The Dark Furie

Acronyms

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 8:55:18 PM

,

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.
bigsmile

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Comments

Cleanclean Wednesday, October 1, 2008 9:02:50 PM

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)).

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Wednesday, October 1, 2008 9:12:33 PM

YES, IT WORKS! I'm impressed Lord Furie! bigeyes

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, October 1, 2008 9:18:00 PM

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. doh

Cleanclean Wednesday, October 1, 2008 9:42:33 PM

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, October 1, 2008 9:52:03 PM

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

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:01:32 PM

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

H82typ Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:08:11 PM

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

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:22:52 PM

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 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:35:54 PM

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

Mad Scientistqlue Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:39:02 PM

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

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, October 1, 2008 11:13:10 PM

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

Christopher DaSilvadannii Thursday, October 2, 2008 2:24:44 AM

scared It works!

Attila attilasoul Thursday, October 2, 2008 4:18:47 AM

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

Darkogdare Thursday, October 2, 2008 4:48:17 AM

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

Do not change my comments mad bomb

pssst Even though I'm so horny for you. flirt

Moesring Thursday, October 2, 2008 6:10:05 AM

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

pssst 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

pssst 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;
}

Attila attilasoul Thursday, October 2, 2008 6:42:59 AM

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

Mad Scientistqlue Thursday, October 2, 2008 7:24:23 AM

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

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, October 2, 2008 10:08:30 AM

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.

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, October 2, 2008 10:17:51 AM

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

Attila attilasoul Thursday, October 2, 2008 11:43:18 AM

It looks good! up

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, October 2, 2008 3:11:49 PM

Just like it's daddy. happy

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, October 2, 2008 3:14:48 PM

Ask Darko if you don't believe me. bigsmile

Attila attilasoul Thursday, October 2, 2008 6:17:22 PM

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

Darkogdare Thursday, October 2, 2008 6:20:39 PM

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

theoddbod Thursday, October 2, 2008 10:58:42 PM

sherlock

Darkogdare Friday, October 3, 2008 4:56:54 AM

bomb bomb irked

Dark FurieFurie Friday, October 3, 2008 9:10:29 AM

*blows Darko a kiss*

Darkogdare Friday, October 3, 2008 9:37:41 AM

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

Dark FurieFurie Friday, October 3, 2008 11:00:14 AM

*takes shotgun antidote*
Blast away. p

Darkogdare Friday, October 3, 2008 12:25:30 PM

takes shotgun antidote



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

Attila attilasoul Friday, October 3, 2008 12:42:38 PM

Awww, aren't you two cute together! bigsmile

Dark FurieFurie Friday, October 3, 2008 12:50:17 PM

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

Spaggyj Friday, October 3, 2008 1:30:31 PM

*ahem*

Dark FurieFurie Friday, October 3, 2008 2:14:00 PM

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

Dacotah Friday, October 3, 2008 2:32:23 PM

bigeyes

Mad Scientistqlue Sunday, October 5, 2008 11:42:26 AM

left

Mad Scientistqlue Wednesday, October 8, 2008 10:40:01 AM

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

H82typ Wednesday, October 8, 2008 6:58:30 PM

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

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, October 8, 2008 7:22:05 PM

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

H82typ Wednesday, October 8, 2008 7:33:26 PM

One word: goggles.

bigsmile

H82typ Wednesday, October 8, 2008 7:35:30 PM

Two words: Goggles and raincoat. p

DeniseDBabbit Sunday, October 12, 2008 4:47:00 AM

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

H82typ, don't forget the umbrella. bigsmile


Dark FurieFurie Sunday, October 12, 2008 10:46:28 AM

Welcome Babs. bigsmile

DeniseDBabbit Sunday, October 12, 2008 11:26:48 AM

Good morning Furie. bigsmile I like the avatar. lol up

DeniseDBabbit Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:19:21 AM

Hey Furie, I tried this with photos, but can't get it to work. Is there a different code to use for pics?

Dark FurieFurie Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:36:44 AM

Show me the code you're using, including the image code.

DeniseDBabbit Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:59:45 PM

Just figured out what I was doing wrong. : doh
< acronym title=" 5 acre family pond: Bass, bream, & catfish" > <img src=" http://files.myopera.com/DBabbit/images/familypond.jpg " width= " 200 " height= " 200 " alt= " Family Pond " > < /acronym > " [img]http://files.myopera.com/DBabbit/images/Furie-acronymcode.JPG

Dark FurieFurie Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:26:28 PM

Good good. bigsmile Nice to know these tutorials come in handy for people.

DeniseDBabbit Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:43:14 AM

I knew just who to visit for redesigning my site when I came back. bigsmile

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