Lack of interest Javascript Includes

[Cory Booth]

I was thinking,

It would be nice to have an area to designate specific javascript you would want loaded - and then specifiy what page or even what module you want the javascript loaded with.

Say an area in admin:
File: somejava.js
Page: index.php

File: someotherjava.js
Page: members.php

etc...

This could cut down some of the edits to templates to accomidate add-ons and also cut down on javascripts for those pages that don't need it - as many folks just put all the javascript calls in the footer or something and it loads on every page.

 

[Shadow]

I like that idea, if a particular file isn't needed, then why should it be loaded?

 

[Cezz]

As long as addon's can add the JS via a PHP call it won't be a problem...

So to take an example from modx CMS

$modx->regClientJS('http://somedomain.com/somejsfile.js');

Would automatically add the JS to the header when it is called by the plugin.

 

[Cory Booth]

As long as addon's can add the JS via a PHP call it won't be a problem...

So to take an example from modx CMS

$modx->regClientJS('http://somedomain.com/somejsfile.js');

Would automatically add the JS to the header when it is called by the plugin.

I'm not familiar with Modx - but yeah, that is pretty much what I am saying.
Right now with VB I am including java with plugins:
1 so I don't have to reedit templates and
2 so I can control when they load (i.e. this_script = blah blah)

 

[Cezz]

I'm not familiar with Modx - but yeah, that is pretty much what I am saying.
Right now with VB I am including java with plugins:
1 so I don't have to reedit templates and
2 so I can control when they load (i.e. this_script = blah blah)

Modx has been my full featured CMS of choice for a while, it is very powerful and can also be really easy to use as an application framework as well for quick deployment... The latest codebase is very much MVC like xenForo.

 

[Brandon_R]

There is a function to lazy load javascript and css, if that's what you wanted?

 

[Cory Booth]

There is a function to lazy load javascript and css, if that's what you wanted?

I was looking for something that:
1. I didn't have to edit templates
2. It loads when needed

Not sure what lazy load is.