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Is it wrong to place the < script> tag after the < /body> tag?

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How wrong is it to place the script tag after the closing tag of the body (</body>)?

<html>

  ....

  <body>

     ....

  </body>

  <script type="text/javascript" src="theJs.js"></script>

</html>

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answered 14 Years ago cartersinceren · Accepted Answer

It won't validate outside of the <body> or <head> tags. It also won't make much difference — unless you're doing DOM manipulations that could break IE before the body element is fully loaded — to putting it just before the closing </body>.

<html>

  ....

  <body>

     ....

     <script type="text/javascript" src="theJs.js"></script>

  </body>

</html>