Blaq
Joined: 27 Feb 2004
Posts: 45
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 Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:48 am Post subject: Trail Text Cursor |
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Step 1: Insert the below inside the <head> section of the page:
<style>
.spanstyle {
position:absolute;
visibility:visible;
top:-50px;
font-size:10pt;
font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold;
color:black;
}
</style>
<script>
/*
Cursor Trailor Text- By Peter Gehrig (http://www.24fun.ch/)
Permission given to Dynamicdrive.com to feature script in it's archive.
For full source code, installation instructions, and 1000's more DHTML scripts,
visit http://dynamicdrive.com
*/
var x,y
var step=20
var flag=0
// Your snappy message. Important: the space at the end of the sentence!!!
var message="DYNAMIC DRIVE! "
message=message.split("")
var xpos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
xpos[i]=-50
}
var ypos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
ypos[i]=-50
}
function handlerMM(e){
x = (document.layers) ? e.pageX : document.body.scrollLeft+event.clientX
y = (document.layers) ? e.pageY : document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY
flag=1
}
function makesnake() {
if (flag==1 && document.all) {
for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) {
xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
}
xpos[0]=x+step
ypos[0]=y
for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
var thisspan = eval("span"+(i)+".style")
thisspan.posLeft=xpos[i]
thisspan.posTop=ypos[i]
}
}
else if (flag==1 && document.layers) {
for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) {
xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
}
xpos[0]=x+step
ypos[0]=y
for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
var thisspan = eval("document.span"+i)
thisspan.left=xpos[i]
thisspan.top=ypos[i]
}
}
var timer=setTimeout("makesnake()",30)
}
</script>
To change the message, simply configure variable "message". As a general tip, the shorter the message, the more efficient the script runs. The text style can also be altered (change the declarations within the <style> tag.
Step 2: Add the below anywhere inside the <body> section of the page:
<script>
<!-- Beginning of JavaScript -
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
document.write("<span id='span"+i+"' class='spanstyle'>")
document.write(message[i])
document.write("</span>")
}
if (document.layers){
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
}
document.onmousemove = handlerMM;
// - End of JavaScript - -->
</script>
Step 3: Finally, what's left now is to insert the following BODY onload event handler inside the <body> tag itself:
<body onLoad="makesnake()" style="width:100%;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:scroll">
and you're done.
Say, here's an idea: try putting your site's address (ie: Dynamicdrive.com) as the message to display. People sure won't forget it that way! |
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