Copyright Notice

General

This unobtrusive script will update the current year for the copyright notice on a page. No need to worry about changing it from year to year. Very easy to implement.

Copyright © 2002-… by Acme Corporation. All rights reserved

Notes

• Created by: Spike McLarty
• Web Site: http://www.dosadi.com/
• Posted: September 26, 2008

Source Code

Paste this source code into the designated areas.

External file

Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: copyNote.js

/* This script and many more are available free online at
The JavaScript Source!! http://javascriptsource.com
Created by: Spike McLarty | http://www.dosadi.com/ */

function copyDate() {
  var cpyrt = document.getElementById(“copyright”)
  if (cpyrt) {
     cpyrt.firstChild.nodeValue = (new Date()).getFullYear();
  }
}

window.onload = copyDate;

Head

Paste this code into the HEAD section of your HTML document.

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”copyNote.js”></script>

Body

Paste this code into the BODY section of your HTML document.

Copyright © 2002-<span id=”copyright”>…</span> by Acme Corporation. All rights reserved