I have just learned (no thanks to IE) that I cannot use document.write scripts in XHTML. However, it seems there is a way around it by using the DOM to add elements. I don't know. It's foreign to me.
Here's the JS:
copyright=new Date();
update=copyright.getFullYear();
document.write("Copyright © 2004-"+ update + " flip-flop media");
So, is there a way to use this script in XHTML? IE 8 shows an empty space with an error warning. IE 7 shows just the warning. FF does display it properly.
And it shows up with no errors and displays properly on one of my pages: http://clients.flipflopmedia.com
But not on the main page: http://www.flipflopmedia.com/NewSite/index.html
To answer your question: The will append a copyright notice as the last element on the page.
(function(){
// create almost any element this way...
var el = document.createElement("div");
// add some text to the element...
el.innerHTML = "Copyright © 2004-"+ (new Date).getFullYear() + " flip-flop media";
// "document.body" can be any element on the page.
document.body.appendChild(el);
}());
You can always change "document.body" to whatever element you want to use. Such as document.getElementById("copyright").appendChild(el);
jQuery
You already have jQuery on the page. So just use:
$(function(){
// "body" is a css selector.
// you can use almost any css selector
// to find the element you need. e.g. $("#copyright")...
$("body").append("Copyright © 2004-"+ (new Date).getFullYear() + " flip-flop media");
// you can also use html() to replace the existing content.
// $("#copyright").html("content goes here");
});
What you should do:
Use server-side technologies like php, .net, etc.
You probably are running php on your server which means the following should work anywhere in your page (if it has a php extension (index.php instead of index.html), of course):
<?php
echo 'copyright © 2004-' + date("Y") . ' flip-flop media';
?>