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Dreamweaver help - blinking graphic
Old 06-20-2007, 12:48 PM Dreamweaver help - blinking graphic
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I am trying to make my site doing. I am still learning dreamweaver and cannot figure out what is wrong. I am using a timeline.

The "Etiquette Tips" graphic in the upper right hand corner of the index.htm page should blink. That works. When the mouse is moved over the graphic is should stop blinking. That works as well. When the mouse is moved away blinking should resume. That is the part that doesnt want to work.

Attached is my zip of the whole project. Any ideas?
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Old 06-20-2007, 05:19 PM Re: Dreamweaver help - blinking graphic
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Just looking at the code. I'm not sure what you even want is a timeline.

All you are really using is a gif with 2 frames. And a still image that replaces it during mouse over.
You could try using an image rollover to load a gif, then a a still gif instead. (if no one else can answer what you're hoping for)

I'll admit, I don't know Dreamweaver's auto code. I tend to write functions myself, or use materials the community hands out. They tend to be more comprehensible with better documentation. Best I can do with DW's.

Although, I have another question to ask that might be more important. Probobly the most important question in web design.

Why?

Consider the reason you have a blinking graphic.
- Does it make the page easier to use for the user?
- Does it bring their eye to the content that matters?
- Could it distract or annoy them?

Remember, just because you can use a toy, doesn't mean you should. Way too many sites get distracted by they could do rather than giving people what they want.
If you believe that it's better for the user's experience, try the rollover if no one knows.

I don't really want to.. but if you have no answer tomorrow, I can try to decipher that huge chunk of javascript.
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Old 06-20-2007, 10:38 PM Re: Dreamweaver help - blinking graphic
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Thanks for the advice. I totally agree with you ... but this is for college. I can't change the assignment. I also wish the course would have taught us HTML from the get go ... instead of teaching dreamweaver.

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Old 06-21-2007, 09:18 AM Re: Dreamweaver help - blinking graphic
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This isn't really HTML so much.

If you've decided to do rollover to change it instead of timeline it may be.

In IE7, and modern browsers you can just do:

#bouncingimg img:hover {
(replace with whatever you want)
}

Sadly IE 6 and below don't support hover for anything but <a>.
That forces you to use Javascript. Just Google for image rollover scripts. There's tons.
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