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Dynamic HTML
DHTML Menu
These references were compiled through a cooperative effort by Toby Brown, Jan Roland Eriksson and Sue Sims. Suggestions are welcome, as are critiques of any of the references listed.
Note that using IE4 or IE5 in 'compatibility mode', dhtml demos linked here may not work as expected. Confirmation is welcome.
W3C References
- The DOM Level 1 recommendation offers renewed hope that standardization will ameliorate cross browser implementation problems.
- DOM Level 2
Demo Pages
- Demos from Andrew Starling, sure to entertain.
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WDVL Demos
- Load on Demand , an article by Shelley Powers explaining the benefit of cross browser objects for simplifying DHTML authoring.
- Shelley Powers' site
- I Shoppe offers interesting dhtml archives of its former look(s):
- Cloud Zone by webmaster, Dan Chick - A sliding castle, floating clouds, and a couple of angels brighten up this site devoted to the Christian music scene. Dan accomplishes animatation across Frames, and is understandably pleased.
- DHTML Demos from Jeff Rule
DHTML Menus
- HierMenus Central
- Popout Menu from Jeff Rule.
- Article and examples from wdvl.com (Aaron Weiss)
- Dynamic Drop down menu from dynamicdrive.dom
- Expandable Outlines from webreference.com
Books and Articles
- DHTML in IE4 - Webreference.com
Tutorials
- WDVL examines DOM
- Webmonkey presents a series of DHTML tutorials by Taylor.
- From Taboca.com
- DHTML Demos
Tutorials from Webreference.com
- Webreference.com presents a 'Drag and Drop tutorial in two
parts:
- Drag and Drop , Part 1 - Netscape)
- Drag and Drop , Part 2 - Cross Broswer
- Dynamic images promises: expanding thumbnail images without leaving the web page presently loaded.
Miscellaneous
- dynamic.html newsgroup - Sponsored by Macromedia, an excellent forum for discussion of DHTML
- Shelley Powers Solves Layers and Forms
- Bitstream Dynamic Fonts
- Dynamic Fonts-Microsoft
Resources
- Dynamic HTML Lab from webreference.com
- CSS-P Cross Reference Library
- Scriptorium from webcoder.com
- DHTML links from all-links.
New Links
- Jeff Thies' 'Mr. Imagination' site. Featuring the art of Mr. Imagination, Jeff's inclusion of drag and drop, widget scrolling, and visibility swapping combine for a most interesting dhtml page.
- Geobranding demo and mini-tutorial, from NetRyder.
- Dreamweaver directory of actions - from Andrew Woolridge.
- Dreamweaver resources from the author of 'The Dreamweaver Bible'.
- About Element Positioning with CSS, from Microsoft
- Filters, Fonts, and a Few Old Friends, is an article by Bryan McCormick covering filters, font embedding, and <ifame> in Internet Explorer.
- Dreamweaver Rollovers explained by Macromedia.
- Dreamweaver's fan page by a frequent contributor to Macromedia's dhtml forum. Note: using Netscape, the above link re-directed - twice - so I have no idea where *you* might end up.
- Microsoft (msdn) on Filters and Transitions
- Andrew Woolridge's Dreamweaver Depot .
- DHTML Diner article :Browser-specific Style Sheets
- From Webreference, an article on the CSS2 property, 'a:hover'.
- Webreference demonstrates Background Image Resize in this article.
- JavaScript Source , from internet.com, includes %7E350 scripts.
- From and for JavaScript novices, crib notes .
- Measuring Element Dimension and Location, from Microsoft.
- The comp.lang.javascript newsgroup (also available via GoogleGroups) has a meta-FAQ.
- Martin Webb mainaints the penultimate JavaScript
FAQ .
- Also included are CSS articles
- and DHTML articles .
- For example, Dynamic Table Sorting
- and a Fancy Background Fader .
- The tutorial, Moving elements in DHTML is well worth reading.
- Microsoft Layers? Martin shows how . (IE)
- What's so dynamic about dynamic html ?
- Dynamic Dropdown Menus
- Developer.com offers Behaviors (IE) .
- Webreference presents a table of Netscape Navigator 4 E vent object properties .
- Also from webreference, Dynamic Tooltips .
- Doc JavaScript covers Pop-out elements .
- Look up lists from Doc JavaScript.
- Webreference article on the cross browser event model .
- NN/IE compatibility , by Webreference.
- How to use external source ,from Dan Steinman
- The problems of Forms and layers are discussed in an article by Dan Steinman.
- Web Developer's Virtual Library presents a tutorial on JavaScript Events .
- Everything you never wanted to know about forms
These references were compiled through a cooperative effort by Toby Brown, Jan Roland Eriksson and Sue Sims. Suggestions are welcome, as are critiques of any of the references listed.