December 2004 - Posts

• Modifying the FrontPage Date/Time Web Component

  If you've ever inserted a date or time using Date and Time on the Insert menu in FrontPage, you may have wondered how you can change the date and/or time format. Well, you're not alone. We recently had the following comment from a customer asking for Read More... Posted Friday, December 17, 2004 5:16 PM by lisawoll | 39 Comments Filed under: Tips and Tricks

• Creating a JavaScript Drop-Down Menu in FrontPage

  We posted a new article on MSDN about creating JavaScript drop-down menus . If you read my earlier post about creating a drop-down menu , you may be interested in this article. The article uses a somewhat different method to show and hide menus than the Read More... Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 6:16 PM by lisawoll | 2 Comments Filed under: Articles, JavaScript

• Choosing Colors for your Web Site

  Whether you're creating your first Web site or you're a seasoned Web designer/developer, choosing colors is always problematic. You want to make sure that the color gives the right impression. As Katherine Nolan points out in her article Color it effective: Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:11 PM by lisawoll | 186 Comments Filed under: Tips and Tricks, General

• Creating Image Mouseovers

  After I learned JavaScript, the first thing I did was create an image mouseover. The one I created was relatively simple, just a few lines of code. I've since seen many more complex examples that do basically the same thing as my simple little script. Read More... Posted Friday, December 10, 2004 4:35 PM by lisawoll | 5 Comments Filed under: Tips and Tricks, JavaScript

• Creating a scrolling marquee

  In FrontPage, you can create a scrolling marquee by clicking Insert and Web Component . (You can find it listed under Dynamic Effects.) However, sometimes it's greyed out. This is because FrontPage inserts a MARQUEE element, which is only viewable from Read More... Posted Thursday, December 02, 2004 3:30 PM by lisawoll | 15 Comments Filed under: Tips and Tricks, JavaScript