Why does killersites.com have so many javascript errors?

[SiliconValleyGuy]

I just joined the site, and am surprised to be presented with a barrage of Javascript errors when I view the site with IE8:

 

Webpage error details
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Timestamp: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:39:54 UTC

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Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 471
Char: 464
Code: 0
URI: http://www.killersites.com/community/public/min/index.php?g=js

instanceMethods.getElementsByClassName=Prototype.BrowserFeatures.XPath?function(element,className){className=className.toString().strip();var cond=/\s/.test(className)?$w(className).map(iter).join(''):iter(className);return cond?document._getElementsByXPath('.//*'+cond,element):[];}:function(element,className){className=className.toString().strip();var elements=[],classNames=(/\s/.test(className)?$w(className):null);if(!classNames&&!className)return elements;var nodes=$(element).getElementsByTagName('*');className=' '+className+' ';for(var i=0,child,cn;child=nodes[i];i++){if(child.className&&(cn=' '+child.className+' ')&&(cn.include(className)||(classNames&&classNames.all(function(name){return!name.toString().blank()&&cn.include(' '+name+' ');}))))
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Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 25
Char: 264
Code: 0
URI: http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js

...else{if((z=t.getElementById(v[2]))&&z.parentNode){if(z.id!==v[2])return f.find(j);this.length=1;this[0]=z}this.context=t;this.selector=j;return this}else if(!s&&!x.test(j)){this.selector=j;this.context=t;j=t.getElementsByTagName(j);return b.merge(this,j)}else return!s||s.jquery?(s||f).find(j):b(s).find(j);else if(b.isFunction(j))return f.ready(j);if(j.selector!=={this.selector=j.selector;this.context=j.context}return b.makeArray(j,this)},selector:"",jquery:"1.4.4",length:0,size:function(){return this.length},
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Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 7123
Char: 2
Code: 0
URI: http://www.killersites.com/community/
jQuery("div#networkdropdown").hover( function() {},...
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Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 6286
Char: 2
Code: 0
URI: http://www.killersites.com/community/index.php?/forum/23-open-forum/
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Please tell me this is just a glitch today and not a representation of the way the site usually works.

[falkencreative]

Hey Brad. Thanks for pointing that out -- I believe you shouldn't get those errors you posted above any longer. Let me know?

 

...I should also clarify -- when you say "the site" you mean the KS forums, correct?

[SiliconValleyGuy]

Ben,

 

Thank you very much for the quick reply and for resolving the Javascript errors that I reported. Yes, by "the site", I did mean the KS Forums. I'm not seeing the errors anymore following your update.

 

I did just notice another error -- I'm not sure if it's related. It only shows up when I'm not logged in...

 

If I'm not logged in and click on a Forum topic, www.killersites.com/community/index.php?/topic/(topic id number)..., I receive the error "'null' is null or not an object" on $('multiq_(...variable id number...)').show();

 

The error appears once for each reply that has been posted to the topic.

 

The error does not appear when I'm logged in.

 

Thanks again!

[falkencreative]

If I'm not logged in and click on a Forum topic, www.killersites.com/community/index.php?/topic/(topic id number)..., I receive the error "'null' is null or not an object" on $('multiq_(...variable id number...)').show();

I'll have to take a look at this and see if there is anything I can do about it. That particular error is something to do with the forum software itself, not something I've written.

[administrator]

What web browser are you using?

 

S

[falkencreative]

What web browser are you using?

ie8. The issue has to do with the fact (as far as I understand it) that Prototype/Scriptaculous is trying to hide or show an element that only exists on the page when the user is logged in.