Popup or Alt Tag title

[Scotmk]

Hi

I need to have a some links on the content pages that either open up a popup or a hidden layer which then has a desciption in the box, either to be closed when finished.

I have tried using the title box (alt tag properties) in the link options which work, but only stays on the screen for about 4-5 seconds.

I am using the new joomla system from here. It also needs to be usable be non technies so not custom changes, as will be updated by other staff. and I really dont want to create a new page for each of these as maybe updated all the time.

HELP!

Thanks

Thanks

[Lithium]

Under Dreamweaver 9, part of the SPRY framework is a thing called "Lightbox" which covers the screen with something... never used, just saw it in a magazine...


For stuff where I want to show additions - the best way (my opinion) is to avoid using popups etc - it can't be filtered by popup blockers then...

So I use Div's and a bit of javascript to show or hide it.

function ShowLayer( whichLayer ){  

	var elem, vis;  
	
	if( document.getElementById ) // this is the way the standards work    
		elem = document.getElementById( whichLayer );  
	else if( document.all ) // this is the way old msie versions work      
		elem = document.all[whichLayer];  
	else if( document.layers ) // this is the way nn4 works    
		elem = document.layers[whichLayer];  
	vis = elem.style;  // if the style.display value is blank we try to figure it out here  
	
	if(vis.display==''&&elem.offsetWidth!=undefined&&elem.offsetHeight!=undefined)    
		vis.display = (elem.offsetWidth!=0&&elem.offsetHeight!=0)?'block':'block';  
		vis.display = (vis.display==''||vis.display=='block')?'block':'block';

}

function HideLayer( whichLayer ){  

	var elem, vis;  
	
	if( document.getElementById ) // this is the way the standards work    
		elem = document.getElementById( whichLayer );  
	else if( document.all ) // this is the way old msie versions work      
		elem = document.all[whichLayer];  
	else if( document.layers ) // this is the way nn4 works    
		elem = document.layers[whichLayer];  
	vis = elem.style;  // if the style.display value is blank we try to figure it out here  
	
	if(vis.display==''&&elem.offsetWidth!=undefined&&elem.offsetHeight!=undefined)    
		vis.display = (elem.offsetWidth!=0&&elem.offsetHeight!=0)?'none':'none';  
		vis.display = (vis.display==''||vis.display=='block')?'none':'none';

}

Then just call it as a URL

text

then just have a <div id=mydivid> content </div>

there's probably a better way of doing it... but where I've used this before it's been really well appreciated... by staff :|

[Scotmk]

Thanks, I will try and have a go.

[Lithium]

I neglected to mention that it needs to be

<div id=mydivid style="display: none">

to be hidden, or show to be shown by default - some browsers are a bit nit picky about using the display style without it being there.