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Reinforcing the three layers of separation through the use of hooks.

Not everyone writes 100% of their JavaScript. With sites like The JavaScript Source and JavaScript Kit it’s easy to just copy and paste a bit of free code to quickly get some desired functionality on your site. The trouble is, because there are about as many authors as there are scripts in those libraries, you [...]

A script that gets AdSense, the Technorati Badge and other 3rd party JavaScript working with application/xhtml+xml.

The code below is out of date. For the latest version see document.write() fix for (real) XHTML
In my previous post on Hacking the Technorati Badge I told the tale of how I managed to get it working with the application/xhtml+xml MIME type. Since then I tweaked the technique and managed to get rid of the [...]

Technorati, like Google’s AdSense uses JavaScript to insert content into your site via the document.write() method. Unfortunately document.write() isn’t supported in the XML DOM (which is what this site uses when viewed in Firefox when served with the application/xhtml+xml MIME Type). Well, I hacked the document.write() method to circumvent the problem.