What's New (page 3 of 7)

December 14th, 2004

Link Floatie script Credits: Dynamic Drive
Link Floatie script lets you display a description of a link or additional content onMouseover. The floatie gradually fades into view in the lower right corner of the browser. It's a tooltip, but not.

Gradual Highlight image script Credits: Dynamic Drive
A complete rewrite of the original script first introduced over 2 years ago, the Gradual Highlight image script is now better than ever! Works cross browser (IE and Mozilla/ Firefox) and easier to implement, your image links will never look the same thanks to it.

November 19th, 2004

Bookmark Site script Credits: Dynamic Drive
Well, you asked for it. This is a Bookmark site script, whereby the viewer can easily bookmark your site by clicking on a link. And now to the part you asked for- this script is cross browser functional, and works in both IE4+ and NS6+/ Firefox.

DOM image rollover II Credits: Adam Smith
This script makes it easy to add rollover/ mousedown effects to any image on the page, including image submit buttons. Automatically preloads images as well.

October 27th, 2004

Cool DHTML Tooltip II Credits: Dynamic Drive
Fancy looking tooltips with an "arrow" pointer are commonly found in desktop applications. Well, now you can add a similarly looking tooltip to your webpage! Similar in function to the original Cool DHTML Tooltip.

October 13th, 2004

Form field Progress Bar Credits: Ron Jonk
Similar in function to Form Field Limiter, this script allows you to restrict the number of characters inside a form element (ie: textarea) while displaying a progress bar on the remaining characters beneath it.

WinXP Progress Bar Credits: Brian Gosselin
A great looking pure DHTML progress bar that resembles the one seen in Window XP's startup screen. All visual aspects of the bar can be customized, and the script can be invoked multiple times to display multiple bars on the same page. This great visual script works in both IE5+ and NS6+.

September 17th, 2004

No Select Text script Credits: Dynamic Drive
This script disables the user's ability to select text on the page when added. You may recall that this is an old script, though we've just rewritten it to omit form elements in NS6+, which up until now prevented forms from working once the script was added.

Daily iframe content II Credits: Dynamic Drive
This script loads a different page into an iframe daily, depending on the day of the month (1-31). Use it to serve up daily, changing content easily.

Tab Content script Credits: Dynamic Drive
We got our inspiration for this script from Yahoo's frontpage, which uses something similar to organize its search tools. Tab Content Script is a standards compliant, 2 level content script. Click on a tab, and additional content appears beneath it while contracting any previously open content.

August 24th, 2004

Jim's DHTML Menu (v 5.7) Credits: Jim Salyer
Ok, we're declaring August to be DHTML Menus month! Jim's DHTML Menu has now entered into version 5.7 (from 5.3), and with that comes one of the biggest update yet. Everything from Opera 7/ Safari support, doctype=strict compatibility, to drop down over forms support, much more efficient code etc, you'll actually be enthusiastic about upgrading!

August 19th, 2004

JsDOMenuBar Credits: Toh Zhiqiang
jsDOMenuBar is a cross browser horizontal menu bar based on its cousin jsDomenu. It supports unlimited menu bar items, can be set to be draggable, and positioned either absolutely or relatively. Gotta love what DHTML can bring to site navigation!

AnyLink Drop Down Menu Credits: Dynamic Drive
This is a versatile drop down menu that can be applied to ordinary links on your page, including image links. It can be activated either onMouseover or onClick.

June 29th, 2004

DD Tab Menu II Credits: Dynamic Drive
Similar to DD Tab Menu below, this one uses images instead for the tabs themselves. The script itself is a standards compliant, 2 level tab menu. Move your mouse over a tab, and additional content appears beneath it.

July 14th, 2004

Chained Select Menu Credits: Xin Yang/ Dynamic Drive
We decided to create a separate page to showcase using "Chained Selects" below to create a functional navigational menu. Called "Chained Select Menu", this modified script contains a helper function that loops through the interdependant select lists, and if an "end selection" has been made, takes the user to that selection's value (aka URL). Update- Added user selection persistence feature.

Chained Selects Credits: Xin Yang
Chained Selects allows you to "chain" any number of form selection lists together in an interdependent manner, creating a multi-level form menu! Very unique, very powerful. Update- Added user selection persistence feature.

July 2nd, 2004

Bullet Link script Credits: Dynamic Drive
This unique script dynamically positions a "bullet" image of your choice alongside arbitrary links when the mouse moves over them, "highlighting" them. Simply give the links in question a CSS class name of "ddbullet", and the script handles the rest. Great way to draw attention to specific links on your page.

DHTML Billboard script Credits: Dynamic Drive
Real life billboards use interesting transitional effects in between messages to catch viewers' attention. Well, so does this DHTML billboard script (IE5.5+ only)! The script uses regular DIV tags to contain all the messages you wish to be shown, for ease of customizing them.

June 16th, 2004

DD Tab Menu Credits: Dynamic Drive
DD Tab Menu is a standards compliant, 2 level tab menu. Move your mouse over a tab, and additional content appears beneath it. The script uses CSS to control all of its appearance, and plain HTML to implement the entire menu tabs and contents.

IFRAME Scroller Credits: Dynamic Drive
After numerous bug reports with the original IFRAME Scroller, we decided it was time to just let it go and start fresh. Behold the new IFRAME Scroller, which features numerous improvements under the hood, the most important being it no longer "stalls" and jams up every once in a while in IE. Fresh is good.

June 2nd, 2004

Tabbed document viewer Credits: Dynamic Drive
Using a tabbed interface, this DHTML script lets you display external web pages inline on your page, with the help of the IFRAME tag. This script works in IE5+ and NS6+, and degrades well with the rest (as tabs are simply regular links).

Snow Effect without images Credits: Kurt Grigg
This script uses a series of DIV tags to create falling snow that trickles down an entire webpage, without using images. Yes, we're aware it's Summer right now :)

May 4th, 2004

Memory Ticker Credits: Dynamic Drive
This thoughtful DHTML ticker remembers the last viewed message just before the visitor navigates to another page, and upon his return, picks up the message display from where it last left off. For tickers that contain many messages, it quickly becomes an indispensable feature.

Memory Scroller Credits: Dynamic Drive
Similar in concept to the above, this DHTML scroller remembers its last scrolled position just before the visitor navigates to another page, and upon his return, picks up the scrolling from where it last left off. For scrollers that contain a long message, your visitors will surely appreciate this functionality.

April 14th, 2004

Iframes SSI script II Credits: Dynamic Drive
Well, less than a month has passed, and already a spinoff! This is a variation of the original Iframes SSI script, both of which allow you to snugly include the contents of another page using IFRAMEs. However, it differs from Version I in that you can load additional documents into the IFRAME even after the page has loaded, and the IFRAME will dynamically adjust its height to fit the new document as well.

April 13th, 2004

MultiFrame slide show Credits: Dynamic Drive
One inherent limitation of most slideshow scripts is that they can only display one image at a time, making it very cumbersome for your visitors to go through them in cases where there's a long list of images to show. Well, this image slideshow supports "multiple frames", so you can display more than one image at once.

Sequential Content revealer Credits: Dynamic Drive
With this script, you can initially hide any number of content and reveal them one at a time in sequence, like in a presentation. Control precisely the pause between each content.

March 25th, 2004

Iframes SSI script Credits: Dynamic Drive
Want to dynamically include the contents of another page onto the current using client side means? This script uses the IFRAME tag, and by automatically resizing it based on the actual height of the containing page, allows you to seamlessly display external content on your page. It's SSI DHTML style!

Jim's DHTML Menu v5.0 Credits: Jim Salyer
This script creates an absolutely positioned, cross browser navigational bar for your site. Efficient and small in file size, it can be set as either a horizontal or vertical menu, supporting multiple levels.

March 8th, 2004

Amazon style Drop-in content box Credits: Dynamic Drive
We modeled this script after an effect seen on the frontpage of Amazon.com. A content box drops in from "midair", and can display anything of your choice. The frequency of the box appearing can be precisely controlled.

Vertical Text script Credits: Dynamic Drive
Text has always been displayed horizontally (in the Western World at least), until now! This script harnesses the "writing-mode" attribute of CSS, supported in IE5.5+, to display any text vertically in those browsers. Great for showing items such as copyright text, special notices etc.

February 20th, 2004

Floating iFrame Credits: Dynamic Drive
This script creates a floating iframe, so the iframe stays static and always in view even when the page is scrolled. Display content from a separate page prominently using it.

Image Thumbnail viewer II Credits: Dynamic Drive
This image script loads and displays a larger image inline on the page when a thumbnail is clicked on. Great for letting visitors preview from many images then select the one of his choice to view all on the same page. With features like fade-in effect and optional image preloading, this thumbnail viewer script is also a big thumbs up!

February 2nd, 2004

Pop-up image Script Credits: Dynamic Drive
Turn your images into depressible, pop-up buttons! This script creates the illusion of an elevated image by applying a shadow and shifting the image to the up and left. When the user holds down the mouse, the shadow is deleted, and the image shifted back to its usual position...just like a button!

January 12th, 2004

JsDOMenu Credits: Toh Zhiqiang
JsDOMenu is back, and with a vengeance! A few months ago we featured version 1.0 of this script. Well, 1.1.3 has now arrived, with new features that make this menu truly usable and practical. JsDOMenu can now act as both a context or regular, absolutely positioned menu, with support for unlimited submenus and a wide variety of browser support.

Sticky Note script Credits: Dynamic Drive
Sticky Note is an attractive DHTML script that pops up at the center of the page to display anything of your choice. Customize everything from how often the Note should appear on the page, for how long, and whether a fade-in effect should be accompanied. A great script to broadcast important messages to your users!

December 12, 2003

Advanced Gallery script Credits: Dynamic Drive
This robust gallery script allows you to display and rotate entire blocks of HTML on demand. Display images, text, or rich HTML in a dynamic manner. Set the script to automatically cycle through the contents like in a scroller, or via manual selecting through a drop down menu. Very cool!

December 8th, 2003

Translucent slide show Credits: Dynamic Drive
Don't just display images, showcase them in style using this sleek image slideshow script! Images are animated in from the left edge, with a translucent effect applied during the process. Each image can be independently hyperlinked and with its own link target.

Document Magnifier Credits: Christian Patzer
This script takes full advantage of IE5.5's zoom-in feature to allow you to selectively magnify any area of a webpage. Just updated to version 2.0, which features improved user interface and bug fixes.

November 17th, 2003

Cool DHTML Tooltip Credits: Dynamic Drive
This script evolved from us wanting to replace the original DHTML Tooltip script, which made a huge and unnecessary production out of the simple "document.title" attribute of HTML. Well, the replacement script is a lot more relevant, practical, and elegant. Use it to display additional information about a link or any other element when the mouse moves over it. A customizable tooltip pops up, which works in all modern DHTML browsers- IE4+, NS6+, and Opera 7+.

3D spinning message Credits: Peter Gehrig
How about some good PR for IE's VML (vector markup language) technology? 3D Spinning Message uses it to display/rotate messages on the top of the page via a circular animation. Everything from the size of the "circle" to the colors of the text can be customized. A good script to capture people's attention.

October 30th, 2003

Basic Calendar Credits: Brian Gosselin
If you need a simple, elegant calendar to display the current days of the month, Basic Calendar is an excellent script for the purpose. Uses CSS to allow easy changing to its appearance, everything from calendar dimensions, colors, down to the font used to highlight the current day.

Book Flip slideshow Credits: Ger Versluis
We're pleased to roll out another visually impressive DHTML slideshow by Ger. This one simulates a page turning to reveal two new slides (images) at once. Each slide can be linked, and furthermore, the slideshow supports both horizontal and vertical flipping. Enjoy!

October 3rd, 2003

Carousel slideshow Credits: Ger Versluis
Display and showcase images in a 3D, carousel fashion with this highly unique, great slideshow script. Each image can optionally be hyperlinked, with the direction of the slideshow configurable as well.

Phong II Credits: Nathan
Phong, or DHTML Ping Pong, is back, ready to take you on when you are. This version is DOM2 powered, and works in IE, NS6+, and Opera7+.

September 26th, 2003

Image Thumbnail Viewer Credits: Dynamic Drive
If you showcase images of any type on your site, this script should come in handy. It allows you to set up text links or image thumbnails that when clicked on, loads the intended image on the screen, inline within the same page. The image can be dragged around and set to center on the page.

The script is a rewrite of the original Image Thumbnail Viewer. A noteworthy point that offers a glimpse into where we're heading is that in this new script, we've decided to remove the codes pertaining to NS4. This resulted in a much leaner script, and we find the time is now ripe to start removing NS4 support within new and modified scripts when the benefits are clear.

September 22nd, 2003

Document Text Sizer Credits: T Kang
Wired.com has this feature. So does Netscape DevEdge. We're talking about the ability for the visitor to resize the web site's text on demand. With Taewook's script, your site can have it too! Visitors click on an Increase or Decrease Font Size link to control the page's text size at will.

September 1st, 2003

Multi-part content script Credits: Dynamic Drive
This great script enables long content on your page to be viewed in sequential view. It break up arbitrary content into multiple parts, viewable one part at a time via "back" and "foward" links. Now that's Dynamic HTML at work!

August 4th, 2003

Different CSS depending on Operating System Credits: Dynamic Drive
This script allows you to conditionally apply two different style sheets to your page depending on whether the user's Operating System is Mac or PC (default). The style sheet to load can either be two global inline styles or external CSS files.

July 21st, 2003

Switch Content Script Credits: Dynamic Drive
You're going to love this one. This useful script allows you to make arbitrary content on your webpage contract/expand on demand. The user clicks on designated headers to reveal additional content. The script comes with an optional persistence feature to help it remember the folding state of the content when the user exists the page. A great way to save space while organizing content on your webpage into more managable portions to the viewer.

DHTML Tip Message Credits: Essam Gamal
Well, it certainly created a nice little dilemma, but in the end, we decided it was best simply to replace the popular OverLib script (branded as Popup Information Box on DD) with a new, leaner script by Essam. DHTML Tip Message helps describe important links on your page by popping up a rich information box. It is extremely versatile in its placement and special effects to render as the tooltip is being displayed.

June 30th, 2003

Switch Menu Credits: Martial B
Switch Menu is a unique navigational script with characteristics of a folding tree. It dynamically expands the chosen menu item when clicked on (revealing the containing links) while contracting the rest. Uses the DOM of IE5/NS6+ while degrading nicely with older browsers.

Flashing links script Credits: Dynamic Drive
The Flashing link script has become popular as an easy way to draw attention to important links on your page. Just rewritten for NS6/Opera7 functionality plus a much more efficient algorithm.