javascript not functioning on firefox

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Why split the <script> tag when writing it with document.write()?

There is supposed to be an American Apparel advertisement on my site, in the right hand side bar, in between the headers "Bloglovin" and "Twitter". It seems to function fine on the iphone/ipad, but it doesnt show up on my computer in Firefox or Safari. If anyone could help me as to why this is, it would be much appreciated.

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I am using the following code

<!-- JavaScript for Static HTML -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var mpt = new Date();
var mpts = mpt.getTimezoneOffset() + mpt.getTime();
document.write("<scri" + "pt type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/altfarm.mediaplex.com\/ad\/js\/8975-64333-44152-3\?mpt=" + mpts + "&mpvc=\"><\/scr" + "ipt>");
</script>
 <noscript>
<a href="http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/nc/8975-64333-44152-3">
<img src="http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/nb/8975-64333-44152-3" 
alt="Click Here" border="0" />
</a>
</noscript>

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/236073/why-split-the-script-tag-when-writing-it-with-document-write Using `document.write()` to create a script tag requires special tricks. — Michael Berkowski, May 11 '12 at 15:15
i dont really know what im doing, so could that be explained maybe? — user1253957, May 11 '12 at 15:16
@Michael: Also, that question says that `<\/script>` should also be a valid solution. http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/etago — gen_Eric, May 11 '12 at 15:21

gen_Eric · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-11T15:35:27.757

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You're using CloudFlare's Rocket Script, which means you can't use document.write (you shouldn't use document.write anyway).

You need to use document.createElement instead.

var script = document.createElement('script');
script.src = "http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/js/8975-64333-44152-3?mpt=" + mpts + "&mpvc=";
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);

EDIT: Their script also contains a document.write. You can't actually use this ad on your page, unless you turn "Rocket Script" off.

edited May 11 '12 at 15:35

answered May 11 '12 at 15:28

gen_Eric

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Thank you! I still cant get it working, could you show me where to substitute this new code in the one I already have? – user1253957 May 11 '12 at 15:32
@user1253957: Replace `document.write(...` with these lines. – gen_Eric May 11 '12 at 15:33
@user1253957: Their code contains `document.write`. You can't use this ad code along with "Rocket Loader". – gen_Eric May 11 '12 at 15:36

javascript not functioning on firefox

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