Another simple question

**snowyriver** · Jul 31, 2006, 01:46

Hi,

I'm trying to make my heading text 'flash' in dreamweaver....can anyone help me with this?

Cheers
S

**spikeZ** · Jul 31, 2006, 02:39

flash as in change colour or flash as in the program?

**snowyriver** · Jul 31, 2006, 02:39

Change colour...

Cheers

**Egor** · Jul 31, 2006, 03:05

Create an animated .GIF or use <blink></blink> (not sure what browsers support it).

**Dark Tranquility** · Jul 31, 2006, 03:32

Are you sure this is a good thing to do snowyriver?

Egor, I believe <blink> is not a standard HTML tag!
it works in FF but not it in IE! also in Netscape it could cause the whole page to blink!

**spikeZ** · Jul 31, 2006, 04:01

quick bit of Javascript should do it....

Code:

<body onload="changeColour('blinky');">
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
function changeColour(elementId) {
	var interval = 500;
	var colour1 = "#ff00ff", colour2 = "black";
	if (document.getElementById) {
		var element = document.getElementById(elementId);
		element.style.color = (element.style.color == colour1) ? colour2 : colour1;
		setTimeout("changeColour('" + elementId + "')", interval);
	}
}
//--></script>
<p id="blinky">This should change colour</p>

Spike

**boxhead** · Aug 1, 2006, 06:58

don't!

**spikeZ** · Aug 1, 2006, 12:35

Originally Posted by boxhead

don't!

I only answer the questions but yes I agree!
(that is if you are referring to not using flashing text and not to using my javascript......)

**boxhead** · Aug 2, 2006, 01:48

Originally Posted by spikeZ

I only answer the questions but yes I agree!
(that is if you are referring to not using flashing text and not to using my javascript......)

The Javascript is beautiful, blinking text is not!

**satyr** · Sep 16, 2006, 19:45

Originally Posted by snowyriver

I'm trying to make my heading text 'flash' in dreamweaver....can anyone help me with this?

... or use CSS like I do it on my own index.html page:

Code:

<div class="blink">text to blink</div>

... and the code for the head (or an external .css file):

Code:

div.blink {
    text-decoration: blink;
}

hth, satyr

**spikeZ** · Sep 17, 2006, 14:14

cant see any blinking text on your page satyr, and AFAIK that doesn't work in all browsers.

**Blue Sky** · Sep 18, 2006, 08:52

nice effort tho

**satyr** · Sep 19, 2006, 09:17

Originally Posted by spikeZ

cant see any blinking text on your page satyr, and AFAIK that doesn't work in all browsers.

Really?? Because in my case (on my computer) it works in Firefox and in Internet Explorer. /UPDATE: Oh well I just checked: it works only in Firefox ...

satyr

**spikeZ** · Sep 19, 2006, 12:33

Never mind satyr! live and learn

**rajimpress** · Sep 26, 2006, 08:17

It blinks on in firefox. Not in IE and opera. Also a horizontal and vertical scroll bar appears in firefox and opera but not in IE.

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