Javascript does not work

[schimanke]

I've been trying to add a javascript countdown to an entry of my blog. Unfortunately nothing is displayed. I found in the forum some suggestions that I might switch off WYSIWYG but that did not have any effect. Then I tried to realize it with an HTML nugge - same story. The place where I put the script remained blank.

Here is what I tried to add:

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- //start

//######################################################################################
// Author: ricocheting.com
// For: public release (freeware)
// Date: 4/24/2003 (update: 5/24/2006)
// Description: displays the amount of time until the "dateFuture" entered below.


// NOTE: the month entered must be one less than current month. ie; 0=January, 11=December
// NOTE: the hour is in 24 hour format. 0=12am, 15=3pm etc
// format: dateFuture = new Date(year,month-1,day,hour,min,sec)
// example: dateFuture = new Date(2003,03,26,14,15,00) = April 26, 2003 - 2:15:00 pm

dateFuture = new Date(2008,0,15,21,0,0);

// TESTING: comment out the line below to print out the "dateFuture" for testing purposes
//document.write(dateFuture +"<br />");


//###################################
//nothing beyond this point
function GetCount(){

dateNow = new Date(); //grab current date
amount = dateFuture.getTime() - dateNow.getTime(); //calc milliseconds between dates
delete dateNow;

// time is already past
if(amount < 0){
document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML="Now!";
}
// date is still good
else{
days=0;hours=0;mins=0;secs=0;out="";

amount = Math.floor(amount/1000);//kill the "milliseconds" so just secs

days=Math.floor(amount/86400);//days
amount=amount%86400;

hours=Math.floor(amount/3600);//hours
amount=amount%3600;

mins=Math.floor(amount/60);//minutes
amount=amount%60;

secs=Math.floor(amount);//seconds

if(days != 0){out += days +" day"+((days!=1)?"s":"")+", ";}
if(days != 0 || hours != 0){out += hours +" hour"+((hours!=1)?"s":"")+", ";}
if(days != 0 || hours != 0 || mins != 0){out += mins +" minute"+((mins!=1)?"s":"")+", ";}
out += secs +" seconds";
document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML=out;

setTimeout("GetCount()", 1000);
}
}

window.onload=function(){GetCount();}//call when everything has loaded

//-->
</script>
<div id="countbox"></div>

It is a script generated on http://ricocheting.com/js/countdown.html.

Does anybody have an idea what I could be doing wrong?

I am currently using Serendipity 1.2.1 on PHP 4.4.7 with a slightly modified Andreas08 s9y v2.0 template by Carl Galloway and Andreas Viklund. The problem appeared before I modified the template.

[Don Chambers]

I have not taken a close look at the js code, but also make sure you disable all markup for the entry or html nugget.

[schimanke]

Hi Don, thanks again! Disabling markups got the script running! Anyway, you definately have to switch off WYSIWYG in order to insert javascript.

[Don Chambers]

You're welcome. Glad to hear it was simple again!!