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Wednesday, 1. October 2008, 20:55:18

I mentioned a while ago that I've been trying out some new stuff for my page and I need someone to tell me if the latest thing works.

PC users should be able to pull up an explanation box simply by hovering their mouse over the the words "does this work?" in the middle of the post. Can someone let me know please.

So does this work?

EDIT - Thanks to those who let me know that it works. It's pretty simple code really, designed to let people explain an acronym in an article without interrupting the flow of the article. To do this in your own pages simply use the following code.

<acronym title="Explanation of term">Term to be explained.</acronym>

For example, in this post, this is what I typed.
<acronym title="Yes, but only because Furie's a bloody genius!">does this work?</acronym>

Hope you guys can find some use for it.
:D

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Comments

clean 1. October 2008, 21:02

Yes, but only because Furie summoned demons and put them in a pen with some animals and some people and filmed it all when things got a little uninhibited and put it up on the Internet ...

... uh ...

... I mean ...

... yes. Yes, it works fine ...

(It also shows the same message in the information bar on the bottom left of the screen on Opera Desktop as well (as opposed to the URL)).

MizzMartinez 1. October 2008, 21:12

YES, IT WORKS! I'm impressed Lord Furie! :eyes:

Furie 1. October 2008, 21:18

If one of you can throw me a screenshot please, I'll edit this to show the code for anyone to use. It's unbelievably simple yet I always forget to check it when I've got PC access. Homer: Doh!

clean 1. October 2008, 21:42

Furie 1. October 2008, 21:52

Cheers for that mate. Grabbed it. :up: Feel free to delete. :D

Furie 1. October 2008, 22:01

There we go. Looking almost like a proper post now. :cool:

H82typ 1. October 2008, 22:08

:lol: as if you would know a proper post if you tripped over it! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Furie 1. October 2008, 22:22

I got over 3,000 people spending good money to read my page via RSS on their phones who say otherwise. p: Remember, just cause a post isn't about a cat doesn't mean it's not a proper post. :left:

H82typ 1. October 2008, 22:35

:worried: I'm sorry Your Highness! What was I thinking!

qlue 1. October 2008, 22:39

Blogging about cats is a My Opera tradition. If you don't own a cat you should pretend. Or at least have a woman who thinks she's a cat visit your blog from time to time. :whistle:

Furie 1. October 2008, 23:13

That's okay young Dennis. One can't blame the servants for not knowing basic science. :king:

dannii 2. October 2008, 02:24

:insane: It works!

attilasoul 2. October 2008, 04:18

Yes, it does work, but it would be smarter if people could actually see that something's happening when you roll the mouse over the word. I mean, I don't roll the mouse over every word or sentence in a post to see if something is hidden. --- Or is it just me?

Or at least have a woman who thinks she's a cat visit your blog from time to time.


Say thank you because apparently it's me who is to blame for your large amount of visitors! P:

gdare 2. October 2008, 04:48

It says: Yes it works. But Furie has nothing to do with this P:

Do not change my comments :mad: :bomb:

:sst: Even though I'm so horny for you. flirt

Moesring 2. October 2008, 06:10

Whilst it works, I personally prefer to use the abbr tag. Same usage, but shorter word to spell. P:

:sst: You can legitimately put a title on (almost) any tag. For example, this link should also display text - and it has the added bonus of being a link. :yes:

:sst: If it would make you happy Tilla, you could use CSS like this to make the browser put a dotted underline (for example) beneath anything that has additional information if you hover over it. :yes:
*[title] {
border-bottom:1px dotted;
}

attilasoul 2. October 2008, 06:42

You sure know how to make things smarter, Moe! :yes:

qlue 2. October 2008, 07:24

Or just make everything you want to highlight bold or italic.

Furie 2. October 2008, 10:08

The standard for acronyms is a light green. I haven't implemented that yet as I wasn't even sure if Opera supported this. I've seen one site that swaps the little box for a speech bubble coming off the highlighted part and I'm considering pilfering that.

As for the size of the code, it doesn't matter. I've got all my commonly used codes in a folder on my phone, waiting to be pasted into posts.

Furie 2. October 2008, 10:17

I've made it bold and dark red to stand out from the post and the links. :up:

attilasoul 2. October 2008, 11:43

It looks good! :up:

Furie 2. October 2008, 15:11

Just like it's daddy. :happy:

Furie 2. October 2008, 15:14

Ask Darko if you don't believe me. :D

attilasoul 2. October 2008, 18:17

How does he know if you look good or not? :left:

gdare 2. October 2008, 18:20

He changed my comment to something bad but I changed it back :irked:

theoddbod 2. October 2008, 22:58

:sherlock:

gdare 3. October 2008, 04:56

:bomb: :bomb: :irked:

Furie 3. October 2008, 09:10

*blows Darko a kiss*

gdare 3. October 2008, 09:37

*takes a shotgun from Zombie's post and destroy Mik*

Furie 3. October 2008, 11:00

*takes shotgun antidote*
Blast away. p:

gdare 3. October 2008, 12:25

takes shotgun antidote



There is no such a thing :devil:
*presses a trigger*

attilasoul 3. October 2008, 12:42

Awww, aren't you two cute together! :D

Furie 3. October 2008, 12:50

See how he's eager to play with his weapon when I'm around. :wink:

Spaggyj 3. October 2008, 13:30

*ahem*

Furie 3. October 2008, 14:14

Now he's in trouble. :lol: I've used that throat clearing before on guys.

Dacotah 3. October 2008, 14:32

:eyes:

qlue 5. October 2008, 11:42

:left:

qlue 8. October 2008, 10:40

ya do realise that by pulling a trigger ya ain't gonna hit much.. sqeeze the damn trigger :whistle:

H82typ 8. October 2008, 18:58

Just remember: when you hit something with a shotgun blast, shit splatters. :lol:

Furie 8. October 2008, 19:22

Yeah, it comes back in your face too. Stings when it hits your eyes.

H82typ 8. October 2008, 19:33

One word: goggles.

:D

H82typ 8. October 2008, 19:35

Two words: Goggles and raincoat. p:

DBabbit 12. October 2008, 04:47

Hey Furie, just dropping by after getting a recommendation from the DUBmaster PHD. :D Cool site :up:

H82typ, don't forget the umbrella. :D


Furie 12. October 2008, 10:46

Welcome Babs. :D

DBabbit 12. October 2008, 11:26

Good morning Furie. :D I like the avatar. :lol: :up:

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