I have read on MySpace and also been told by others that you cannot run java scripts on MySpace, however look at this page: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=45325708 The snowing "kayla" script is a java script...how does 'she' do that?
I haven't looked at the source in detail but it if you the snowing 'kayla' is text and not image. If you try and highlight it with you mouse you can see it is text... so it must be a javascript right?
She's using the <marquee> tag which causes text to scroll in IE. This tag isn't used much in 'serious' web development because it only is intended to work in IE and scrolling text has kind of fallen out of favor. It obviously gives the desired effect in that profile without using coding.
Oh thanks both for explaining. I tried her page on a Mac using Safari web browser and it still worked...so maybe it is intended to work on IE but works on some others too. The reason I have asked this is because I am trying to get my BLAM button to work on MySpace ( http://www.ublam.com/miniblam.php ) so that when you press the BLAM button it goes in and out like it does using a java script. Anyone know how I can do that?
Have you ever heard of Samy is my hero? Also called the "Samy worm" or "JS.Spacehero worm" A technical breakdown of the MySpace virus: http://namb.la/popular/tech.html Interview with Samy http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-10-14-n81.html I can only assume they corrected the regex to remove this exploit.
MySpace looks pretty intent on preventing any javascript in profiles. I think that trying anything new to get around that would most certainly put your account in jeapordy.