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Robin Smith
1,429 Pointsa bit confused how to do an alert inside using javascript code shout.js? See below
<body> <script src="shout.js"> <shout.js> alert ("I did it"); </shout.js> </script> index.html </body> </html>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="shout.js"> <shout.js>
alert ("I did it");
</shout.js> </script>
index.html
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,969 Points<script src="shout.js"> </script>
specifies external script file shout.js. That is all the code that should be in your html.
The actual script code goes into that external file - the second black box above titled shout.js. That is a separate tab in the challenge that you will have to click to edit.
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scott Walker
2,506 Pointshave your alert(); written in the shout.js file and not the index.html.
the source on the index page is was already written in for me when i done it but if needed its <script src="shout.js"> <shout.js> and that would be in the index page.