A cool blue clicky thing

Subject: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Hyperabid
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 11:06 AM

Here's a little bit of HTML that let's your clicky thing tell you what it is check out the source text...

Yahoo

Hyp :-)

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: MudGuard
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 05:58 PM

Put your mouse over the link to see another nice effect:
Mudcat
And here is how it is done:
<a href="http://www.mudcat.org" title="Another cool way to show you know about HTML">Mudcat</a>
MudGuard

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Margo
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 06:06 PM

Cool mudguard! I'm gonna try it...Jonathan and Gordy

Margo

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Amos
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 06:06 PM

Netscape ignored the "title=" tag, but honored the earlier "window.status=" tag for the Yahoo link. Any ideas? Is it one of those Microsoft Vrs. Java and Everyone else issues?

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Margo
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 06:09 PM

Hey! I did it wrong. Do you actually use the quotes?? I'm going to try again... Jonathan and Gordy

Maybe this will work? Margo

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Margo
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 06:10 PM

Hah! it worked!! Yay! Thanks for the lesson, teach. Margo

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 06:11 PM

Some of us used to use exact titles like that, then...I think we got lazy and just thoguht "blue clicky thingie" sounded funny and fun. Thanks for the reminder Hyperabid. It IS nice to know where one is clicking onto.

kat

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Clinton Hammond2
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 11:27 PM

Then there are those of us out here in cyberspace who prefer to call them LINKS 'cause it's easier to type, doesn't sound childish, doesn't miss-type to "LICKY THINGY"!! LOL!!!!

That, and it's what they are called... links...

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: jofield
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 11:33 PM

Ja, bestimmt: links und rechts.

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Hyperabid
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 03:18 AM

Ohhh more goodies - let me try.

Mudcat

Hyp

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Hyperabid
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 03:31 AM

So I guess the ultimate would be...

Yahoo UK

<a href="http://www.yahoo.co.uk" title="The UK version of Yahoo" onMouseover="window.status='Click here for Yahoo!';return true" onMouseout="window.status=''">Yahoo UK</a>

Hyp

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Billy the Bus
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 03:59 AM

Yeah,

Once upon a time HTML used to be simple and non browser specific. Ultra cool now - half the time me browser has a hernia with java etc.

Take me back to the days of "acoustic" HTML - v3 from memory.

Oh, well, I'll relent...;)

Couldn't be listening to MC Wireless then...;^)

CYA - Sam

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: MudGuard
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 04:49 AM

Well the onMouseover... stuff only works if you have Javascript enabled.
The "title" argument (which works, btw, with most tags - try putting your mouse pointer over the bold word) is HTML standard. But Netscape does not know it.
MudGuard

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: MudGuard
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 05:05 AM

Margo,
your first attempt did contain the following errors:

• you need to have at least one space, blank or newline character between the arguments (here the one between the href and the title argument is missing)
• the values of arguments have to be quoted as soon as they have certain character in them. Among the dangerous characters is the space character (as it is one of the characters separating arguments).
• In your second attempt only the space is missing between URL and title (although most browsers can interprete this the way you want, you should put it in).

MudGuard

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: MudGuard
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 05:08 AM

Uuuups, I messed up the message above (I do not have my usual editor here). Seems like I put <li> instead of </li> to the end of the list elements...

Seems like I am not as perfect as I thought I am... ;-)
MudGuard

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Hyperabid
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 06:42 AM

Try this one on for size:--

Nice try, Hyp, but I had to delete it because it was causing a script error. -Joe Offer-

Hyp

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Hyperabid
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 08:48 AM

Ooops I think I might have killed this thread with that last script...!

Hyp

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 11:04 AM

Hyp, is it your box that's causing the script error? LOL

MudGuard, if the "formula" you listed in your first post is the exact way you plug in the items to create the "information tag", how come it didn't create the link in the post? (Or is it a secret?) :-) I copied and pasted that text line to an HTML doc for a website I work with and it worked--I thought there would be a space ir character that would need to be removed....interesting.....

Fun stuff!

Mary

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 11:16 AM

To confirm...Is this the basic formula (without Javascript) and you plug in the info not in boldface???...I notice the space between the URL and the word 'title'....

the click here bit

Always looking to learn something new!

Cheers,

Mary

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 11:18 AM

Ooops! I wanted the "formula to show, but I don't know the secret to keep it as text....so I guess I answered my own questions...LOL!

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Hyperabid
Date: 31 Mar 00 - 03:16 AM

Mary

Hyp done got too big for his boots and messed up his script. Volunteers to sort it out gratefully received.

Hyp

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: MudGuard
Date: 03 Apr 00 - 06:49 AM

SingsIrish Songs,
sorry I was off the internet (there still is a live outside ;-) ) for some days.
If I understand you correctly you ask how I could make the html code appear instead of its result. I do it by replacing the < and > characters by &lt; and &gt; which result in showing the angle brackets.
HTH
MudGuard

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 03 Apr 00 - 12:18 PM

Thanks for the "secret" MudGuard. And isn't the outdoors amaaaazing!!!! I rediscovered it over the weekend myself! LOL

Cheers,

Mary

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 03 Apr 00 - 04:02 PM

Try This

Jon

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Hyperabid
Date: 04 Apr 00 - 11:46 AM

What This?

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 12:47 PM

Okay... let me try... xxx

I'm new at creating things like this.. just wanted to see if it worked

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 12:48 PM

oops.. it didn't work. I guess I will have to re-read these notes. Sorry!

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: hesperis
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 01:18 PM

I love it!

brassfire

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Morticia
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 03:13 PM

gotta give this a try......

blue clicky thingie

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Morticia
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 03:15 PM

that is seriously cool.....but why are my blue clickies always purple?

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 03:19 PM

Depends on how your browser is set to display blue clickys, Morticia. Mine is set to display blue for links I haven't visited, and what I think is green for links that I HAVE visited.
-Joe Color Blind-

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Morticia
Date: 07 Sep 00 - 01:15 PM

Oh I see........erm.....what's a browser and how do you set it?

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From:
Date: 01 Oct 01 - 10:06 PM

Blue clicky test

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Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 02 Oct 01 - 03:38 AM

Ahhh.,...

I got to have a go at mudguards idea.

Mudcat

did it work?

Subject: RE: A cool blue clicky thing
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 02 Oct 01 - 03:39 AM

oops except I should have put flutes... doh!