Blinking Text

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Roger

I have Frontpage 2002. I am trying to make text blink.
The text is inside a cell. I have tried everything to
make the text blink, but it won't blink.

I've tried by going into the "font" dialog box and
I've tried working directly with the html.

I'm stumped, any ideas?
 
Requires javascript.
place this between the head tags:

<script type="text/javascript">
function doBlink() {
var b = document.all.tags("BLINK")
for ( i=0; i < b.length; i++)b.style.visibility = (b.style.visibility
== "" )? "hidden" : "" }
function startBlink() {
if (document.all)setInterval("doBlink()",1000)}
window.onload = startBlink;
</script>

note: the number 1000 indicates the blink rate in milliseconds,
1000 = 1 second. Do not set it lower than 1000 ( one second ) or it can
cause light flicker epileptic attacks in folks subject to epileptic
seizures.


Then where you want the text to blink surround it with
<blink> </blink> like this.

<blink>This text will blink</blink>



I have Frontpage 2002. I am trying to make text blink.
The text is inside a cell. I have tried everything to
make the text blink, but it won't blink.

I've tried by going into the "font" dialog box and
I've tried working directly with the html.

I'm stumped, any ideas?
 
Roger said:
I have Frontpage 2002. I am trying to make text blink.
The text is inside a cell. I have tried everything to
make the text blink, but it won't blink.

I've tried by going into the "font" dialog box and
I've tried working directly with the html.

I'm stumped, any ideas?
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Roger,

You will probably see replies saying, "Don't do that!" I agree, however I
realize that sometimes, even the kitzschiest stuff can have a use. :)

There is a proprietary html tag called <blink> however, I don't think it's
even supported in later generation browsers.

About the only alternative I can think of is to use JavaScript. Try a
Google search for "javascript blink text" and see what you find.
 
You will probably see replies saying, "Don't do that!" I agree, however I
realize that sometimes, even the kitzschiest stuff can have a use. :)

LOL,
As long as it doesn't look like the back glass
of an insane pinball machine.
 
Jack is right about the proprietary nature of <blink>. It was a Navigator
only tag so IE and other browsers won't see it. Even if you are able to get
it set to blink directly in FP (without javascript) it won't work in IE
browsers. You should be able to get at the blink option by setting the page
compatibility to custom under Tools | Page Options | Compatibility. Note
this may enable other features that don't work well with all browsers.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
Mark,

The script I posted works in IE.

:-)

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Jack is right about the proprietary nature of <blink>. It was a Navigator
only tag so IE and other browsers won't see it. Even if you are able to get
it set to blink directly in FP (without javascript) it won't work in IE
browsers. You should be able to get at the blink option by setting the page
compatibility to custom under Tools | Page Options | Compatibility. Note
this may enable other features that don't work well with all browsers.
 
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