Embedding javascript into iWeb?

Question

Is there a way to embed some Javascript into an iWeb '09 site via something like a snippet?

Answer 1

you can add javascript to iweb page in many ways, but it depends on the complexity of the javascript and the complexity of the template that you use.
the typical process of adding javascript in HTML Snippet is one of the following:
1) pasting the code in HTML Snippet and hope that it'll work.
2) design a page (probably a simple template) then:
a) publish it.
b) look for the element that you want to apply javascript to.
c) hard code the javascript.
d) add it using HTML Snippet.
e) publish it (again) and hope that it'll work.
this process is clumsy as I described because you have no control on how iweb assigns id and class to an element. I'd done this back in iweb1 (three years ago).
this process will not work when you try to apply to a complex template...
say you like to apply your javascript to the thumbnails in the photos page template, well you can't because there is nothing there to see in the above steps a and b
unless you have complex javascript to deal with them. I'd done this back in iweb2 (almost two years now).
that said, as of iweb3... you can build (real) iweb3 widgets to add complex javascript to just about anything to any page template, but you need to know HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM, and how iweb works
here are my examples:
http://www.cyclosaurus.com/Home/Cyclosaurus.html <-- StatCounter
<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://www.cyclosaurus.com/Home/CyclosaurusBlog/Archive.html <-- my own iweb blog tag cloud
<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://cyclosaurus.com/iWeb3Widgets/Lytebox/Photos.html
http://cyclosaurus.com/iWeb3Widgets/Highslide/PhotosPage.html
http://cyclosaurus.com/iWeb3Widgets/Couloir/Photos.html