Javascript not making a structured list

[zylox-m]

Hello all,

I got a small question wich got me stuck.

I got a HTML page with javascript which im using to retreive a list of authors of my wordpress blogwebsite:

HTML:

<div data-role="content" id="authorlist">
<!--  A list of all the authors of the wordpress page. -->
</div>

Using the following JSON script:

<script src="http://bloggingaboutoracleapplications.org?json=get_author_index&callback=listAuthors" type="text/javascript"></script>

Which uses the following javascript:

function listAuthors(data){ //Alle Authors ophalen
			var output='<ul data-role="listview" data-filter="true">';
			$.each (data.authors, function(key,val) {	
			    	var tempDiv =
			    		document.createElement("tempDiv");
			    	tempDiv.innerHTML = val.excerpt;
			    	$("a",tempDiv).remove();
			    	var excerpt = tempDiv.innerHTML;
			    	
			    	output+='<li>';
			    	output+='<a href="#postsFromAuthors" onclick="postsFromAuthors(' + val.id + ')" >';
			    	output+='<h3>' + val.name + '</h3>';
			    	output+='<p>' + val.description + '</p>';
			    	output+='</a>';
			    	output+='</li>';
			    }); //Go through each author
			    output+='</ul>';
			    $('#authorlist').html(output);
			}

Which results in a nice looking author page:
http://s8.postimage.org/7arxinxut/authorlist.png


The following step would be to click on a person in this list and retreive all the blog posts this person has writen.

As you could see, i call the following function for this: #postsFromAuthors"

Which uses the following Javascript:

function postsFromAuthors(id){ //Alle posts ophalen van de geselecteerd author
			var output='<ul data-role="listview" data-filter="true">';
				$.getJSON('http://bloggingaboutoracleapplications.org/?json=get_author_posts&id=' + id + '&callback=?', 
				function (data) {
    			$.each(data.posts,function(key,val) {
			    	var tempDiv = document.createElement("tempDiv");
			    	tempDiv.innerHTML = val.excerpt;
			    	$("a",tempDiv).remove();
			    	var excerpt = tempDiv.innerHTML;
			    	
			    	output+='<li>';
			    	output+='<a href="#blogpost" onclick="showPost(' + val.id + ')">';
			    	output+='<h3>' + val.title + '</h3>';
			    	output+='<p>' + excerpt + '</p>';
			    	output+='</a>';
			    	output+='</li>';
    				
			    	output+='</ul>';
			    	$('#listFromAuthor').html(output);	
    				}); //Go through each post
				});
			}

And the corresponding HTML:

<div data-role="content" id="listFromAuthor"> 
		Attempting to load the blogposts of the selected author, please wait...<br><br> If this does not happen, please try reloading the page.
		</div>  	<!--  Hier komen de author posts door het script onderaan de pagina. -->

However, here comes the problem... Instead of giving me a nice list just like the first screenshot, it is giving me a list like this:
http://s16.postimage.org/oc0n6xwxh/authorlist2.png

Can anybody tell me what im doing wrong?

Thank in advance...

Zylox

[Declan1991]

That's probably a CSS problem. If you look at the generated source of the page (View -> Page Source), you'll probably spot the difference between the two lists quickly.

[zylox-m]

I'm sorry, but i compared them both, they use exactly the same html and css styling. It is a javascript related problem...

[007Julien]

Try this

function postsFromAuthors(id){ //Alle posts ophalen van de geselecteerd author
			
	$.getJSON('http://bloggingaboutoracleapplications.org/?json=get_author_posts&id=' + id + '&callback=?', 
		function (data) {
    			var output='<ul data-role="listview" data-filter="true">';
    			$.each(data.posts,function(key,val) {
			    	var tempDiv = document.createElement("tempDiv");
			    	tempDiv.innerHTML = val.excerpt;
			    	$("a",tempDiv).remove();
			    	var excerpt = tempDiv.innerHTML;
			    	
			    	output+='<li>';
			    	output+='<a href="#blogpost" onclick="showPost(' + val.id + ')">';
			    	output+='<h3>' + val.title + '</h3>';
			    	output+='<p>' + excerpt + '</p>';
			    	output+='</a>';
			    	output+='</li>';
    			}); //Go through each post
			output+='</ul>';
			$('#listFromAuthor').html(output);	
    				
	});
}

[zylox-m]

@007julien

I just tried your solution, however i still get the same view...

http://s10.postimage.org/h2qs8mdzt/authorlist3.png

Do you know any other solutions to this?

p.s. if i change to code to this:

function postsFromAuthors(id){ //Alle posts ophalen van de geselecteerd author
			var output='<ul data-role="listview" data-filter="true">';
				$.getJSON('http://bloggingaboutoracleapplications.org/?json=get_author_posts&id=' + id + '&callback=?', 
				function (data) {
    			$.each(data.posts,function(key,val) {
			    	var tempDiv = document.createElement("tempDiv");
			    	tempDiv.innerHTML = val.excerpt;
			    	$("a",tempDiv).remove();
			    	var excerpt = tempDiv.innerHTML;
			    	
			    	output+='<li>';
			    	output+='<a href="#blogpost" onclick="showPost(' + val.id + ')">';
			    	output+='<h3>' + val.title + '</h3>';
			    	output+='<p>' + excerpt + '</p>';
			    	output+='</a>';
			    	output+='</li>';
    			
    				}); //Go through each post
				});
			    	output+='</ul>';
			    	$('#listFromAuthor').html(output);	
    				
				
			}

i do get the "layout" of the list, but no data anymore:
http://s11.postimage.org/pnk3znizn/authorlist4.png

[zylox-m]

Anyone? Im still stuck..