Rollover Buttons

[Frankster]

I have figured out how to make rollover buttons using the built in button
choices in FP2003. But I don't like those buttons.

I have created gifs of buttons I like (before and after rollover versions)
but I cannot figure out how to implement these gifs, with rollover, using
FP. Can I do rollover effects with external gifs? Do I just need some
pointers?

-Frank

 

[Murray]

Create two graphics - one for the button in the "up" state, and one for the
button in the "over" state. Place the up-state button on a new page.
Select it and apply a swap image behavior (I am using FP2003 - your mileage
may vary) to swap it to the over-state image onMouseOver, and to
automatically restore it onMouseOut.

Bada bing, bada boom. A rollover.

 

[webeditor-coutre]

.....if you really want to get into roll-over button options--here are the two
websites with free script that I use most often:


Script for many types of roll-over effects:
http://jdstiles.com/java/mousescripts.html


More varieties of menus with roll-over buttons:
http://dhtml-menu.com/menu-demos/

 

[E. T. Culling]

External gifs? No, you have to import both the up and down states into you
site before you can use them!
Eleanor

 

[Frankster]

Thank you Murray (great directions) and webeditor (great links)...

Very helpful info.

I like the KISS principle so I'm leaning towards Murray's solution. Fully
supported within FP2003 via point and click (I like that). Having said
that, since I like the KISS principle, I have not enabled "Dynamic Web
Template Site" but am using only the generic capabilities of FP. I've done
this for compatibility with browsers as well as to KISS. My "Behavior" menu
choice is grayed out. I'm sure that is because I have not chosen (yet!) to
implement a Dynamic web Template. I'll experiment a little and make a
decision I guess.

Thanks for the help!

-Frank

 

[Frankster]

External gifs? No, you have to import both the up and down states into you

site before you can use them!
Eleanor

By external gifs I simply meant to distinguish them from the FP built in
buttons. Not that they are "external" to my website.

I manage my website directly on-disk and then copy my site over to my public
server. I have the gifs (up/down) available on my system to work with
already.

-Frank

 

[Murray]

Excellent. You're welcome!

 

[Kulvinder Singh Matharu]

Thank you Murray (great directions) and webeditor (great links)...

Very helpful info.

I like the KISS principle so I'm leaning towards Murray's solution. Fully
supported within FP2003 via point and click (I like that). Having said

Hi,

If you mean KISS in terms of ease of getting a rollover then FP is
good for that and you may be entirely happy. But if you mean KISS in
terms of simple and efficient code then FP's rollover effects are
absolutely NOT the right way to go.

I've never done JavaScript before but after a few hints and tips from
a few websites I added some minor code to my own website that is very
efficient compared to FrontPage generated code...check out the little
Brightness/Contrast icon on the topish-right side on a page on my
website for a single rollover image...

http://www.metalvortex.com/

Try these pages for information on how to take it further and create
simple functions for greater flexibility...

(a) http://javascriptkit.com/javatutors/image1.shtml
(b) http://www.htmlshop.com/tutorials/79.asp

I did try and use CSS for the rollover effects but I didn't like all
the kludgy code and there were also some serious browser
compatibility problems. Perhaps in the next two or more years CSS
will be more widely and correctly supported and I'll have another
look at it then.

Good luck!

--
Kulvinder Singh Matharu
Website : www.metalvortex.com
Contact : www.metalvortex.com/form/form.htm

"It ain't Coca Cola, it's rice", Straight to Hell - The Clash

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

If you are using Interactive buttons see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555010




|I have figured out how to make rollover buttons using the built in button
| choices in FP2003. But I don't like those buttons.
|
| I have created gifs of buttons I like (before and after rollover versions)
| but I cannot figure out how to implement these gifs, with rollover, using
| FP. Can I do rollover effects with external gifs? Do I just need some
| pointers?
|
| -Frank
|
|