Oooo... that's MUCH cleaner ...much more what came to mind when I first saw {ldelim}{rdelim}.

Thanks, Spackler! I think I'll go back and tidy up my code now...

Jim

Here's a before-and-after that should clear up any confusion I've created.

Before:

/* Function that swaps images. */
function mOver(num) {
if (document.images) {
document.images['button'+ num].src = eval('over' + num).src;}}
function mOut(num) {
if (document.images) {
document.images['button'+ num ...

It took me two tries to realize that I wasn't being instructed to "frame" the script code with a pair of {ldelim} {rdelim} bookends (as you would comment out some code).

Rather, we are asked to literally substitute the string "{ldelim}" -- without the quotes, of course -- for each and every ...

Brilliant! I'm back in business!

Thank you, Garvin, for your seemingly limitless patience with our newbie questions. And, as always, for your rapid response!

Deeply in your debt,

Jim

Thanks for the rapid reply, Garvin!

I understood the error message, but I'll be darned if I can find any evidence of an unbalanced parenthesis. :(

I hate to ask you troubleshoot script code that has worked flawlessly for me in other contexts for years, but here's what I'm inserting:

<script ...

I am embedding Serendipity in the framework of a new site I'm designing:
http://gs14.inmotionhosting.com/~public7/

Serendipity will be the engine behind the "Public Musings" page. But as you can see, I have a minor problem:
http://gs14.inmotionhosting.com/~public7/Musings/index.php

I'm embedding ...