"Does it work in jumla" "does it work in wordpress" stupid question

[Josh Anderson]

I get tired of these questions... people using jumla and wordpress sometimes work themselves into a corner...

There are times when a simple html or php page is so liberating because people do not have to ask stupid questions about "does it work in an html page."

So my question is this...

Does html work in wordpress? How about javasript?

Does html work in joomla? How about javascript?

Why are there so many people who look at something as simple as a javascript include and cannot figure out whether they can use it in Wordpress or Jumla?

I think what this world needs are more idiot proof plugins for wordpress and joomla that make it easy to paste a simple javascript include into the body where you want the element to appear as well as a simple plugin that allows you to add a couple lines of javascript code to the head of a jumla or wordpress site.

If anyone can point me to two plugins that do that maybe I can just reply to these annoying questions... sure here is an idiot proof plugin for putting script in the head of your site and includes in the body.

This reminds me of the old... "will it work with my web builder" question that I always answered... "can you use html in your webbuilder?"

[GarrieWilson]

There are a lot of them.

I use "Adsense-Deluxe" and as the title suggests, it's for adsense but will allow any code.

Look at the WordPress repository for more specfic ones that attach to the editor.

For the header, wordpress has an easy feature. Its called "theme editor" and the file is normally header. Pretty simple if people look and/or use Google.

If you get a lot of these "stupid questions," perphaps you should add them to a faq, create a video tutorial or something. If you are being asked enough that it bothers you, maybe the fault isnt in the client but the instructions.

Garrie

[Lloyd Lopes]

For an idiot proof plugin for putting javascript in the header of joomla - just use the template?

site >> templates >> pick template >> html

Did I miss something? Do you want to control what pages the javascript head appears in?

For the body , how about this? : Joomla! Extensions - Information and Tutorials - Insert Java Script Content & Advanced HTML

and this : Joomla! Extensions Directory - Mod HTML - Google Adsense Module

Hope that helps - let me know.

Cheers!
Lloyd

[sparrow]

Its all about information over load these days

The age of information is making many heads spin

I get these questions all the time, it is also how people process information.

The thing I have noticed in these types of questions is security, many individuals who are breaking into this business are uncomfortable with getting beyond their comfort zones and are afraid to break anything.

In addition have a hard time recovering from their mistakes, I blame alot of this sometimes to poor support for products. I get this all the time with getting next to nothing or zero when a product does not work, so frustration sets in and many times its just better to move on than to buy a product that might make their life unsettling.

Ed

[Josh Anderson]

Thanks guys I also found this:

Using Javascript WordPress Codex

Now if I can only figure out why Wordpress makes something as simple as pasting in a javascript include so complicated.

[JohnMcCabe]

Originally Posted by Josh Anderson

I think what this world needs are more idiot proof plugins for wordpress and joomla that make it easy to paste a simple javascript include into the body where you want the element to appear as well as a simple plugin that allows you to add a couple lines of javascript code to the head of a jumla or wordpress site.

If anyone can point me to two plugins that do that maybe I can just reply to these annoying questions... sure here is an idiot proof plugin for putting script in the head of your site and includes in the body.

Josh, you just took me down memory lane for a bit...

Back in another life, I used to tell my engineering manager that I'd finally made a process "idiot-proof".

He always answered me by warning, "Never underestimate the power of idiots to screw things up."

[Josh Anderson]

He always answered me by warning, "Never underestimate the power of idiots to screw things up."

Yes, and on top of that to make things even more complicated I have to figure out who the idiot is... me or the wordpress and joomla users...

Or the silly developers who made using simple html and javascript complicated in Wordpress and Joomla

[GuruGazette]

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

Josh, you just took me down memory lane for a bit...

Back in another life, I used to tell my engineering manager that I'd finally made a process "idiot-proof".

He always answered me by warning, "Never underestimate the power of idiots to screw things up."

Hehe... no kidding ~12 yrs ago my husband and I worked the customer support lines at AOL...

Rep: Press any key...

Customer: I don't have an any key...

True story, happened almost every shift at least once

[Josh Anderson]

"Rep: Press any key...

Customer: I don't have an any key.."

I think I see a business idea in the making.

Staples has the "easy button" but it has its weaknesses...

But the any key... now that has potential!