: JQuery scrolling images for e-commerce site, what to do about users who disable JS As the title suggests, I am developing an e-commerce site and I intend of having two jQuery plug ins on the

@Welton855

<noscript>Javascript Required</noscript>


That is all you need. Just elaborate with a nicer and friendlier is you like. There are two other options:


Ignore those users. Check your stats, they might be insignificant to your bottom line.
Redirect those without Javascript to an alternate page. Probably something with static content.


The normal suggestion is to write your code, including Javascript, with graceful degradation. Not sure how jQuery fits into this but it is probably not too hard. The strategy is to create something that looks right without Javascript and then have the Javascript enhance the experience.

For example, you can generate a page with some content and then add the JS to swap the content periodically or according to user action. That way, people without Javascript will have something more usable than an empty page.

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@BetL925

I wouldn't worry about users with Javascript turned off too much. They'll likely comprise less than 1% of your visitors, and in any case people with JS turned off are likely very used to having a lousy web experience. They're also likely to be the paranoid type that wouldn't make a purchase on-line anyway.

You'd probably want to put a message box at the top informing them that your site requires Javascript to be turned on, and probably a link to instructions on how to do it in their browser.

That said, you'll also want to be sure that bots (Google, Bing) are able to crawl your site properly without Javascript.

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