Hiding the destination url, when using href in PHP?

[Mark]

Hi,

I have the following line in my PHP file.

echo"<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk' target='_top'>Royal
Lays</a>";

How can I change it, so that instead of displaying the web url in Internet
Explorers status bar (bottom left), it displays something more meaningful
like "Royal Lays (UK SITE)"?


Thanks, Mark

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Mark wrote:

> I have the following line in my PHP file.
>
> echo"<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
> target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";
>
> How can I change it, so that instead of displaying the web url in
> Internet Explorers status bar (bottom left), it displays something
> more meaningful like "Royal Lays (UK SITE)"?
>
>

By using a small bit of javascript:

echo "<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
onmouseover='status=\"Royal Lays (UK SITE)\"; return true'
onmouseout='status=\"\"; return true'
target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";


JW

[Mark]

"Janwillem Borleffs" <jw@jwscripts.com> wrote in message
news:416d84d8$0$46396$cd19a363@news.euronet.nl...

> Mark wrote:

>> I have the following line in my PHP file.
>>
>> echo"<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
>> target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";
>>
>> How can I change it, so that instead of displaying the web url in
>> Internet Explorers status bar (bottom left), it displays something
>> more meaningful like "Royal Lays (UK SITE)"?
>>
>>

>
> By using a small bit of javascript:
>
> echo "<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
> onmouseover='status=\"Royal Lays (UK SITE)\"; return true'
> onmouseout='status=\"\"; return true'
> target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";
>
>
> JW
>

That works a treat - thanks very much :-)


Thanks, Mark

[Ron]

What about Mozilla, and Netscape Browsers it seems to ignore the
status completely when using this example?

> Mark wrote:

>> I have the following line in my PHP file.
>>
>> echo"<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
>> target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";
>>
>> How can I change it, so that instead of displaying the web url in
>> Internet Explorers status bar (bottom left), it displays something
>> more meaningful like "Royal Lays (UK SITE)"?
>>
>>

>
> By using a small bit of javascript:
>
> echo "<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
> onmouseover='status=\"Royal Lays (UK SITE)\"; return true'
> onmouseout='status=\"\"; return true'
> target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";
>
>
> JW

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Ron wrote:

> What about Mozilla, and Netscape Browsers it seems to ignore the
> status completely when using this example?
>

IE understands that with 'status', 'window.status' is implied. Gecko engine
based browsers do not, so 'window.status' should be used instead.


JW