Preloaded images ?

[Tomi]

someone said somthing about preloaded images when i showed my website in the showroom, im makin a new website and i am guna make some links change pic when peeps hover over them... so how i make preloaded images ?

Thanks
Tomi

[webmaster]

One simple way is to add the hover-images like this in the code.

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<img src="hover.gif" width="0" height="0" alt="" />

There are many ways to do this with javascripts and such things, but this is the most simple one, I haven't tested it, but it should work.

[Tomi]

isnt that just an image code with an image called hover lol ? can use overscr="myimage.gif" but the image takes time to load when the mouse hovers over....

[mwa103]

One simple way is to add the hover-images like this in the code.

Code:
<img src="hover.gif" width="0" height="0" alt="" />

What webmaster is saying is add this code somewhere else in your page replacing "hover.gif" with your hover images. Setting the width & height to 0 means the image won't be displayed, but the browser will still load the image from the webserver before it is needed by the hover. This means a copy of the image will already be on the users machine before it is needed which will remove the hover delay.

-Mike

[Tomi]

ah im sorry i webmaster i understand now thanks for explaining it mwa and thanks for tellin in first place webmaster