in the HEAD of the document, it will execute BEFORE the rest of the page loads.


<script type="text/javascript"><!--
alert("Hi!");
//--></script>


If you put it in the BODY section, or right before the ending </BODY> tag, it will execute AFTER the page loads.

However, it is more common to use event handlers to call a function rather than simply auto-execute JavaScript coding.


<script type="text/javascript"><!--
function alert_text(){
alert("Hi!");
}
//--></script></head>
<body onload="alert_text();">


[J]ona