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<html>
<head>
<title>Mouse Trail Script</title>





<style>
.spanstyle {
 position:absolute;
 visibility:visible;
 top:-50px;
 font-size:10pt;
 font-family:Verdana;
      font-weight:bold;
 color:crimson;
}
</style>

</head>

<body onLoad="makesnake()" style="width:100%;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:scroll">

<script>
var x,y
var step=20
var flag=0
// Your Message goes here. Important: Note the space at the end of the sentence!!!
var message="Hi from Dave and Brad! "
message=message.split("")
var xpos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
 xpos[i]=-50
}
var ypos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
 ypos[i]=-50
}
function handlerMM(e){
 x = (document.layers) ? e.pageX : document.body.scrollLeft+event.clientX
 y = (document.layers) ? e.pageY : document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY
 flag=1
}
function makesnake() {
 if (flag==1 && document.all) {
     for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) {
      xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
   ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
     }
  xpos[0]=x+step
  ypos[0]=y
 
  for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
      var thisspan = eval("span"+(i)+".style")
      thisspan.posLeft=xpos[i]
   thisspan.posTop=ypos[i]
     }
 }
 
 else if (flag==1 && document.layers) {
     for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) {
      xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
   ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
     }
  xpos[0]=x+step
  ypos[0]=y
 
  for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
      var thisspan = eval("document.span"+i)
      thisspan.left=xpos[i]
   thisspan.top=ypos[i]
     }
 }
  var timer=setTimeout("makesnake()",30)
}
</script>

<script>
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
    document.write("<span id='span"+i+"' class='spanstyle'>")
 document.write(message[i])
    document.write("</span>")
}
if (document.layers){
 document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
}
document.onmousemove = handlerMM;
</script>

</html>

This is a fun script. Type your custom message and watch it follow your cursor around the page! Lots of customization with font choice, color, and style. A great way to impress your visitors!

Step 1: Insert the following stylesheet into the section of your page:

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<style>  </style>

Step 2: Then, add the below code to the section of your page:

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<img id="myimage" src="theimage.jpg"> <script language="JavaScript1.2"> //Image spotlight effect- By Erik F (die_schlampe@hotmail.com) //Code enhancements by Dynamicdrive.com //Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com for this script s = 50; // the size of the spotlight vp = 10; // the visibility percent of the picture startx = 0; // the top position of your sportlight into the image (on start) starty = 0; // the left position of your spotlight into the image (on start) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // No need to edit below this line // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// var IE = document.all?true:false function moveL() { xv = tempX; yv = tempY; myimage.filters.light.MoveLight(1,xv,yv,s,true); } if (IE&&myimage.filters) document.all.myimage.onmousemove = getMouseXY; var tempX = 0 var tempY = 0 function getMouseXY(e) { tempX = event.offsetX tempY = event.offsetY if (tempX < 0){tempX = 0} if (tempY < 0){tempY = 0} if (t) { moveL(); } return true } var xv = startx; var yv = starty; var t= true; if (IE&&myimage.filters){ myimage.style.cursor="hand"; myimage.filters.light.addAmbient(255,255,255,vp) myimage.filters.light.addPoint(startx,starty,s,255,255,255,255) } </script>