Is this [load] even possible? am I doing it right?

I’ll have to check if the [load] shortcode can pull an external javascript file from another server. I’ll get back to you on that.

For the moment, could you do something like this?

<script type="text/javascript" src="http-url-link-to-the-autopilot-form-script-they-gave-us-to-embed-into-the-page-that-pulls-from-their-server"></script>

Ah, but you said the Visual Editor eats the javascript. *sigh*

If the load shortcode can’t pull from another server, I’ll try to add a parameter to do so.

Could you try this?

[load js="http-url-link-to-the-autopilot-form-script"]

No, it doesn’t work. I’ll add a new parameter then.

Yeah, a BIG issue is that the Visual editor eats code, but most people like to use the Visual editor and so if I put our script into the Text editor, what I like to use, the moment someone switches to the Visual editor.. .js scripts are eaten. So I was hoping a shortcode method like this might work.

I did not try your above methods as it seems you posted and then edited they did not work.

I updated the plugin with a new parameter. Please see version 0.6.1.

Now, this should work:

[load dir=“web” js="http-url-link-to-the-autopilot-form-script"]

loaded up new plugin and tried that [load] and it did not work.

I wonder if it is the actual URL that is the issue?

They gave us a url of (I changed info since I cannot have that part live for peeps to see)

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”//www1.icannotshowyouthispart.com/v2.4/includes/formsEditor/genbootstrap.php?method=script&uid=blahblahblah&version=1″></script>

so following you I do this

[load dir=“web” js=”//www1.icannotshowyouthispart.com/v2.4/includes/formsEditor/genbootstrap.php?method=script&uid=blahblahblah&version=1″]

and no joy. is it the link I wonder?

How about adding http:..?

[load dir=“web” js=”https://www1.icannotshowyouthispart.com/v2.4/includes/formsEditor/genbootstrap.php?method=script&uid=blahblahblah&version=1″%5D

Also, I recommend the plugin Raw HTML to protect code in the post editor.

No sir, it did not.

Odd they leave off the http: I admit, but they do and their script works, just not using the [load] call.

I already tried that [raw] plugin for some other code and it did not work. Now.. here we are at your plugin ??

wait.. I might have gotten that to work. I changed my method of doing it and it might have stayed.

Are you able to inspect the HTML on the page, to see what the load shortcode is outputting? If so, you could compare that with the original script to see where it’s different.

The javascript file is retrieved through request to PHP on their server. I haven’t encountered this situation before, so it’s not easy for me to imagine what could be going on.

ok.. I got the [raw][/raw] to work.

I think, I don’t recall for sure, in the past, I tried to put the script in the page in the Text editor, go to the Visual editor and wrap the seen script in the [raw] tags BUT little did one know by that time the code was borked and you could see that when you went back to Text editor and saw all of the ASCII characters changed. So, to get it to work, I had to put the script into the Text editor, add the [raw] tags in the Text editor, save it, then I could go back and fourth between Visual and Text and not bork the script going forward. All that happens is that in Visual you just see [raw][/raw] while in Text editor you see [raw]the-javascript-call-code[/raw].

Not sure how I messed that up the first time around and got it this time.

Thanks for the help that got me tipped off to try that plugin again, sorry yours did not work as I had thought it might BUT I would be happy to continue to work with you to see if we can get yours to work as well and properly use the [load] tag?

And I agree, I have never seen a script that is actually like a php file call. So I am not sure if that is what it borking your plugin?

Yes, I believe that must be it.

Thanks for letting me know that Raw HTML worked for you. To be honest, I haven’t got so much time to dig deeper and implement it for this plugin. One thought: perhaps adding https: would work.

So, I’m glad you found a solution. Raw HTML is almost a necessary tool in some setups. These days I keep most code (even shortcodes) out of the editor and in their own folder, which I then load into the page.

“These days I keep most code (even shortcodes) out of the editor and in their own folder, which I then load into the page.”

how? a php include?

if a php include, does the Visual editor bork the php include code when you switch from Text to Visual and back?

Well, it’s possible to use the [load] shortcode to include a file into a page:

[load dir="content" file="layout/header.html"]

The file can contain HTML, CSS, PHP, JS, shortcodes, and can also load other posts or files. Or, if you create a custom field called html, you can place a similar code there, and it will be loaded in place of the post content (in the editor). So, somewhere in the loaded file, you can put [content] to display the post content.

Not sure if that’s any help. I also use Raw HTML for custom post types that include code, to disable the Visual Editor. Then I use these to display normal post content, which the client can edit using the Visual Editor.