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homepage/js/quotes.js

@@ -2,25 +2,33 @@
 /* With thanks to Ками on Discord. */
 /*********** CURRENTLY DOESN'T WORK ***********/
 /* To use:
- * - add two P elements with the IDs "quote" and "quoteauthor" respectively
- * - call window.initializequotes() on page load.
- * - use window.genQuote() to get a new quote. */
+ * - add two P elements with the IDs QUOTE_AUTHOR_ID (see code) and
+ *   QUOTE_VALUE_ID (see code) respectively
+ * - call window.quote_initialize() on page load.
+ * - use window.quote_pick() to get a new quote. */
 
 /* Will set window.quotes to the list of quotes and window.quote to 0 (to
  * indicate a quote hasn't yet been generated). */
-window.initializequotes = function(){
+window.quote_initialize = function(){
+
 	/* What needs to be done here is it needs to fetch the `quotes` object
 	 * from /js/quotes.json and load it into `window.quotes`. The issue is
 	 * I haven't figured out how to load JSON into JS yet without external
 	 * libraries. */
+
 	window.quote = 0;
-}
+};
 
 /* Will not give you the same quote twice in a row! */
-window.genQuote = function(){
+window.quote_pick = function(){
+	/* Customizeable constants */
+	var L_QUOTE_MARK = '"';
+	var R_QUOTE_MARK = '"';
 	var QUOTE_AUTHOR_ID = "quote_author";
 	var QUOTE_AUTHOR_PREFIX = "~ "
 	var QUOTE_VALUE_ID = "quote_value";
+	/* Could be `const`, but not supported in IE6-10:
+	 * https://caniuse.com/const */
 
 	window.quote_old = window.quote; /* The quote currently in use. */
 	quoteIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * window.quotes.length);
@@ -29,7 +37,7 @@ window.genQuote = function(){
 		window.quotes.push(window.quote_old);
 
 	if(quote_text = document.getElementById(QUOTE_VALUE_ID))
-		quote_text.textContent = '"' + window.quote[0] + '"';
+		quote_text.textContent = L_QUOTE_MARK + window.quote[0] + R_QUOTE_MARK;
 
 	if(quote_author = document.getElementById(QUOTE_AUTHOR_ID))
 		quoteAuthorText.textContent = QUOTE_AUTHOR_PREFIX + window.quote[1];