Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:44:00 +0000

Why does it matter if it is JavaScript or DHTML?

The bottom line is that it works.

Suzanne — Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:16:00 +0000

Well, that page has CSS and JavaScript on it, though it doesn't work. So the combination of CSS and JavaScript that would appear to be supposed to be changing the text would be dynamic.

However CSS can be used for other things that aren't dynamic, much as wheels can be for trucks, cars, bikes, bicycles, toys, watches, washing machines, et cetera...

As I said before, DHTML is using different languages to achieve interactivity (yes, without reloading a page, you are correct), but each of those languages is not part of DHTML, DHTML is the combination of those languages.

By the way, on the page you mentioned, you should have <style type="text/css"> for the CSS so it works properly and it should be within the <head></head> tags.

Generally the JavaScript needs to be before the things it effects, and usually in the <head></head> tags as well.

You can't have a tag open in the <head> tag and close in the <body> tag -- that's a wicked nesting error, and for a font tag, it's pointless, anyway.

Anyway, yeah, it would be dynamic if it worked.

Suzanne

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Suzanne — Mon, 21 Feb 2000 07:36:00 +0000

With all due respect, that is like saying that a wheel is a car.

Suzanne

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NSS — Mon, 21 Feb 2000 05:16:00 +0000

Can anyone define whether this is a Static or Dynamic html page.

It uses Dynamic text style and some JavaScript. http://www.unitronics.com/dts.htm

NSS http://www.unitronics.com

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1)Dynamic HTML is not about server-side scripts, Java applets, or animated GIF images. All of these can acomplish nifty things on their own, except for changing the content of the Web page without a return trip to the server.

2)Dynamic HTML is about grabbing hold of any element on the page, at any time after the page has downloaded, and changing its appearance, content, or location on the page.This includes a lot of neat things, such as dragging images from one place to another or expanding and collapsing documents that provide instant results to a user.

The above was copied from the book:

Dynamic HTML in a WEEK by Bruce Campbell and Rick Darnell

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NSS — Mon, 21 Feb 2000 03:43:00 +0000

In my opinion, CSS is considered as DHTML as CSS is also one part of the DHTML family that you use to enhance your page.

CSS usage:

1)Inline style sheet.

2)Embedded style sheet.

3)External(linked) style sheet.

NSS http://www.unitronics.com

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Suzanne — Sun, 20 Feb 2000 19:53:00 +0000

Um, that's not DHTML...

That is a local style sheet. And it won't work in Netscape. Hover only works in IE 4+ at the moment, though it may work in Netscape 5. Removing the underline will work in both browsers, though.

For more on CSS, I have a collection of links at links - css that includes the Master List from webreview, the w3c style sheet validator, and more.

DHTML, by the way, uses HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActiveX, Visual Basic and the DOM (and other languages, too) to create movement on web pages. It isn't a language on its own, it is a way of using different languages for an interactive effect.

Suzanne

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Eugene Grinberg — Sun, 20 Feb 2000 09:09:00 +0000

You could use the following Dynamic HTML:

Eugene Grinberg http://www.interprosolution.com
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