hello, my 1st post....
i want to have a blinking cursor at the end of a sentence on my site. just like the blinking cursor on this page. does anyone know how to do this?
i cant figure it out. im a rookie at website design so please dont get too technical. any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks.
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Jump to PostThe only way I could think of doing this is with DHTML. Check out http://www.dynamicdrive.com for some cool special effects.
Jump to PostI understand what you mean. It's just that what you're asking for cannot be done with standard HTML. You need a scripting language such as DHTML to accomplish special effects on web pages. A blinking cursor is, indeed, a special effect ;)
Jump to PostSure. Most web pages use HTML, hypertext markup language, to add formatting to standard text. For example, you can use tables, colors, bold/italic fonts, etc.
If you want to do anything beyond the scope of that, you need a scripting language such as DHTML or JavaScript, for example.
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Jump to PostThis would probably take alot of complex coding; it is easier done in flash, you can Google for Swish and mess around with the typewriter effect on there.
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