Load Last

[fizzgig]

Hi,

I am calling a remote javascript to display a poll. I there a way to get it to load after everything else on the page?

<script language="javascript" src="http://www.polldaddy.com/p/xxxxx.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>

I found a couple of options for loading other elements last, but couldn't get anything to work for me.

[Rakuli]

<script language="javascript" src="http://www.polldaddy.com/p/xxxxx.js" type="text/javascript" defer> </script>

Adding defer to the script call will tell the browser you want it loaded after the HTML has rendered.

[fizzgig]

that seems to work fine for explorer, but not firefox. Any other suggestions?

[Rakuli]

What does it do if it doesn't load last?

Are you able to put it right at the end of the document?

[fizzgig]

The site that hosts the script has been down all day, so when it tries to load the script it just gets stuck with only part of the page loaded.

It needs to be in a certain spot on the page. If I could somehow list it last, but have it show up in a certain spot it would work.

[Rakuli]

Unless you could actually edit what the script is doing then I can't think of anyway you could load it last.

You could try putting the script in absolutely positioned div -- right at the bottom of the page..

Might now be too fluid though.