Busy — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:07:35 +0000

alt tags are for displaying before and if the image doesn't load
the title attribute (title="description") will display a small tool tip on whatever it is used on, can be used on the body tag (not recommended), links, images, ....

javscript tooltips can be used but they are slow, annoying, wont work if javascript disabled and not all of the scripts work in all browsers.
Ideally a CSS tool tip is the best solution.
lots to choose from, here is a sample of results

demonhale — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:55:35 +0000

My bad, I usually put alt tags with my title tags, so it does work similarly...

Renegade — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:38:46 +0000

Alt text won't display in Firefox no matter how long you hover over it, you will next the title attribute for that.

Alternately, try going to javascriptkit.com and see if you can find a script that will suit your needs.

demonhale — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:43:53 +0000

it could be done, but would require scripting too, by the way davey, alt tags show on FF...

Why not check out dynamicdrive.com , functional DHTML i guess will really work for this...

I was thinking AJAX, but its pretty advanced...

austi003 — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:19:23 +0000

well I know about the alt tag, but that isnt what I had in mind, Im sure I probably need DHTML or javascript for it. One thing I thought about, I can make a paragraph and use css to set it to display:none; , is there a way to trigger it to make my text display only after someone hovers over the image or clicks on it?

DaveyBoy — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:10:33 +0000

Well Firefox won't show your ALT tags on mouseover, will it?

demonhale — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:47:21 +0000

a simple solution to this is use something like this on your alt tag for your a href command...

like so:
or

The Alt tag will display on mouse-over, and is also helpful to your SEO...
alternately images without links can also use the "alt" tag...

An advanced solution is either to use DHTML or javascript...