I'm learning to use AJAX in my website, and when I add some things to the page with container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', thing); everything shows up fine but when I click things, the links don't take me to a new page(nothing happens).
Here is the code...:
var container = document.getElementById("sec");
var thing = `<div class="mdl-card coffee-pic mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color-text--grey-50">
<h3><a href="entry.html">What is this?</a></h3>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div class="minilogo"></div>
<div>
<strong>Illuminatiiiiii</strong>
<span>3.14159265359 seconds ago</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<button onclick="pls()" class="mdl-button mdl-js-ripple-effect mdl-js-button mdl-button--fab mdl-color--accent">
<i class="material-icons mdl-color-text--white" role="presentation">add</i>
<span class="visuallyhidden">add</span>
</button>
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/1.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=robinsoncrusoe.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/2.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=thecallofthewild.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>The Call of the Wild by Jack London</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/3.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=blackbeauty.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>Black Beauty by Anna Sewell</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/4.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=frankenstein.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>Frankenstein by Mary Shelley</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/5.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=achristmascarole.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>A Christmas Carole by Charles Dickins</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/6.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=treasureisland.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/whitefang.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=whitefang.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>White Fang by Jack London</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/dracula.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=dracula.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>Dracula by Bram Stoker</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/theprince.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=theprince.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/theadventuresofsherlockholmes.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=theadventuresofsherlockholmes.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/commonsense.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=commonsense.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>Common Sense by Thomas Paine</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/astudyinscarlet.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=astudyinscarlet.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/prideandprejudice.jpg)">
<a href="lib/i/?book=prideandprejudice.epub"></a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>`;
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', "https://cortexreading-illuminatiiiiii.c9users.io/books.json");
request.onload = function(){
var theData = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
makeThingy(theData);
};
request.send();
function makeThingy(data){
container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', thing);
}
It all goes into a div with an id called "sec" and the little boxes are supposed to be clickable. If I don't use the AJAX, then everything works fine. here is what it looks like...
I am trying to click the image, that is div in which the is located
JSON is not a part of this, that is for later on.
/UPDATE -
I seem to have found the problem...so instead of inserting all that HTMl, i inserted only one "card" and so everything else works instead of the one I added. I know why now, it is because the link does encompass all of the div anymore, just one little area. Let me show you...: http://prntscr.com/e4m8wt If you look closely , there is alittle link in the middle instead of that whole picture div. Help with fixing this would be much appreciated...
`<div class="mdl-card something-else mdl-cell mdl-cell--8-col mdl-cell--4-col-desktop">
<button onclick="pls()" class="mdl-button mdl-js-ripple-effect mdl-js-button mdl-button--fab mdl-color--accent">
<i class="material-icons mdl-color-text--white" role="presentation">add</i>
<span class="visuallyhidden">add</span>
</button>
<div class="mdl-card__media mdl-color--white mdl-color-text--grey-600" style="background-image:url(covers/1.jpg)">
<a href="google.com">grg</a>
</div>
<div class="mdl-card__supporting-text meta meta--fill mdl-color-text--grey-600">
<div>
<strong>Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe</strong>
</div>
</div>
</div>`;
is the new inserted HTML