- basic scripting -

       What, Exactly, Is It?
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Just so you know exactly what you're jumping into, let's just talk a bit more on what dHTML is. dHTML is not a programming language. Rather, it's a technique. It's enhanced JavaScript. You're not learning dHTML, you're learning JavaScript. dHTML is just a way of doing things in JavaScript.

dHTML, or enchanced JavaScript, goes where any other JavaScript would go: between <script> tags, or in a link. dHTML is JavaScript, so it goes where JavaScript goes. Wherever you can stuff JavaScript, you can stuff dHTML.

Now that we're at this point, let me ask you a question. Are you confused? You might be confused because you don't already know some things that you have to to learn dHTML. You must already know:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
If these three things are not known, you must learn them.

The last bit of information before we begin scripting is this: dHTML only works in 4.0 browsers. It will work in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0+, or Netscape Navigator 4.0+.

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  1. Introduction
  2. What, Exactly, is it?
  3. The [object]
  4. Detecting Browsers
  5. Accessing Properties
  6. Making a Script
  7. Making the Script in Netscape
  8. What to Change?
  9. Creating a Menu
  10. Scripting the Menu
  11. The Netscape Menu
  12. Last Words