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I just created a web page that uses a lot of JavaScript to build a fancy form that helps build an build the object/html behind an mp3 player for a user. I got it working and tested in a plain-html page outside of WordPress.

I then copied into a WordPress "page", took out the <head> tag, changed <body> to a <div>, but no luck.

Can it even be done?

I also want to use a small javascript to open up a video-player in a new small browser-window.

Working on raw html page: http://learnhowtoputaudioonyoursite.com/TestMP3Player.html

Not working in WP page: http://learnhowtoputaudioonyoursite.com/build-player

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    Yes, it can be done. Here's a WordPress post that uses canvas, and Dojo / Dijit (side and bottom sliders). pp19dd.com/2010/10/canvas-sine-wave
    – pp19dd
    Commented Jun 29, 2011 at 20:17
  • I looked at the code there, but it's hard to tell what was put in the WP Page vs the theme. Do I have to change my theme to do it? I put my pages in orig post.
    – NealWalters
    Commented Jun 29, 2011 at 20:23

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You'd be much better off creating a custom page template, pasting your HTML into the file, then simply attaching the template to a page in the admin.

WordPress applies a lot of filtering on post/page content, and it's probably wreaking havoc with your code (not to mention you've got things there that belong in the <head />).

UPDATE: Create a PHP file in your theme folder (name it template-something.php);

<?php
/*
Template Name: My Template Something
*/
?>

<!-- any PHP & HTML goes here!! -->
<!-- Note: Should be a complete HTML document if not calling get_header() -->
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  • Ok, trusting this is best answer. Sounds like a few hours of research...
    – NealWalters
    Commented Jun 29, 2011 at 20:47
  • @NealWaters, not at all. See my revised answer!
    – TheDeadMedic
    Commented Jun 29, 2011 at 20:54
  • @TheDeadMedic - Yea, right! Thanks, I am very technical, but this is new ground. I renamed my .html page to .php, added the php tag at top/bottom, put an "echo" with a heredoc on all my HTML (also tried no PHP tag). I created a new page in WP, and set it's parent to my new template, and put "What will happen here" in the page-contents. When I view, only "What will happen here" shows (but correctly in the theme with header/sidebar). Nada, not even the H1 from the template is showing. Still don't understand how/where it merges the head/body with the parent theme.
    – NealWalters
    Commented Jun 29, 2011 at 21:34
  • @TheDeadMedic - Let me look further, I think I picked the wrong item from the list, and my new template is not on the list...
    – NealWalters
    Commented Jun 29, 2011 at 21:40
  • @TheDeadMedic - Ok, I didn't realize the comment was actually important! Got the page to come up, but now with none of the theme. Which I could have basically done by linking to an .html or .php page. So now, I presume, the goal will be to put the theme elements back in, by copying/pasting from some other template.
    – NealWalters
    Commented Jun 29, 2011 at 21:44
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See the following article by wordpress on registering scripts into Wordpress so that they can be used and loaded. http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script

wp_enqueue_script( $handle ,$src ,$deps ,$ver ,$in_footer );

Especially helpful as Wordpress is biased toward JQuery. Hope this helps.

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    How exactly does that solve the question?
    – fuxia ♦
    Commented Oct 16, 2012 at 4:44

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