Question : How do I perform linkification on a traverse of a DOM dynamically

Hello,

I am traversing the DOM and am extracting every text object.  What I would like to do is, run the nodeValue of the text object against a regular expression preferrably using the replace function and replace the content.   When it finds a match, it should replace the matched word with <a> linkified version of it.  So basically I want to linkify certain words in the DOM if they exist.

To replace it using innerHTML is not working because if I have a text object only in the body tags it will want to replace the entire body, I have also heard that innerHTML isn't favored upon.  So for example if i did currentNode.parentNode.innerHTML = something;  something will be the entire body if the text object is right after the body tag.

Using replaceCHild will replace the nodeValue text but not with the link as html, it appears as text and again I'm in the same situation.  

How can I insert my linkified word into the node as a link dynamically??  

Oh yes, no jQuery please.  Thats very important.

Answer : How do I perform linkification on a traverse of a DOM dynamically

Do not need support anymore.... Time has passed,