i signed up to daniweb a few weeks ago when i was having problems with visual basic which after a lot of searching on google i managed to solve for myself. i am now having a go at building a website and have been using dreamweaver which makes things very simple to achieve while i'm still learning how to html works.
i have put some of my photos on one of the pages and i have been trying to go from clicking on a thumbnail to opening a new small window containing a bigger picture. i realised from studying the source code of other websites that do this that i needed to use javascript but i have been having trouble finding something that works properly in firefox and ie (i am using ie7 if it matters). when you click on one of the thumbnails eg: the picture of a lorry on http://www.fieryidris.co.uk/Pictures/InterestingLorry.htm the new window opens with the bigger picture but then continues 'thinking' even when all of the picture is loaded.
i lifted the javascript code from another website so i don't completely understand it ,i can see that it is controlling the size and appearance of the new window , but there is also a random math bit i'm not sure what that does?
is there something i need to add to the javascript code to make the new window stop saying 'transferring data from www.fieryidris.co.uk ' or have i used some rubbish javascript and need to use a different javascript?
Your function needs a "document.close()" statement.
thankyou for your reply.
i had found a mention of document.close() somewhere else yesterday evening but i can't work out where i should add it to the javascript?
