Java Script Requirements

• You'll Need a Higher Level Browser
  This should go without saying, but if your browser can't read Java Script, you'll get nothing on the page. My suggestion is to head to the Netscape -or- Explorer Home Page and download the highest version your computer can handle.

• Place the Script in the HEAD Commands
  Placing your Java Script between the HEAD and /HEAD commands will ensure it is compiled and run first. It also sets it apart from the rest of the page's text.

• Denote Image Height and Width
  Java Scripts are a little pickey in that they like for everything on the page to be denoted. This includes adding the Height and Width of each image. I understand this is not always the case, however, I have found two occasions in my own writing where adding the image's Height and Width helped with getting the script to work.

• Hide the Script from Less-Powerful Browsers
  Java Script is text. If the browser viewing your page does not have Java capabilities, the text is displayed. You can hide the text from earlier-version browsers by adding <!- at the beginning of the script and --> at the end of your script. This will not affect the script's performance.
• Keep the Shape
  Java Scripts often like to retain their shape. You should make a point of editing your Java Script/HTML documents in a text editor that does not have margins as a "wrap around" setting may disrupt the Script's form, thus corrupting it. Suggestions for editing Java Script/HTML Documents include Notepad (IBMs), Simple Text (MACs), or turning off the word wrap in your current HTML editor.

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