the code should add a new article element dynamically using js. Here is my code but it is not working.
js to create the article on the page once user clicks post button. `
document.getElementById("post-button").onclick = createPost();
var el = document.getElementById("post-button");
if (el.addEventListener)
el.addEventListener("click", createPost(), false);
else if (el.attachEvent)
el.attachEvent('onclick', createPost());
function createPost(){
var article = document.createElement("article");
article.setAttribute("id", "myarticle");
article.className = "posts";
var p = document.createElement("p");
p = document.getElementByID("posting-area").value;
// test case, append the content
document.body.appendChild(article);
document.getElementById("myarticle").appendChild(p);
}
`
html for user to enter post text.
<article class="posts">
<img class="peopletofollowimg" src=Profile.jpg alt="View Profile Picture">
<textarea id="posting-area" rows="6" cols="90" placeholder="Share Your Thoughts!">
</textarea>
<button onclick="createPost()" id="post-button">Post!</button>
</article>
I see a number of issues with your code. First, you are appending the p element to an element with id myarticle, but myarticle doesn't exist on your html snippet. You may have left that off.
Also, document.getElementByID("posting-area").value()
is wrong. It should be getElementById("posting-area").value()
. Remove the uppercase D in getElementByID.
And finally, you need to change the line
var p = document.createElement("p");
p = document.getElementById("posting-area").value;
to
var p = document.createElement("p");
p.innerHTML = document.getElementById("posting-area").value;
Here is a working jsfiddle