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Poster:	gojomo	Date:	November 14, 2007 05:32:45pm
Forum:	web	Subject:	Re: Content of archived pages

The Wayback Machine performs the minimal patching/insertion to allow pages to display from our site, instead of their original location.

Original Javascript, whether inline in another file or in a separate file included by reference, is not removed, altered, or disabled. Depending on what it does, it may work the same as on the original page, or have problems. (Problems are most common when Javascript constructs URLs programmatically or relies on other resources uncollected.)

The best way to check the date of included-in-page resources is to try visiting them individually, using the same URL prefix (such as "http://web.archive.org/web/YYYYMMDDHHMMSS/") as the enclosing page. Your browser will be redirected to the best match available, you can then read the date from the URL bar. See this recent post for one way to do it with inline images.

References to full (aka 'absolute') URLs with the scheme ('http:') and source domain ("//example.com/") present should present no problems during collection or Wayback Machine redisplay.

- Gordon @ IA