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Scripting

Making your Web pages come alive.

How can I detect browsers, operating systems, cookies, monitor resolution, & javascript?

How can I create image rollovers?

  • Javascript: Use Dreamweaver

How can I create text rollovers?

How can I generate random numbers?

How can I arrange for images to load on a random basis?

  • Javascript: document.write('<img src="path/filename' + math.round(math.random()*28+.5) + '.jpg">');
    • Replace "path" with the path to your images
    • Replace "filename" with the base filename for your images: "picture", for intance
    • Replace "28" with the number of your images
  • Perl: http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/

How do I open a new window?

How do I create jump menus?

How do I create cascading menus?

How can I create modal dialog boxes (dialog boxes that users have to interact with before they can continue using the browser)?

How can I create status bar messages?

How can I validate forms?

How can I set and read cookies?

How can I allow users to sort columns in a table?

How can I send form results using email?

How can I hide my email address from spambots?

  • Win the SPAM Arms Race ~ How to encode your email address using simple HTML & JavaScript, so spammers can't harvest it from your Web site.
  • Hiveware Enkoder Form ~ Enter your email address & the text you want folks to click on, press Submit, & out pops spam-blocking JavaScript, easy as pie.

How do I set up a guestbook?

How can I start a download automatically after a page loads?

  • Javascript: Either do this -- <body onLoad="document.location='fileToDownload.zip'"> -- or ...
  • HTML: Put this in the <head>: <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="2; URL=ftp://foobar.exe">

Where can I find lots of useful javascripts?

Where can I find lots of useful Perl scripts?


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