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Good evening,

First of all foremost let me thank all of you for a free resource like this, it makes a difference to the coding community and I really do appreciate it. This is my first post and hopefully not my last, and if I can contribute in the future I’ll certainly try too.

I have a bit of a problem, I’m not sure if this will fit under HTML, Java or CSS so if I’m in the wrong category I apologise.

I have a writer on one of my blogs who likes to use acronyms in his typing, of course this isn’t ideal as not everyone understands him.

What I want to do is create a script that will either A) show all of these acronyms as the full version on rollover (automatically without me having to manually edit the code all of the time) or ? Show a text box description of what it means.

The text will be plain, not links so rollover of a: wont work. It also needs to happen automatically, either after he posts his content or when people view the site.

If I’ve not explained myself properly I do apologise, just ask me to clarify what you dont understand and I’ll try to be as concise as possible.

Thank you,

Matthew.

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@FangSep 03.2010 — If you know all the acronyms that he uses it could be done with server scripting with JavaScript used for the 'bells and whistles'.
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@iRedMediaSep 05.2010 — You could always use the <acronym title="Your Acronym Here">YAH</acronym> tag and style it to look like a link or dotted underline, so those who are viewing it, will know they can interact with it.
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