Preserved Topic: How do I do this????

OK, I have an idea about a images page that I want to do but I am not sure how to go about it. Here is a pic of my idea...
http://www.krets.net/idea.gif

What I want to happen is the person to click on each of the buttons and have an image open in one window and some lines of text about each image in another. How can I do this without having to reload a new page everytime? I have no clue about Flash but am OK with DHTML and Javascript....

Thanks!


Broken promises don't bother me. I just think, "Why did they believe me in the first place?" --Jack Handey

hmm... good question... i have a simpler question along the same lines... i know how to make a mouseover swap a image when text or an image is moused over.. but how do you make a mouseover where you mouse over text[links] and have a text popup?[explination]



We see what we want to see, according to what we believe to be the truth.

You can do this using layers/divs. I am going to try to find the couple of posts that deal with this issue......

bitdamaged provided a script for exactly thses type of functions!


ok, found it: http://www.ozones.com/forum/Archives/Archive-000003/HTML/20000607-2-000025.html

check it out, should be able to help both of you <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">


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[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 14-09-2000).]

You know, I decided to be all nice and help out, and while I was typing up an example of what I think you were trying to do, someone went and posted a link to someone who had done this earlier. Ah, well...
But since I did up a page anyway, here's the link:
http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/tolkien/390/test/imgtxtswap.html

It's a super-simplified version of what I think you were looking for. Ignore the silly fortunecity banner, and the popup window... and if you have any questions about why I did things the way I did, let me know, I'd be happy to go into further detail...

Good luck.

--SCarab
(still no sig)

Here is another post that dealt with this issue. http://www.ozones.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/000156.html

There are two different methods to achieve the effect you want. One is to show/hide divs and the other is to write content into divs. I think the show/hide one is less complicated.

Technically, you could also use frames.

Pro: It would work in v3 browsers.
Con: Frames are hugely unpopular these days <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

Ah yeah, by frames are getting new new life breathed into them due to the royal pain of trying to center floating DHTML layers. All of my newest most compliacted DHTML sites are in frames nowadays. OH, DAS, I like this sig best so far, the text reads better. I'm thinking maybe you should be etching the initials into those glass beads instead, could be more subtle and part of the bead? Keep at it, that was a cool rendered shape, yup.

Your pal, -doc-

Doc, when you say that frames are making a bit of a come back, do you mean only as a means to centering dhtml pages? Or are there some other implementations that are also being done?

No, mainly just for centering DHTML pages, heh. I use frames when the navigation calls for it, but only then. (Or when I have to center a DHTML page, heh!)

Your pal, -doc-

Yeah, I actually made the mistake of attempting to outdo the Doc and center layers without using frames for a new page. but alas, I admitted my defeat and bowed down to his higher wisdom.

Doc- I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on some new and cool way to use the ole buggers we call frames.

Wes- I love that cursor reflection page!!! Excellent idea and it's just subtle enough to catch you off guard.

This is for Wes. First off, I know nothing about DHTML, but if it isn't to hard, I would move your content on the main page up a little and that would eliminate the frames scrollbar.

just my $.2




~Aaron
Don't ask me how I know what I know or why I do what I do.

Actually the scrollbar is dependent on your window size and resolution. This solution would only work for you. (I don't get the scroller)


Walking the Earth like Kane

Wes... That is to cool... i must say...


We see what we want to see, according to what we believe to be the truth.

I know I'm a bit late...but If I understand you right you could use some rollovers...I'm not sure about how to change the text as I know close to no Javascript or DHTML, but I'd use a rollover with onmousedown event