Title: Implementing Javascript in Header.php
Last modified: August 22, 2016
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# Implementing Javascript in Header.php
* [anpu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anpu/)
* (@anpu)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/implementing-java-in-headerphp/)
* Hello Everyone,
* In the header.php I have link that uses image mapping, it also uses a shortcode
via a plug-in to display different content in the different times of the day
and the week in that same area. This link opens a “_blank” and let’s the visitor
listen to a radio stream. The provider of this radio stream wanted to change
the link. Here we go:
* They wanted me to add this to :
`` … which is
of course, simple. And the site runs fine with this in header.php.
* However they wanted me to replace the link with this:
` Listen Live
` … this is part I having trouble with.
* Currently what I have is:
* ```
[/timed]'); ?>
```
* So, if I put the code in it, it becomes:
* ```
[/timed]'); ?>
```
* … and once this is implemented the site doesn’t even open, just a blank page
comes up.
* Even though I know an imagemap won’t cause it I wanted to try it without that
code anyways… so, I’ve reduced the code to work without image mapping… but still
doesn’t work, I get the same blank page.
* How can I make this happen? Thank you very much in advance.
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* Thread Starter [anpu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anpu/)
* (@anpu)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/implementing-java-in-headerphp/#post-5515357)
* Can anyone help me with this please?
* [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
* (@lorro)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/implementing-java-in-headerphp/#post-5515401)
* Looks like a syntax error. The single quote at the beginning of SGN unintentionally
terminates the string to be echoed. You have to use \’ instead of ‘ to indicate
a that a particular single quote is not a delimiter. Can’t comment on the logic.
* Thread Starter [anpu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anpu/)
* (@anpu)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/implementing-java-in-headerphp/#post-5515403)
* Thanks lorro.
* I am not sure if it’s a syntax error; because I’ve tested if there is a syntax
error or not by putting the code in that goes in to the then placed the
second “link” code in to a post and it does bring up the page I need… it only
acts up (as I described what it does before) when the link code is in the header.
php. But are you saying if I use \’ instead of ‘ in the second link code it would
work?
Turning this one: `href="javascript:callLTR='SGN';grptuner='';file='';
title='';ListenLive();"` into this: `href="javascript:callLTR=\'SGN\';grptuner
='';file='';title='';ListenLive();"` … correct? I’ve tried it in the header.php
this way; the site still doesn’t come up when it’s in place. What do you think
is going on?
* [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
* (@lorro)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/implementing-java-in-headerphp/#post-5515404)
* Inside the do_shortcode () brackets, the first and the last ‘ are the delimiters
of the overall text string. All the other ‘ inside the text string should be \’
so they are not recognized as the delimiters.
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* Last reply from: [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
* Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/implementing-java-in-headerphp/#post-5515404)
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