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With the internet public becoming more and more averse
to in-your-face advertising, you'll probably want to
implement this article with some good taste.
This article shows you how to put an image and/or text
into the top-right corner of your web page. When the
page is scrolled, your image/text stays in the top-right
corner.
The demo page at http://willmaster.com/a/8/pl.pl?84artdemo
shows you how it works.
Geocities.com uses a similar idea to float their Yahoo
image or other ad on their member's sites. Pages on sites
whose hosting services preempt that space may not be able
to use the code presented with this article.
The floating ad could be (as examples)
- a small logo,
- a link to a news item,
- a text link to a special area of your site (such as "FAQ" or "Terms of Service"),
- a "Click to Buy" button image linking to an order page,
- an ezine subscription form,
- an affiliate banner, or
- a link that launches a popup window with additional content.
You'll think of other ways to use it.
The part that floats is placed between CSS <span...></span>
tags. Thus, it can contain any HTML code.
Server Side Includes can be used between the
<span...></span> tags, which means you can use Master Site
News, Master Daily Content, or Master Merry-Go-Round to
insert the floating content. (The Master Series of scripts
are available at http://willmaster.com/a/8/pl.pl?cgi )
This is what you do:
- Retrieve the 27 lines of JavaScript from the demo page at
http://willmaster.com/a/8/pl.pl?84artdemo and place it in
the <head></head> area of your page.
- Put onLoad="StartFloat()" into the <body... tag.
- Put these lines into the page content (<body></body>) area:
<span align="right" id="AdFloater"
style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden; top: 1px;">
[CONTENT]
</span>
- Replace [CONTENT] in the above lines with whatever you want
to have float on your page.
That's all there's to it!
Done with good taste, it could be an asset to your site.
Copyright 2001 William Bontrager
Programmer/Publisher, "WillMaster Possibilities" ezine
http://willmaster.com/possibilities/
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Business Home Page: http://willmaster.com/
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