Adding new elements into DOM using JavaScript (appendChild)

Question

I sometimes need to add elements (such as a new link and image) to an existing HTML page, but I only have access to a small portion of the page far from where I need to inse

Answer 1

There is a more efficient way, and seems to be using documentFragments if possible. Check it out: http://ejohn.org/blog/dom-documentfragments/ . Also this way should be less error prone and more maintainable than starting to mix up huge strings literals and setting them as innerHTML of some other DOM objects.