Dreamweaver - A few questions

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A few questions

Katzy1

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

(I am not using CSS and do not know how to use CSS)

I am interested in being able to do two things to my website:

1. I would like to be able to create a link so that when visitors click on it
they will jump down to the appropriate place on the page. I am not sure what
this is called exactly, so i was unable to look up how to do it.

2. I would like to create a pop-up window of sort, similar to those gray error
messages that come up when something needs to be debugged or when asked to show
non-secure items on a webpage. I would just like to create a simple one that
comes up and have "ok" to close it. (Not a pop-up window like we think when we
visit a site with advertisers)

Thanks.

gordonwd

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

I'll answer #1. What you need to do is to create a "Named Anchor" at the place
that you want to jump to. In DW8 this is on the Insert menu. Give it a name,
such as "Jump". Then just create a link in the usual way, but for the target
you link to the anchor by putting a "#" in front of the name that you just
created, e.g., "#Jump". That's all there is to it!

Alan Smithee Jr.

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

>>I am not sure what this is called exactly

Named Anchors.

[color=darkred]
messages....

Something a user clicks on...or something that automatically appears when
the page loads?

Katzy1

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

Thanks gordonwd, that was really easy. Now if anyone could help me with my second question I'd appreciate it!

Thanks!

P@tty Ayers

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

"Katzy1" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> (I am not using CSS and do not know how to use CSS)

Just for the record, you probably are using *some* CSS, if you're using
Dreamweaver..

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Joe Makowiec

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

On Thu 23 Feb 2006 03:58:24p, Katzy1 wrote in macromedia.dreamweaver:

> Thanks gordonwd, that was really easy. Now if anyone could help me
> with my second question I'd appreciate it!

<a href="java script:alert('Thanks for clicking this button');">Click here
for a message</a>

Katzy1

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

in using just the "javascript:alert('Thanks for clicking this button');" i was able to achieve what i needed.

thank you!

bregent

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

>As for the "pop-window" i would like for it to come up as soon as a certain
page is opened/loads.

Well, that is a pop-up window. Doesn't matter what content you put on it, it's
still a popup window and if it opens when a page loads, it will be blocked by
most popup blockers.
Check out the Open Browser Window behaviour.

Mick White

2006-02-24, 10:15 pm

Katzy1 wrote:

> (I am not using CSS and do not know how to use CSS)
>
> I am interested in being able to do two things to my website:
>
> 1. I would like to be able to create a link so that when visitors click on it
> they will jump down to the appropriate place on the page. I am not sure what
> this is called exactly, so i was unable to look up how to do it.

[1]
Named anchors
>
> 2. I would like to create a pop-up window of sort, similar to those gray error
> messages that come up when something needs to be debugged or when asked to show
> non-secure items on a webpage. I would just like to create a simple one that
> comes up and have "ok" to close it. (Not a pop-up window like we think when we
> visit a site with advertisers)
>

[2]
<script>window.confirm("you sure?")</script>
Mick

P@tty Ayers

2006-02-24, 10:16 pm

"bregent" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> page is opened/loads.
>
> Well, that is a pop-up window. Doesn't matter what content you put on it,
> it's
> still a popup window and if it opens when a page loads, it will be blocked
> by
> most popup blockers.

Actually, I'm not sure that's true. Those JavaScript messages are not the
same as browser popup windows.

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