When I view my website on my local computer in Internet explorer, my web forms, social buttons, etc do not display because of Internet Explorer saying its blocking scripts/activex.
Is there a way around this since I need my javascript based items to show when visitors view my website or is this even a major problem?
Also, are there any tips for placing javascript on your site so that it doesn't load slow?
Are you viewing the document as "file:///C:blah blah blah" or "localhost/index.html"?
If the former, I think that's why it's happening. See if you can view in the browser via http protocol instead of file:.
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Viewing from your computer, you can use "http://localhost/index.html" or whatever the document name is. See if that makes a difference.
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Viewing from your computer, you can use "http://localhost/index.html" or whatever the document name is. See if that makes a difference.
That would only work if you have a web server enabled on your computer and the file is in the folder that the server is using.
That IE temporarily blocks the scripts when you run them locally isn't a problem as you can easily click the link to allow them to run - or alternatively switch to using a different browser which doesn't have activex and so doesn't have potential security issues with running scripts locally.
The problem will never occur for visitors to your site because they will be accessing your site off the web and not locally.
And people with Windows Home versions (XP Home, Vista Home, 7 Home) can *NOT* run IIS (the Microsoft web server). So if they want to test using "http://localhost" they have to install, say, Apache web server. And if a novice is struggling with the fundamentals of JavaScript the odds that they will pull off a successful Apache install are not good.
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