switch off yellow text box above my cursor in published website, how ?

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switch off yellow text box above my cursor in published website, how ?

I made this website with iWeb. http://web.me.com/fillieverhoeven/3dfv/
Question on how to turn of the yellow appearing text box above the cursor showing the linked addresses.

When I move my cursor over any hyperlink a yellow textbox appears above the cursor. Ugly and annoying, I do not see this in other iWeb sites.

Please anyone, how can I switch this off, I have tried almost everything, been working on it for days and half of my time spent is on how to switch this of.

Help very appreciated,
Francois

info OSX 10.5.5
iWeb 08 version 2.0.4 830A43

macpro, Mac OS X (10.5.5), iWeb 08 version 2.0.4 830A43

Posted on Oct 16, 2008 8:35 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 16, 2008 9:30 AM in response to Community User

Do you mean the yellow boxes that contain the information about where the hyperlink will take you, such as the pagelink? If so You can't turn that off and really you don't want to as screen readers use this information to tell visually disabled (is that right way of saying it?) visitors to your site can find their way around. Accessibility is the key, and in some countries it is law!

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Answer 2

Oct 16, 2008 9:45 AM in response to Community User

You need to open the html file for the page after publish and delete the title="" attribute from the hyperlink tags.

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Answer 3

Cyclosaurus

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Oct 16, 2008 10:31 AM in response to Community User

see my javascript snippet in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7051493&#7051493

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Answer 4

Oct 16, 2008 1:15 PM in response to Community User

.....and on top of that the 'title' tag can help with SEO.

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Answer 5

Oct 17, 2008 10:01 AM in response to Cyclosaurus

thanks, I see I need work to do for every page, do I understand right ?
Isn't there a more simple way to get rid of the title tag. I find it very ugly and in my case my audiance won't like it. Designers and architects usually do not like these kind of cheap eyesores ...lol.

What I wonder is why I do not see these in other iWeb pages on the web, why is it only me ?

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Answer 6

Oct 17, 2008 10:08 AM in response to Community User

I changed the site name into
www.3dfv.nl
http://web.me.com/fillieverhoeven/architectuur/index.html
its still under construction but any comments are welcome

I will try to get rid of the title tags later, its not as annoying as I though but still, it does not look professional

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Answer 7

Old Toad

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Oct 17, 2008 11:08 AM in response to Community User

The text and the photo bar on the first page are all very, very dark. I find impossible to read the text without moving the cursor over the linked text so as to get the rollover color. The photos are so dark I can't see what they represent. On the other pages the photo bar is fine but the text is almost not visible.

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Answer 8

Cyclosaurus

Level 6

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Oct 17, 2008 5:11 PM in response to Community User

thanks, I see I need work to do for every page, do I understand right ?

yes, you need to add it to every page. just copy&paste the HTML Snippet from one page to the next.

Isn't there a more simple way to get rid of the title tag. I find it very ugly and in my case my audiance won't like it. Designers and architects usually do not like these kind of cheap eyesores ...lol.

it is as simple as it gets, don't know any other way.

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Answer 9

Oct 18, 2008 5:16 PM in response to Old Toad

You are not too old are you Toad ....lol. Seriously, I am happy with your comment. I will work on the texting and introduction page to avoid major functionality problems with basics like visability and easy to read text.
Francois

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