how to create an on-mouse comment in posts?

[zlamushka]

Hi Radu,

wow, it worked, have a look... burntmouth.blogspot.com/2007/06/preparation-and-storage-of-spices.html

it s the very first link under the title, the expl. of Kitchen God ....

thank you sooooo much. Anyway, when it is a bit confusing, cause it looks just like a hyperlink. And when I click at it, it goes right on the top of the page... how is so? anyway of changing this?
like hon-mouse comments wouldnt beunderlined or maybe would be highlighted ?

z

[Dracula]

Dear Zlamushka ,

Look, I found a simple way of doing what you need. Have a look at the following code and see if it helps (ther is no href in the anchor) so nothing happens if you clik on the text:
<a title='test on MouseOver link'><font color='red'><u>test</u></font></a>
- the underline is obtained by <u></u> (remove it if not necessary);
- font color can also be written using the RGB code like this <font color="#eeff00"> some text </font>
- of course, the elegant way of managing all this is to add a css with styles and just apply it to format the text.

Hope it helps,
Radu

[zlamushka]

radu, you ROCK!!!!

thanks man, now it looks fantastic. I am so grateful for all your comments, you ve been a lot of help.

Mayb you can tell me, how to set up a link to a specific paragraph in a page? So when I link ot my older posts, one doesnt have to read the whole thingy, just the relevant part.

thanks
z

[Dracula]

In a simple HTML it could work like this:

<a name="oldPost1"></a>
Your old post /paragraph here ... put more test to see how it links to this
<a href="#oldPost1" title='few details about the old post'> link to old post 1/paragraph </a>
If you want to link to another page, the href should look like this:
<a href="http://yousite/anotherPage#oldPost1" title='few details about the old post'> link to old post 1/paragraph </a>
That means:
Add the <a name="oldPost1"></a> before the paragraph.

put the link like this to your old marked post (it should work from any page):
<a href="http://www.burntmouth.com/index.html#oldPost1>link</a>

All best,
Radu

[Dracula]

Look, here is an example of how to do it, I tested it myself on my dracula blog:

this is the page about the [URL="http://dracula-transylvania.blogspot.com/2007/06/blacksmiths-tower-sighisoara.html"]blacksmiths' tower in Sighisoara[/URL]


and this is the link to[URL="http://dracula-transylvania.blogspot.com/2007/06/blacksmiths-tower-sighisoara.html#sighisoara"] a specific paragraph in the sighisoara page[/URL]
The link looks like this: [url]http://dracula-transylvania.blogspot.com/2007/06/blacksmiths-tower-sighisoara.html#sighisoara[/url]

[zlamushka]

you re so cool, radu ...

I wish I could bug you everyday with my troubles, but I already did three times, so i guess it is time to relax

it is easy to get accustomed to other people helpin, eh ?

I wish you needed a recipe or an insight of a particular spice... What did dracula eat in his 'regular' life? Maybe I could contribute to your knowledge

bloody mary, i guess...

zuzy

[Dracula]

Thanks Zuzy,

You can "bug" me anytime, I'm glad to help when I can. If you have any other problems don't hesitate to ask.
I really don't know exactly what Vlad III Dracula was eating (except for drinking bloody mary coctails). For sure there was no junk food in the middle-ages, people in Wallachia was doing agriculture even more than in Transylvania, also hunting. There are a lot of rivers in the area, so fish should have been part of them weekly menu. Wine was largely appreciated in that part of the world, it was even part of the corronation ceremony in Wallachia (together with an olive oil prepared in Constantinopole - they where not eating the oil, just were being "oiled" - by the church heads.
However if you know more about the dishes in medieval age, I'd be happy to work with you to an article on this theme. You could host the article on your blog and I'll just write two lines and link to it for details.

[Edited]: I remembered there was a TV documentary (on Discovery Channel I think) saying that middle age food was really spicy and salty. Salty because of conservation reasons, of course.

All best,
Radu