SyntaxHighlighter | SyntaxHighlighter Basics | JavaScript and CSS Files Uploaded to a Public Server (CDN)

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This page explains how to load and use JavaScript files or CSS files uploaded to the public server provided by the official SyntaxHighlighter site. You can use this method when you cannot upload the required files to a server, such as when using a free blog service.

Procedure for using JavaScript or CSS files uploaded to a public server

The required files are uploaded for each version. The following is the list by version. If you want to apply the latest version, use “current”.

http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/1.5.1/
http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.0.278/
http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.0.287/
http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.0.296/
http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.0.320/
http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/
http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/
http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.382/
http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/

For example, JavaScript files or CSS files included in “current” are specified as follows. JavaScript files are in the “scripts” directory, and CSS files are in the “styles” directory.

http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shCore.js
http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/styles/shCoreDefault.css

To load these files from an HTML page, write it as follows.

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shCore.js"></script>
<script src="http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushPhp.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/styles/shCoreDefault.css" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript">
  SyntaxHighlighter.all();
</script>
</head>
<body>
...
<body>
</html>

By using files uploaded in this way, you can use SyntaxHighlighter even in environments where you cannot upload files to a server.

How to load files by using a CDN

In addition to using files uploaded to the public server, you can also use a CDN.

What is a CDN(Content Delivery Network)? It is a technology that automatically downloads content from the nearest server when a website visitor needs to download content from a server. Using this technology has the advantage of avoiding traffic concentration on a specific server and greatly improving content transfer time.

With a CDN, you can use SyntaxHighlighter without separately uploading SyntaxHighlighter files to your server. The currently available CDN for SyntaxHighlighter version 3.0.84 is as follows.

CDNJS

https://cdnjs.com/libraries/SyntaxHighlighter

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/styles/shThemeDefault.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shCore.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shAutoloader.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushAS3.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushAppleScript.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushBash.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushCSharp.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushColdFusion.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushCpp.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushCss.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushDelphi.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushDiff.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushErlang.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushGroovy.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushJScript.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushJava.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushJavaFX.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushPerl.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushPhp.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushPlain.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushPowerShell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushPython.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushRuby.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushSass.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushScala.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushSql.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushVb.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/SyntaxHighlighter/3.0.83/scripts/shBrushXml.min.js"></script>

The next page explains how to use it in practice.

Reference

https://alexgorbatchev.com/SyntaxHighlighter/hosting.html