These scripts all deal with JavaScript Messages.
Some will tell you simply the date or time, and others will even
tell you a random quote! They range in difficulty from less than
10 lines to more than 500 lines.
Script Title: Add
Commas
Contributor: Martin Webb
Contributor URL: http://www.irt.org
Details: 1.49 KB * Uploaded November 18 1999
Script Description: Modifies a number by adding commas
after every third digit. For example, 123456789 is converted to
123,456,789. The script example shows this script as used on numbers
of various sizes. And, it demonstrates a clever use of the modulus
operator.
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Script Title: Alert
Details: 0.78 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: If you're just looking for a quick
way to tell your visitor something, use this JavaScript alert!
When they put their cursor on the link, they get the message in
the form of a JavaScript alert!
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Script Title: Alert
& Confirm
Details: 1.03 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: Here is a JavaScript confirm message
that has variable responses. Basically, the response they get
depends on what the user enters.
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Script Title: Auto
Popup Window
Contributor: Rick Johnson
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://rickjohnson.tripod.com
Details: 1.77 KB * Uploaded January 30 2001
Script Description: Automatically opens a small popup window
and closes it after a specified time. Great for displaying important
messages without forcing users to close multiple windows!
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Script Title: Banner
Ads
Details: 1.44 KB * Uploaded July 24 1998
Script Description: Need to rotate banner ads on your site?
How about doing it in JavaScript! This simple little JavaScript
will print out a random banner ad each time your page is viewed.
Awesome!
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Script Title: Banner
Rotater
Contributor: Markus
Fischer ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://josefine.ben.tuwien.ac.at/~mfischer/
Details: 1.74 KB * Uploaded November 10 2000
Script Description: Change banner images on the fly. No
need to reload the page. Neat!
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Script Title: Check
Sorter
Contributor: Tom Folkes
([email protected])
Details: 5.26 KB * Uploaded May 3 1999
Script Description: JavaScript can sort data based on any
field of information. In this example, a checkbook register can
be sorted by date, check number, check amount, or paid to person.
We're one step closer to online banking... ;-)
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Script Title: Confirm
Entry
Details: 0.57 KB * Uploaded March 2 1998
Script Description: This JavaScript asked you if you would
like to continue. If you say "OK", it loads the page. If you click
"CANCEL" (kinda like no) then it takes you back where you came
from. Very neat! Really short!
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Script Title: Daily
Tip
Contributor: Mike W.
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.dvol.com/~users/mikew
Details: 1.46 KB * Uploaded June 23 2000
Script Description: Displays a Tip of the Day on your page.
Some examples include tips on your site, quotes, computer tips,
etc. Just update the tips on a monthly basis.
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Script Title: Dancing
Links
Details: 0.98 KB * Uploaded August 18 1998
Script Description: (Internet Explorer Only!) This little
script will continuously change the highlighted link colors (visited
and unvisited links) in Internet Explorer. Very neat! Netscape
- why doesn't your browser support this? :-)
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Script Title: Date
Message
Details: 2.13 KB * Uploaded December 21 1999
Script Description: Displays your message on the appropriate
day you indicate. For example, you can have it print messages
on holidays, birthdays, or other dates that are important to you
and your site's visitors! Cool!
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Script Title: Default
Status Message
Details: 0.27 KB * Uploaded March 12 1999
Script Description: Here's a neat way to put a message
in the status bar on your page. It will stay there as the default
message! Neat!
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Script Title: Define
It
Details: 0.31 KB * Uploaded April 13 1999
Script Description: Look how easy it is to offer your visitors
a definition to unfamiliar terms on your site. It takes just one
line of code!
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Script Title: Description
Layer
Contributor: Randy
Bennett ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://home.thezone.net/~rbennett/utility/javahead.html
Details: 2.93 KB * Uploaded July 2 1999
Script Description: (4.0+ browsers) Offer your visitors
a quick description or more information about a link before they
visit it. When they put their cursor over a link a layer will
appear describing the link. Your visitors will appreciate the
extra effort, and it looks great too!
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Script Title: Editable
Menu
Contributor: Cyanide_7
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www7.ewebcity.com/cyanide7
Details: 2.12 KB * Uploaded March 16 2000
Script Description: Allows you to modify the text value
of a SELECT menu option. Upon selecting the option, if it is set
as editable, a cursor will appear. To edit the option, simply
type, and press enter when finished (To bring back the old value,
just hit enter.) You can also define any option as "read-only".
Despite some known bugs, it is an amazing script.
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Script Title: Elastic
Bullets
Contributor: Philip
Winston ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://members.xoom.com/ebullets
Details: 6.05 KB * Uploaded February 11 2000
Script Description: Moves a series of images around the
screen as if they were connected to the mouse cursor on a piece
of elastic. In the demo, a series of small circular bullet icons
are used. You could easily use any small images you want. You
have to see it to believe it, wow!
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Script Title: Favorite
Banner
Contributor: Rich Galichon
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.galichon.net
Details: 3.48 KB * Uploaded December 6 2000
Script Description: Display banners while controlling how
often they appear. Great for displaying a preferred banner over
others!
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Script Title: Find
In Page
Contributor: Mike Hall
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://members.aol.com/MHall75819
Details: 1.54 KB * Uploaded July 9 1999
Script Description: Allow your visitors to perform the
same find in page search that Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers
can perform on a page. They just enter a search term and hit enter.
If the term is found on the page it is highlighted. Great!
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Script Title: Footer
Text
Details: 0.90 KB * Uploaded June 9 1999
Script Description: (Version 4.0+ browsers) If adding and
updating links at the bottom of each HTML page of your site is
driving you crazy, here's the solution. JavaScript can read from
an external file and include that code on the bottom of each page.
The external file that it reads (with a .js extension) could contain
the JavaScript code to print your footer text! Then, when the
links change, just update the .js file, and all the other pages
are updated, instantly! Great! (Note: Some servers do not support
external .js files. Contact your system administrator to ensure
you can run it on your site.)
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Script Title: Glow
Text
Contributor: CodeLifter.com
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.codelifter.com
Details: 1.88 KB * Uploaded February 1 2001
Script Description: (Internet Explorer 5.5) Present text
with an amazing glowing border. Automatically changes color, height,
and width of message at a specified rate. Note: Text appears normal
in all other browsers.
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Script Title: Headliner
Contributor: Jan Pijnacker ([email protected])
Details: 5.69 KB * Uploaded February 22 1998
Script Description: When you need to present information
on your site, you should consider this script. Appropriately named
the Headliner, it presents a number of messages to your visitors
in many different formats including a simple scroll, typewriter,
expand, and just static text. Each message when clicked can take
the visitor to a different URL! This script is really great....
Just check it out!
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Script Title: Help
Popups
Contributor: S. Lee
Contributor URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/4000/javascript.html
Details: 5.71 KB * Uploaded May 27 1999
Script Description: Microsoft Windows help boxes are second-nature
to most of us by now. How about having a similar popup help box
on your web site!? When visitors put their cursor on an item you
have defined as having a help popup, it will load very quickly
because JavaScript is actually creating the entire HTML page for
the popup! There are tons of customizations you can play with
the tailor the appearance of the popups to your site. You have
to see this script, it's great!
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Script Title: Hover
Colors
Contributor: Alan Branch
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.technom.com
Details: 1.26 KB * Uploaded April 3 2000
Script Description: (Internet Explorer Only) Make the links
on your site more exciting by changing the link text and background
color when the link is being touched. Each link on your page can
have a unique link and background color. Cool!
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Script Title: Image
Description
Details: 1.55 KB * Uploaded November 8 1999
Script Description: Offer your visitors a short description
when they put their cursor on an image link. Give more information
about what is offered at a site, if it is free or not, or anything
else you think is important for them to know. Neat!
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Script Title: Info
Stories
Details: 2.82 KB * Uploaded May 29 1998
Script Description: Users can click on a headline and read
a short description of the page, feature, or story. They can click
the button to instantly be sent there! Great way to help your
visitors get around your site! (Don't forget to learn from the
coding!)
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Script Title: Information
Box
Details: 2.92 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: Put this useful little script on your
page to display lots of information to your visitors quickly and
effectively. Check it out and see what I mean!
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Script Title: Jitter
Text
Contributor: Michael
Tartaglia ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://travel.to/html-hell
Details: 1.58 KB * Uploaded June 7 1999
Script Description: (Version 4.0+ Browsers) The blink tag
was good at getting your visitors attention, but how quickly it
got annoying.... The newest attention-getter is Jitter Text! Just
enter the text you want to use, and in version 4.0+ browser it
will 'jiggle' around the screen, like jello! And it is not annoying!
Check it out!
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Script Title: Link
Message
Details: 0.46 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: It's nice of you to show your visitors
a little bit about a link before they follow it! When they put
their cursor on a link, a description of the link appears on the
status bar, rather than the URL! I can think of many times this
would be very convenient....
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Script Title: Logo
Orbit
Contributor: Kurt
Grigg ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://website.lineone.net/~kurt.grigg/javascript
Details: 1.93 KB * Uploaded January 26 2001
Script Description: (IE Only) This orbiting 3-D message
follows your mouse around the screen. The message, color and font
are simple to modify!
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Script Title: Menu
Message
Contributor: Stephanie
M. Clarkson ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.sleepingcat.com
Details: 1.54 KB * Uploaded April 2 1998
Script Description: This script does a great job in presenting
lots of information to your visitors without filling up your whole
page. Each listing in the Pulldown Menu shows a different message
in the text box! Give it a try!
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Script Title: Modify
Array
Details: 2.41 KB * Uploaded July 20 1999
Script Description: Demonstrates how to modify an array
by adding elements to or remove elements from the array. Our example
also includes validation to ensure that only valid elements are
removed or that 'reasonable' element indexes are added. Clever!
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Script Title: Moon
Phases
Contributor: James
Thiele (mailto:[email protected])
Details: 1.83 KB * Uploaded August 25 1999
Script Description: Displays the moon's current phase and
estimates the time of the next full moon, using a calculation
of the moon's rotation and the date.
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Script Title: Mouse
Banner
Contributor: Peter Gehrig
Contributor URL: http://www.24fun.ch
Details: 2.08 KB * Uploaded December 29 1999
Script Description: Drags a text message, such as your
site's name, around the screen behind the mouse cursor. Useful
as an attention-grabber on the main page of your site. Don't overuse
this script, though! ;-)
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Script Title: Mouse
Banner 2
Contributor: Kurt
Grigg ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://website.lineone.net/~kurt.grigg/javascript
Details: 2.91 KB * Uploaded December 27 2000
Script Description: Another way to display a banner behind
the cursor. It's easy to change the font, size or color.
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Script Title: Mouse
Trails
Contributor: Marcin
Wojtowicz ([email protected])
Details: 2.44 KB * Uploaded January 5 2000
Script Description: A trail of cursors follow your cursor
around the screen as you move the mouse. The image used here is
transparent so the effect is subtle, but you could use any transparent
image you want. Works in Internet Explorer and Netscape.
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Script Title: Name
Alert
Details: 1.00 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: JavaScript can personally great all
the visitors to your web page! When they enter, they are asked
their name, and then they are greeted! Ah.... The wonders of JavaScript.
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Script Title: Name
Write
Details: 0.69 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: Instead of alerting the user with 'Welcome
Name!' you can write it into your page. This is neat for users
to suddenly be reading along and just stumble upon their own name!
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Script Title: Neon
Text
Contributor: [email protected]
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.bestjavascripts.com
Details: 2.90 KB * Uploaded January 22 2001
Script Description: (IE Only) Display messages using this
unique neon style method. (Netscape will only display the message
normally.) Cool!
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Script Title: OverLIB
Contributor: Erik Bosrup
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/
Details: 7.46 KB * Uploaded February 9 2000
Script Description: This JavaScript library allows you
to display small popup information boxes to help visitors around
your website. When their cursor is over a link, your message can
be displayed in any of a number of box styles. And, since it is
in a '.js' file, you can add the code to your site once and call
it from every page of your site. Impressive!
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Script Title: Phone
Lookup
Details: 1.54 KB * Uploaded October 5 1999
Script Description: Allows the user to enter their area
code and phone number and have the modem dialup phone number for
their area displayed. If their area code matches an area code
as defined in the script, the appropriate dialup number is displayed.
For all other area codes, an error message is displayed. Only
supports one dialup number per area code, though.
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Script Title: Photo
Album
Contributor: Jennifer
Stuart ([email protected])
Details: 7.22 KB * Uploaded August 14 2000
Script Description: Display your pictures in a JavaScript-powered
photo album. The number of images, name of the album, and other
details can be changed. On the individual page for each image,
previous and next buttons allow the user to easily view the rest
of the images. Great!
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Script Title: Print
Page
Details: 0.58 KB * Uploaded July 13 1999
Script Description: Although JavaScript can't print a web
page automatically, it can bring up the print prompt box just
like the print button in the web browser does. The user can click
"OK" to print the page. The script can be placed as a reminder
to your visitors to print out important pages which contain their
passwords, account info, order number, etc. The script can also
be set to automatically remind them when the page loads.
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Script Title: Print
Page (Automatic)
Details: 0.79 KB * Uploaded July 13 1999
Script Description: This automatic version of Print Page
reminds them to print the page as soon as the page finishes loading.
Useful when you want the visitor to print out their order page,
or their account info page, or any other page with sensitive information.
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Script Title: Quick
Alert
Contributor: Agent023
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.abutech.com
Details: 0.57 KB * Uploaded January 28 1998
Script Description: Here is the simpliest and probably
fastest JavaScript alert. As soon as the visitor's browser reads
the JavaScript alert coding, the alert is displayed. This is even
faster than the onLoad alert and even less coding!
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Script Title: Quote
of the Day
Contributor: George Chuang
Details: 5.33 KB * Uploaded July 29 1999
Script Description: A different quote is displayed each
day of the month as the quote of the day. A breeze to customize!
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Script Title: Rainbow
Text
Contributor: Quak Zhixuan
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.chs.edu.sg/~991b20
Details: 1.69 KB * Uploaded November 4 1999
Script Description: Displays your text in a multitude of
rainbow colors. Definitely a visually appealing effect. And, it's
a breeze to modify.
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Script Title: Random
Computer Puns
Details: 2.36 KB * Uploaded June 30 1997
Script Description: If you are a computer junkie, like
me, then you probably will get a kick out of these random computer
quotes all written by JavaScript.
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Script Title: Random
Jokes
Contributor: Randy Hall
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://i.am/randy.hall
Details: 3.17 KB * Uploaded April 14 2000
Script Description: Ask your visitors a random joke or
question from an array of questions. When they put their cursor
over the question, a layer or alert message will appear with the
answer. Cool!
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Script Title: Random
Life Quotes
Details: 3.69 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: If you want a quote to live by, check
out this JavaScript life quotes generator.
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Script Title: Random
Murphy's Laws
Details: 2.46 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: I know you've heard of those witty
little Murphy's Laws... Well, now you can have them on your web
page! JavaScript can pick one and display it randomly each time
your page is loaded!
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Script Title: Random
Name Generator
Contributor: Michael
C. Hundt ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.cinet.net/~mhundt/mystuff.html
Details: 2.81 KB * Uploaded September 23 1999
Script Description: Creates a random male or female character
name for use in a story, movie, play, etc. Cool.
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Script Title: Random
Number
Contributor: Ronnie T. Moore, Editor
Contributor URL: JavaScript
Source Code 2002
Details: 0.94 KB * Uploaded March 22 2000
Script Description: Pass a range of numbers to this JavaScript
function and it will return a random number within that range.
For example, passing the range of [1, 158] would return a number
such as 37, 141, 18, etc. Awesome!
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Script Title: Random
Puns
Details: 1.58 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: Use JavaScript to display one of many
random puns. All are funny!
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Script Title: Random
Quips
Details: 5.44 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: Of all the random message JavaScripts
here at TJS, I probably like this one the most. It is hilarious!
The JavaScript will randomly pick and write a quote to your web
page. They're all funny! You'll love 'em!
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Script Title: Random
Sentences
Details: 20.10 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: Use JavaScript to write a random sentence
to your web page. Unlike the other random scripts that pick one
of 60, this script NEVER uses the same sentence twice! It picks
a new subject, verb, and object combination for each page load.
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Script Title: Rotate
Status
Contributor: Phillip
Bryant ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://fly.to/toxic
Details: 0.84 KB * Uploaded January 4 2001
Script Description: Rotate two messages in the status bar
with this script. Easy to add and modify!
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Script Title: Rotating
Pulldown Menu
Contributor: Dion
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.iinet.net.au/~biab/
Details: 1.05 KB * Uploaded October 6 1999
Script Description: Rotates site messages in a pulldown
menu every few seconds. A good way to conserve screen space and
even allows the user to simply click the pulldown menu to view
all the messages at once. Cool!
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Script Title: Script
Debugger
Details: 0.92 KB * Uploaded June 18 1999
Script Description: Having trouble adding a JavaScript
to your site? Just can't get things working? Add this short script
to your site, and it will report to you JavaScript errors as they
happen in a box on the screen. The idea is that you will see what
the error is, and hopefully give you some ideas on how to fix
it. I actually use this script when I debug scripts!
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Script Title: Show
Link Info
Details: 0.97 KB * Uploaded September 28 1999
Script Description: Let your visitor know exactly where
a link will send them. This short script displays the domain the
link points to as well as the filename of the page in the status
bar at the bottom bar of the browser window.
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Script Title: Slideshow
Details: 1.68 KB * Uploaded June 12 1998
Script Description: Here is our absolute favorite script,
the slideshow. I'm sure it caught your attention! You can customize
it (change the messages, destination page, background color, etc.)
to suit your needs! Great script to use as the introduction to
your site! And, it works inside frames!
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Script Title: Split
String
Details: 0.64 KB * Uploaded June 24 1999
Script Description: The substring() function allows you
to pull out any combination of characters from a string. In this
example, an unformated date string such as 19990422 (which represents
April 22, 1999) can be split up into 1999, 04, and 22. Each of
these are separate variables that you can deal with independently
in your scripts! Neat!
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Script Title: Teletype
Scroller
Contributor: John O'Brien
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.lis.net.au/~obrien
Details: 2.27 KB * Uploaded December 1 2000
Script Description: Now you can type text across the screen
and then scroll it off the page while it fades. Add as many messages
as you need. Awesome!
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Script Title: Text
Highlighter
Contributor: K. Rama Moorthy
Contributor URL:
http://www.suyambhu.bizhosting.com
Details: 1.89 KB * Uploaded December 13 1999
Script Description: Alternates the font color of each character
in a line of text. Useful to catch the attention of your web site
visitors. You may also customize the color and font of the text.
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Script Title: Text
Ripple
Contributor: Ronnie T. Moore, Editor
Details: 1.32 KB * Uploaded September 5 2000
Script Description: The ripple is created by converting
each sequential letter from lower case to upper case. The ripple
speed can be also be changed.
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Script Title: Text
Rotater
Contributor: Bob
Simpson ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.maryjanebrown.net/webmaster
Details: 1.76 KB * Uploaded October 23 2000
Script Description: Automatically rotates a series of messages
within a layer or div based on the user's browser. WC3 DOM Compatible.
Easy!
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Script Title: Time
Message
Details: 1.75 KB * Uploaded August 4 1997
Script Description: This JavaScript is pretty interesting.
It will dynamically (means it is different every time) write to
the screen a message that depends on the time on the visitor's
clock when they load the page. I'm almost positive you've seen
it before. Now, get it on your page!
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Script Title: Welcome
Contributor: Kurt
Grigg ([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://website.lineone.net/~kurt.grigg/javascript
Details: 2.93 KB * Uploaded December 22 2000
Script Description: Customize this Flash style intro to
display a welcome message on your site. Awesome!
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Script Title: Word
Lookup
Contributor: Nick Simonov
([email protected])
Contributor URL: http://www.iln.net
Details: 1.16 KB * Uploaded April 26 2000
Script Description: Just double-click any word in the body
of your web page and a new window will open with its definition
from an online dictionary. Try it out! (Special thanks to iln.net
for sharing their dictionary!)
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Script Title: Zen
Phrases
Contributor: [email protected]
Contributor URL: http://www.wrldpwr.com
Details: 5.32 KB * Uploaded March 5 1998
Script Description: Take advice from the all powerful force
of Zen. Zen will give you three phrases each time you click the
button - the first phrase changes every hour, the second phrase
changes every minute, and the last phrase changes every second.
Try it out!
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