Dynamic Drive- Nudging text!

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Nudging text!

Author: Matthias De Schagt | homepage

Note: Modified by Dynamic Drive to function in NS6

Description: This attention craving text contains letters that constantly nudge one another. The effect is visible in both IE4+ and NS6. Please see technical note below...

Demo:

Directions

Step 1: Simply paste the below code where you wish the text to appear on your page:

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<script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Nudging text by Matthias (info@freejavascripts.f2s.com) Modified by Dynamic Drive to function in NS6 For this script and more, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com */ //configure message message="Welcome to Dynamic Drive!" //animate text in NS6? (0 will turn it off) ns6switch=1 var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all mes=new Array(); mes[0]=-1; mes[1]=-4; mes[2]=-7;mes[3]=-10; mes[4]=-7; mes[5]=-4; mes[6]=-1; num=0; num2=0; txt=""; function jump0(){ if (ns6&&!ns6switch){ jump.innerHTML=message return } if(message.length > 6){ for(i=0; i != message.length;i++){ txt=txt+"<span style='position:relative;' id='n"+i+"'>"+message.charAt(i)+"</span>"}; jump.innerHTML=txt; txt=""; jump1a() } else{ alert("Your message is to short") } } function jump1a(){ nfinal=(document.getElementById)? document.getElementById("n0") : document.all.n0 nfinal.style.left=-num2; if(num2 != 9){ num2=num2+3; setTimeout("jump1a()",50) } else{ jump1b() } } function jump1b(){ nfinal.style.left=-num2; if(num2 != 0){num2=num2-3; setTimeout("jump1b()",50) } else{ jump2() } } function jump2(){ txt=""; for(i=0;i != message.length;i++){ if(i+num > -1 && i+num < 7){ txt=txt+"<span style='position:relative;top:"+mes[i+num]+"'>"+message.charAt(i)+"</span>" } else{txt=txt+"<span>"+message.charAt(i)+"</span>"} } jump.innerHTML=txt; txt=""; if(num != (-message.length)){ num--; setTimeout("jump2()",50)} else{num=0; setTimeout("jump0()",50)}} </script> </head> <body> <h2><div id="jumpx" style="color:green"></div></h2> <script> if (document.all||document.getElementById){ jump=(document.getElementById)? document.getElementById("jumpx") : document.all.jumpx jump0() } else document.write(message) </script>

Technical Note

The nudging effect in NS6 (as of NS6.01) is currently quite choppy, a problem we believe is inherent to the browser, and hopefully will go away as NS6 matures. In the meantime, we've included a variable inside this script that allows you to turn off the animation in NS6. Yes, we're too considerate :)