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When developing this: DHTML Popup PHP/MySQL images database we wanted a way to indicate that the image was loading (being pulled from the database and downloading to the browser), a very common request.
We only wanted something simple, no graphics going round and round or anything like that, just “Loading…” with the dots cycling from 1-3 while waiting for the image.
I was reading some blog article discussing all this about embedding cloaked links and affiliate links the other day and realized that most people just don’t realize how simple this is. Also, the way shown here avoids what I think are messy looking shorturls, or crude methods using simplistic JavaScript to modify what the status bar says.
Maybe in the future I’ll extend it to use a nice little web-interface where the actual and displayed URL’s can be entered, but for now I show the basic thing. When I wrote it I wasn’t concerned about hiding affiliate links, I just needed a way of simplifying and organizing the linking to various examples I have available.
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