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Moonlit
06-13-2004, 06:04 AM
Could someone elxplain the elements of this? And what it is...
Thanks!

<p class="menuinfocus" onmouseover="this.className='menuinfocus'" onmouseout="this.className='menuinfocus'" onClick="document.location.href='/elfwood.pike?1795'"><a href="/elfwood.pike?1795" class="menulink">Start Page</a></p>
<p class="submenu" onmouseover="this.className='submenumenuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='submenu'" onClick="document.location.href='/news2/news.pike?67219'"><a class="menulink" href="/news2/news.pike?67219" >Recent Additions</a></p>
<p class="submenu" onmouseover="this.className='submenumenuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='submenu'" onClick="document.location.href='/feature/picks/info.html?67219'"><a class="menulink" href="/feature/picks/info.html?67219" >Highlights</a></p>
<p class="submenu" onmouseover="this.className='submenumenuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='submenu'" onClick="document.location.href='/newsemail.html?67219'"><a class="menulink" href="/newsemail.html?67219" >News Emails</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/about.html?1795'"><a href="/about.html?1795" class="menulink">About Elfwood</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/art.html?1795'"><a href="/art.html?1795" class="menulink">SF&amp;F Art</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/libr/library.html?1795'"><a href="/libr/library.html?1795" class="menulink">Stories</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/fanq/fanq.html?1795'"><a href="/fanq/fanq.html?1795" class="menulink">Fan Art</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/farp/?1795'"><a href="/farp/?1795" class="menulink">Tutorials (FARP)</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/find.html?1795'"><a href="/find.html?1795" class="menulink">Find Stuff...</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/help.html?1795'"><a href="/help.html?1795" class="menulink">Help</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/erb/rules.html?1795'"><a href="/erb/rules.html?1795" class="menulink">The Rules</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/join.html?1795'"><a href="/join.html?1795" class="menulink">Join Us</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='http://www.woodworksezine.com/?1795'"><a href="http://www.woodworksezine.com/?1795" class="menulink">eZine <img width=13 height=10 border=0 src=http://ewancient.lysator.liu.se/gfx/arrow2.gif></a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/associates.html?1795'"><a href="/associates.html?1795" class="menulink">Associates</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='http://elftown.lysator.liu.se/?1795'"><a href="http://elftown.lysator.liu.se/?1795" class="menulink">Elftown <img width=13 height=10 border=0 src=http://ewancient.lysator.liu.se/gfx/arrow2.gif></a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/discussions.html?1795'"><a href="/discussions.html?1795" class="menulink">Discussions</a></p>
<p class="menu" onmouseover="this.className='menuselected'" onmouseout="this.className='menu'" onClick="document.location.href='/contact/contact.html?1795'"><a href="/contact/contact.html?1795" class="menulink">Contact Us</a></p>

why
06-13-2004, 08:01 AM
Its a menu with the following links to pages

Start Page
Recent Additions
Highlights
News Emails
About Elfwood
SF&F Art
Stories
Fan Art
Tutorials (FARP)
Find Stuff...
Help
The Rules
Join Us
eZine
Associates
Elftown
Discussions
Contact Us

pb&j
06-13-2004, 11:56 AM
these parts...
onmouseover="this.className='menuinfocus'" onmouseout="this.className='menuinfocus'"
are probably calling a javascript function that will "focus" that part of the menu in some way. actually that could be just what the function is called only, it depends really on what is inside of the function itself.

it is confusing why they have an onclick in those considering the link tag itself will redirect the browser... redundant.