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October 8, 2010 05:38
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"iframe" sitedown fallback via <object>
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<!-- so it turns out that the object tag can act like an iframe | |
but the cool thing is you can nest object tags inside eachother for a fallback path. | |
what this means is you can "objectframe" a site.. and if it fails.. (site down, offline, whatever).. it'll use the next one. | |
so you can objectframe the live site and fallback to a screenshot. | |
or something. | |
demo at : http://jsfiddle.net/paul/CY2FQ/1/ | |
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<object data="http://thisurlwillfail.sohard"> | |
<object data="http://paulirish.com"> | |
<object data="/images/screenshot.png"></object> | |
</object> | |
</object> | |
<!-- this could probably work in IE with some classid bullshit | |
http://intranation.com/test-cases/object-vs-iframe/ | |
also in this case there can be an ISP that intercepts your failed DNS (which fucks it up) but in most cases a site timeout wont trigger that so it'll be ok. :) | |
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fucking ISP hijax. :(
It should be noted that if you are using privacy extensions (like ScriptNo) those things referenced as "objects" will have to be whitelisted, just like you would have to white-list third-party cookies, tracking scripts and other off-site material.
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i get my ISPs 404 page via OpenDNS in the Object - was i supposed to see your site?