19 April 2006

Dilemma of wrapping text in the "Need Help?" box

The structure of the right "Need Help?" box prevented the entry of long resource titles without wrapping text in the Don't know where to begin? section, e.g.,
  • Academic Search Premier
  • Encyclopedia Britannica Online
The options that came to mind were
  • Use a tooltip box like the one we have on the homepage with links to the resources.
    • One of the reasons for NOT doing this is that many of the students who might want to use that option, may not think to wand over those words.
  • Make a clickable link to another page.
    • This seemed like a good option but I think that a smaller popup-like box would be better.
    • So, I made a short html page (wheretostart.htm) and added the code for opening a window of a certain size in a certain position on the screen so as to give the information but preserve the screen behind it.
      • a href="#" onClick="window.open('wheretostart.htm', 'newWnd',
        'width=450,height=300,left=350,top=250 ')"
        .....

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