FP2003- interactive buttons/screen tips

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I am using FrontPage 2003 and added Interactive Buttons.
Through the Hyperlink Properites window I have added
screen tips for all these buttons. However, they do not
display. This is a local Intranet site and all users
have IE 6.0. FrontPage places the <title> text for the
button within the <a> tags.
Any suggestions?
 
You use the title attribute not the title tag to create a "screen tip". The
code should look like:

<.a href="home.html" title="Return to Home Page">Home</a>
 
Select your button and in code view look for this at the end of the code and
delete it.

alt="Welcome"

Welcome being whatever label you put on the button like products or contact
us.

Have Fun Bill
 
That doesn't work in all browsers. Newer standards compliant browsers will
not display the alt attribute if the image displays. Try it in Mozilla and
you'll see that you do not get the alt text on mouseover. If you want
broadest compatibility you can use both alt and title which can help your
search engine rankings since the search engines read both.
 
Cheryl:
Actually I had a brain freeze or something. I meant to add to your answer
not contradict it. Your method while correct needs an additional step.

The FrontPage Interactive Buttons automatically insert the alt tag for the
image into it's code. The alt tag it inserts will be what you use for the
buttons text or label. In IE6 the alt tag takes precedence over the title
tag and is displayed (not so with NS or Opera). This is fine if you want
the tool tip to be the same as the button but if you want something
different it's no good. You can not right click an Interactive Button and
choose Picture Properties so you have 2 choices both of which entail using
code view. Delete the alt tag or the one I inadvertently left out last
night edit it to what you set for the title.

Sorry for the confusion.

Have Fun Bill
 
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