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28Jul/090

How to make the text dance in the status bar of the browser on which your site is opened

Here is how you can make the text dance in the status bar of the browser on which your site is opened.

Put the code below within your site's source code. If you dont know how to implement this code into your site, please goto how to implement the code to your website

Code:

<!-- this script is from www.manycodes.com -->

<!--   DESCRIPTION:  This will make your text bounce in the
status bar of the browser.

 INSTRUCTIONS:  Place this script in the HEAD tags of
your webpage.  Then place the text you want to be bounced in
the area that says, "YOUR MESSAGE HERE".

 FUNCTIONALITY: Works in both Netscape & IE.
-->

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
//Modified by CoffeeCup Software
//This code is Copyright (c) 1997 CoffeeCup Software
//all rights reserved. License is granted to a single user to
//reuse this code on a personal or business Web Site.



var yourtext = "* YOUR MESSAGE HERE! *";
var wedge1="                        ";
var wedge2="                        ";
var message1=wedge1+yourtext+wedge2;
var dir = "lside";
var speed = 50;

function bouncey() {

 if (dir == "lside") {
 message2=message1.substring(2,message1.length)+"  ";
 window.status=message2;
 setTimeout("bouncey();",speed);
 message1=message2;

 if (message1.substring(0,1) == "*") {
 dir="rside";
 }
 }

 else {
 message2="  "+message1.substring(0,message1.length-2);
 window.status=message2;
 setTimeout("bouncey();",speed);
 message1=message2;
 if (message1.substring(message1.length-1,message1.length) == "*") {
 dir="lside";
 }
 }
}

// -- End Hiding Here -->
</SCRIPT>

<body onLoad="bouncey()">
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