I have designed my own site and have made reference to some events. I would like to add pop up boxes for some info. ie. to find out what something means, click on the word and it brings up a small explanation box...... if you get my drift.
Anyone know how to do this. I have two packages Dreamweaver 8 (the suite package - whole lot) and FrontPage2005. At the moment my new site is done with FrontPage.
Any help would be great.
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Thread: pop up boxes - help needed
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20-04-2006, 4:35 AM #1Carrie MeertenGuest
pop up boxes - help needed
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20-04-2006, 7:38 AM #2
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Originally Posted by Carrie Meerten
all you have to do is to create a new page with the info on it and make a link from your main page to the new page. Not exactly a pop up exactly but it will work. Dont forget though to include a reminder in the new page, to use the back arrow on the browser to return to your main page- or provide another link to go back.
Cheers..Ed
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20-04-2006, 4:01 PM #3
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Originally Posted by Ed McKie
However, not everyone wants a full window to open. I quite liked the idea of a small pop-up box just big enough for a single bit of extra information. To do that, though, I understand you need to use Javascript, which was too advanced for me at the time, and is also (I believe) not fully supported by all browsers.
Good luck,
Arthur
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20-04-2006, 8:25 PM #4Originally Posted by Carrie Meerten
Here is the link for the page that has the codes on it that you are asking about, all you have to do is decide which one you want. https://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex5/
Hope this is of help
NeilNeil
www.claycross.org.uk
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20-04-2006, 9:14 PM #5David SherriffGuest
I use Serif Webplus 9, which has this facility built-in. I would have thought that Dreamweaver would have this facility as well.
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20-04-2006, 11:28 PM #6Rod NeepGuest
There is another, and exceedingly simple, way of making an explanation box pop up....
The result is like this:
The green dot is simply a small graphic (a gif file) inserted between words. But any graphic can have a caption embedded into it using the "ALT=" command.
The code to produce that looks like this:
This little green dot<IMG SRC="graphics/ballgrt2.gif" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" ALT="When you hover your mouse over this little green dot, then an explanation appears in a little box" BORDER="0" ALIGN="Top"> is an example of where an explanation can be embedded
So no javascript is needed, and no extra browser popup window.
Rod
PS... this is the little gif file of the dot if you would like to save and use it
Last edited by Rod Neep; 20-04-2006 at 11:32 PM.
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21-04-2006, 2:30 AM #7Carrie MeertenGuest
Thanks for that Rod. I never even thought of doing it that way. I have learnt about the ALT command but it was only for the name of the picture for example.
Will try this. But just to 'feed' my curiosity now, do you know how to get those little pop up windows that don't have all the banners etc on it - just plain and simple text?
I am on a mission now, one of those things that if I don't find the answer it will 'haunt me'.
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21-04-2006, 11:39 PM #8malcolmGuestOriginally Posted by Rod Neep
= Malcolm.
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22-04-2006, 2:28 AM #9Carrie MeertenGuestOriginally Posted by malcolm
We have not covered this part in my studies yet (if we even will). I would really like to know how this is done. Asking my teacher for this info is out of the question. I am still waiting to hear back on my last three assessments that were submitted, with the last one submitted abt 5/6 weeks ago.
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22-04-2006, 1:39 PM #10Barbara GriffithsGuestOriginally Posted by Carrie Meerten
Regards
Barbara
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