Re: hidden links

by Tamara Abbey <tamara(at)abbeyink.com>

Date:	Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:10:17 -0600
To:	"Molly Brewer" <mwb(at)alpha.rwu.edu>, "Listserv" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	rwu
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At 11:52 AM 3/20/01 -0800, Molly Brewer wrote:
>I'm looking for tips about how to make what I call "hidden links."  I'm sure
>there is a more official technical term.  Here's what I want to do:  you
>look at a home page and see 4 obvious links, but as you scroll over one
>link, temporarily, four sub-links appear.  I have Dreamweaver, Frontpage and
>do a fair amount of straight HTML.

Molly,

What you're thinking of is *Hier menus* or Drop-down menus, or some similar 
term. These are built with dhtml which is a combination of HTML and 
JavaScript. They can be tricky to implement cross-browser.

I would suggest http://www.bratta.com/ for some menu ideas and don't forget 
to visit the forum there. They have some user-contributed scripts and 
solutions to help improve the cross-browser implementation. Also, any time 
you are dealing with dhtml, it is 4.0+ /only/ so be sure to provide 
alternate links for earlier browsers if your site has an audience that 
can't/won't upgrade.

You may also want to visit: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/ -- he has some 
great info on javascript in general.

FWIW,
Tamara

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