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To add more to the conversation and possibly help debug the larger issue, I’ve noticed that perfectly usable Javascript with no dependencies on relative URLs somehow “break” when placed inside a post.

For example, I’ve been experimenting with both alexa widgets (for graphs) and statsaholic widgets (also for graphs) and neither will work when placed in a post as per the instructions of both sites.

Sticking with the statsaholic example for the moment (because I can’t get the Alexa version to work no matter what I do), if you take the following code and stick it in an HTML file on your desktop and just open it, it will display some stats for digg, fark and slashdot.

<!-- start Statsaholic Chartlet code - from http://www.statsaholic.com/widgets -->

<a href="http://www.statsaholic.com/"
	style="text-decoration:none;color:#999;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px"
	target="_blank" title="website traffic and statistics...">
	alexa website statistics by statsaholic

<script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"><!--

	// USER-EDITABLE VARIABLES
	// enter up to 3 domains, separated by commas
	ah_DomainList = "slashdot.org,digg.com,fark.com";
	ah_Width      = 400;  // width in pixels (min 325, max 400)
	ah_Height     = 250;  // height in pixels (max 250)
	ah_Type       = "r";  // "r" = Reach, "n" = Rank, "p" = Page Views
	ah_Range      = "6m"; // "14d", "1m", "3m" , "6m", "1y", etc.
	ah_BGcolor    = "eeeeee"; // hex value without "#" char (usually "ffffff")
	// END USER-EDITABLE VARIABLES	

//--></script>

<script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"
	src="http://www.statsaholic.com/chartlet.js"></script>

<!-- end Statsaholic Chartlet code block -->

Now, if you take the same exact code and stick it in a post, it will not work. I don’t understand why since it’s the same exact code.