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How do I make pop up mouseovers with text?

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~Susan

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Feb 16, 2010, 8:18:09 PM2/16/10
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I really like the mouse overs that pop up on this website:

http://www.pineneedles.net/store/pc/home.asp

I use FP2003. I am trying to figure out a couple different things:

1) How do you do mouseovers that pop up?

2) What is any EASY way to create the pop up graphics? I use Paint Shop Pro,
and am by no means a pro, but don't really know how to do text that looks
good enough (like this site has on their pop ups).

Any and ALL suggestions greatly appreciated. I have "googles" for pop ups
and mouseovers, etc, but haven't found anything that looks like it's at my
user level... take that to mean however you want to read it...

I "think" this site probably uses CSS, so I am wondering if they have the
pop ups working, somehow, in conjunction with CSS?

Stefan B Rusynko

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Feb 17, 2010, 4:12:47 AM2/17/10
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Explain what you mean by pop up
- I see nothing on that site that pops up related to images
(other than the alt text when you mouse over an image)

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~Susan

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Feb 17, 2010, 2:59:25 PM2/17/10
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Sorry I was not clear. I may not be using the correct term.

On this webpage - http://www.pineneedles.net/store/pc/home.asp if you
mouse over, for example, the image that says (under the image) "Spring
Retreat with Pine Needles" there is another image that comes up (I call a
pop up) that has the SKU number and price and explains more about the
retreat.

Likewise, if you mouse over the books, there is an explanation of the book
(along with another picture of the book) and the price of the book,
sometimes the publisher of the book, etc.

I'm calling it a pop up, but that might not be the correct term. It
disappears when you mouse off the original image. It's more than just
text -- it includes a picture of the item that it's talking about.


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Tom Willett

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Feb 17, 2010, 3:35:04 PM2/17/10
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Did you view the source to look at the code? That's where to start.
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: Sorry I was not clear. I may not be using the correct term.
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~Susan

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Feb 17, 2010, 4:01:27 PM2/17/10
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I did, but I honestly can't read code as well as I should. I'm hoping for
some help in reading code.


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~Susan

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Feb 17, 2010, 4:33:21 PM2/17/10
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If I am reading this properly, they are using javascript?

Any idea how they created the image with text, that appears on mouse over?
How do they get the text as professional looking as it is? I use Paint Shop
Pro to resize, etc, but if I attempt to add text to an image, it doesn't
come out anything as professional looking as they have done. Any tips,
hints, etc are GREATLY appreciated.


<p><a href="viewPrd.asp?idcategory=&idproduct=920"
onmouseover="javascript:document.getPrd.idproduct.value='920';
sav_callxml='1'; return runXML1('prd_920');" onmouseout="javascript:
sav_callxml=''; hidetip();"><img src="catalog/SEW-thumb.gif" alt="Sew
Everything Workshop"></a></p>

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Stefan B Rusynko

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Feb 18, 2010, 4:20:54 AM2/18/10
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That is using AJAX
(look for the scripts loaded in the page at <!--AJAX Functions-->)
- and you need to understand how to create the related xml files read by the script and how to use AJAX
For a start see http://www.w3schools.com/ajax/default.asp
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~Susan

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Feb 18, 2010, 2:16:20 PM2/18/10
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Thank you so very much. I was (AM) at a complete loss, so your help is
*greatly* appreciated.

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