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Dr. Website® Archives 2001

Question:
Dear Dr. Website:
How can I change the appearance of the cursor to look like one of the cursors that in my computer?

Answer:
You can include a style sheet in the head of your page that includes a cursor:

<STYLE type="text/css"> BODY { cursor: crosshair; } </STYLE>

There are other standard cursors you can use, such as:

cursor: help;

Of course you can also use custom mouse cursors, but they must be installed on the user's system before they will work, which requires them accepting a security note (on MSIE). This site:

http://cometzone.cometsystems.com/

has cursors of all sorts, along with the code you can place in your page to allow other folks to see those cursors when viewing your page. Hope this helps,
Thanks,

-- Dr. Website

Question:
Dear Dr. Website: Do java-scripts run without web-server, e.g. if i want to publish html content on a cd-rom ? Or do i need to install server software on the cd ?

Answer:
JavaScript will work without a web server. As long as you have a web browser that supports JavaScript, you shouldn't have any problems. Thanks, -- Dr. Website

Question:
Dear Dr. Website: I am trying to get my commercial web site going and noticed that Yahoo wants $199 to just look at it. Should I pay the money or is there another way to get my web site listed on the major search engines. I bought a spidering program yet had not success with it.

Answer:
The answer to that question depends on whether or not you want to make money from your site, and of course how much money you are prepared to spend on promotion. If you are promoting a personal, "for fun" site, you may not want to spend that kind of money for a search engine submission.

There is no guarantee that it will be in the top of the listings, nor that you will get a substantial amount of traffic from the link, should they include one. If, on the other hand, you wish to make some money on your site, and don't mind spending some money to get your site listed faster, then it may not be a bad way to go. The normal listing process is the same, it just takes longer and is thus free. Other search engines require you to pay a fee in order to be listed.

Again, this simple depends on how much you intend to spend on promotion, and how important it is for you to be listed with that specific search engine.
I hope this has been helpful, -- Dr. Website

Question:
Dear Dr. Website:
In a form, how do I redirect someone to another web page when they click submit? I do not have CGI or ASP capabilities, I want to use the mailto action, but I don't want users to sit on a page after submitting.

Answer:
You can use a javascript function that uses arrays to do it. Here is the working code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!--// function doArray() { var arylnth =doArray.arguments.length; for ( i = 0 ; i < arylnth ; i++ ) { this[i]=doArray.arguments[i] } } function newpage() { var choose = eval(document.dropdown.site.selectedIndex); if( (choose > 0) && (choose < 12) ) { var section=new doArray( '', 'diz980401.html','diz980325.html', 'diz980318.html', 'diz980311.html', 'diz980304.html','diz980225.html',
'diz980218.html','diz980211.html', 'diz980204.html'); top.location=section[document.dropdown.site.selectedIndex];} } file://--> </SCRIPT> <FORM NAME="dropdown"><SELECT NAME="site" onChange="newpage();"> <OPTION SELECTED>April 8, 1998 <option>April 1, 1998 <option>March 25, 1998 <option>March 18, 1998 <option>March 11, 1998 <option>March 4, 1998 <option>February 25, 1998 <option>February 18, 1998 <option>February 11, 1998 <option>February 4, 1998 </SELECT></FORM>

-- Dr. Website

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