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  • leeandmick@bigpond.com
    Sergeant

    • Aug 2006
    • 36

    Mouse over to show a word's definition

    It would be great to be able to 'mouse over' a link and have the definition of that word appear.
    My site is www.christianissues.biz

    Thanks
    Mick
  • davidundalicia
    General

    • Mar 2006
    • 6294

    #2
    Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

    You could always use the "alternate text" when you set up the link.............
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    Regards..... David

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    • leeandmick@bigpond.com
      Sergeant

      • Aug 2006
      • 36

      #3
      Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

      Thanks for your comment David but I don't know where to find the alternate text option ... when I make a link I don't see it.

      Mick

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      • davidundalicia
        General

        • Mar 2006
        • 6294

        #4
        Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

        Ooops, my mistake.....I am so used to image links I forgot that it dosn't appear on textual links.
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        • leeandmick@bigpond.com
          Sergeant

          • Aug 2006
          • 36

          #5
          Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

          Thanks all the same mate.
          Mick

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          • DCOFFICESERVICES
            Special Status

            • Oct 2007
            • 480

            #6
            Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

            You could save the text as an image and then add the alternate text.

            Darren

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            • navaldesign
              General & Forum Moderator

              • Oct 2005
              • 12080

              #7
              Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

              That's a Tooltip, search on Google with this term
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              • leeandmick@bigpond.com
                Sergeant

                • Aug 2006
                • 36

                #8
                Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

                Originally posted by DCOFFICESERVICES View Post
                You could save the text as an image and then add the alternate text.

                Darren
                I don't understand how this will work. I would have to insert the image, with the definition, in the page rather than the word that needs defining.

                Perhaps I am not understanding you.

                Mick

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                • Marincky
                  General

                  • Apr 2006
                  • 4539

                  #9
                  Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

                  Originally posted by leeandmick@bigpond.com View Post
                  I don't understand how this will work. I would have to insert the image, with the definition, in the page rather than the word that needs defining.

                  Perhaps I am not understanding you.

                  Mick
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                  • leeandmick@bigpond.com
                    Sergeant

                    • Aug 2006
                    • 36

                    #10
                    Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

                    Originally posted by navaldesign View Post
                    That's a Tooltip, search on Google with this term
                    Thanks mate but if it's not super simple then I get lost. I was hoping that BlueVoda had a drag and drop system for amateurs like me.

                    Mick

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                    • Marincky
                      General

                      • Apr 2006
                      • 4539

                      #11
                      Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

                      Unfortunately there isn't another way of doing this through BV, Darren's way about saving it as an image first won't work as it still doesn't give you the option of puting in the alt tag.
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                      • wysiwyg4
                        Major

                        • Nov 2007
                        • 477

                        #12
                        Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

                        If I understood your question correctly..........

                        One thing you can do is to

                        1. download the file (php or html) to your computer using BlueFTP.
                        2. Open the file in MS notepad
                        3. Make changes as title="your description"
                        so it would look like
                        <a href="http://www.yoursite.com" title="your description"></a>

                        if you have <img src= , you use title the same way in href="" statement

                        Try it, it should work

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                        • wolvez
                          Sergeant

                          • Nov 2008
                          • 20

                          #13
                          Re: Mouse over to show a word's definition

                          OMG! I wonder why you want your site to functions like a dictionary. Hmm?
                          There a lots of words that are spelled the same but has a lot of different meaning depending how you use the particular word in a phrase or sentence.

                          Why don't you just add an Iframe link of a dictionary?


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