phyllis — Mon, 03 Apr 2000 13:09:00 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion! I will give that a try. I could see why my own attempts wouldn't work but not how to fix them. I had hoped to somehow combine a script for show/hide layers with a function to write single or multiple columns, but I guess that's over my head -- I'm only just learning JavaScript. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion!

Phyllis

Lloyd Hassell — Mon, 03 Apr 2000 05:59:00 +0000

Here is my suggestion. Instead of using a form, use a confirm box as the page is loading to ask Netscape users if they want multiple columns.

code:

if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") != -1) {
   if (confirm("Would you like multiple columns?")) {
      // write body text with muliplte columns
      }
   else {
      // write single column text
      }
   }[/code]

To store your body text in a variable do this:

code:var bodyText = "";
bodyText += "<p>text here</p>";
bodyText += "<hr>....";[/code]