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Some of you may not know, that you can use CSS to change the mouse cursor when someone places their mouse over a tag.
Check out this simple example:
<a href=”helpPage.html” style="cursor: help"> Help </a>
In the above example, I used the ‘help’ cursor to give people an extra clue that the link will take them to a help page.
The key to making this work is this line:
style="cursor: help"
The above CSS code is telling the browser to use the built in ‘help’ cursor.
You can find the list of cursor types available on my HTML tags page.
I would also suggest that you look into the following:
www.how-to-build-websites.com : A tutorial designed to teach total beginners the fundamentals of a modern web design.
www.csstutorial.net : A website dedicated to teach total beginners the sister technology/language to HTML: CSS. CSS (cascading style sheets) is a must learn aspect of web design that gives the web designer total control over the page layout and style.
www.secretsites.com : A grab-bag of tips and tricks that I have picked up over the last 10 years.
