Viewing Hover Expand Widget - a little anomaly?

Hover Expand Widget - a little anomaly?



User: james 10 years ago
I used it at the top right of my home page - here: http://jamescraigphotography.com
When it is hovered over, and the image expands – perfectly by the way – the words "Hover Expand Widget" appear at the top of the page on the left. No text is entered in the dialog box.

Last edit 10 years ago
User: Jumbo T. 10 years ago
In the top left where you see the text, should be a transparent image.

http://jamescraigphotography.com/home-page/ew_css/transparent.png

It's missing, so the alt text is displayed.
User: james 10 years ago
Sorry, I'm confused by the answer. I have no alt text entered, and the name of the widget doesn't appear in the alt text box. The link to a transparent png doesn't seem lead anywhere. Must I put in text or something?
User: Jumbo T. 10 years ago
No, it doesn't lead anywhere for the image is missing.

But rest assured, it's not your fault. The creator of the widget has the same problem :

http://everwebcodebox.com/widgetbox/tooltips-links/hover-expand.html

But you cannot see it, because the page background is black :

User: james 10 years ago
Thanks very much for explaining it. I'll just leave it this time and look for an alternative widget next time. Certainly not worth angsting over. I've used it a couple of times before and never noticed it.
User: Roddy 10 years ago
There's a checkbox which needs to be checked if the page is in a directory.

If you you used the widget on the Home page of your site it would normally NOT be in a directory so the box should not be checked.

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Roddy

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User: james 10 years ago
The home page IS a directory because it works as a blog. I interpreted the "in a directory" to exclude that. As soon as I get home I'll try checking the box and see what happens – maybe I overthought that one – it does simply say "Directory" next to the box after all. Thank you! ………… and when I get a couple of hours spare time I want to browse all those cool widgets that have been coming out.
User: Roddy 10 years ago
This widget uses a small transparent image as a hack to allow the visitor to close the large image on touch devices. The image is inserted into the ew_CSS folder so the file path changes when the widget is inserted in a page of a directory.

It's not a good idea to use a widget like this on a full site when you don't have a separate version of the site for tablet users.

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Roddy

Website: http://everwebwidgets.com
Contact: http://everwebwidgets.com/ewWidgets-home/contact.html
NOTE: I am an EverWeb user and NOT affiliated with EverWeb! Any opinions expressed in this forum are my own.
User: james 10 years ago
Well, the check box worked – so it was the operator all along again. Oops. And I haven't worked up a tablet version as yet, but the widget works pretty good on this one on tablets, with a tap to zoom and tap off the image to get rid of it. I just use it occasionally to announce open houses for fellow artists at the top of my postings. Thanks again for the help


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