CYB Chatbox external javascript

[Frosty]

Hey everyone,
Is there any way we can put the javascript of the CYB Chatbox in a file? It would surely decrease the page load, and source of the page wouldn't be so messy either.

I tried to do it myself, but it wouldn't load the Chatbox, I assume it's because it loads it like a normal js file, and variables probably can't work.

Any ideas? Thanks...

[kh99]

I'm not a js expert, but I think you should just be able to put the code in a file and put a <script> tag in the html. Did you put <script...> in the same place you took out the code?

[Frosty]

Yeah, of course. But the problem is that js has variables, and when you put it in a file and go directly to it, variables won't work - obviously!

It works if it isn't external. :/

[kh99]

Oh, you mean that it has template conditionals and PHP variables (javascript also has it's own variables, so I didn't understand what you were getting at).

What you can do is find all the PHP variables it uses, then put them in a template that outputs js code that simply sets a js variable to that value. Then change the js code (that you're trying to move to a file) to use the js variables, and change the template conditionals to js 'if' statements.

Another way would be to set the src of the scirpt tag to a php file that renders the template and returns the js. But that way you wouldn't be able to allow the browser to cache the output which I guess is the point of doing this.

Edit: The headinclude template already has a section that sets js variables, it looks like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var SESSIONURL = "$session[sessionurl_js]";
var SECURITYTOKEN = "$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]";
var IMGDIR_MISC = "$stylevar[imgdir_misc]";
var vb_disable_ajax = parseInt("$vboptions[disable_ajax]", 10);
// -->
</script>

You could add yours there, but you'd probably want to have some sort of template conditional around it so you weren't putting it in every page (like maybe <if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'misc'">)