Welcome to the ButtonMaker Ver 0.01 Readme file (3rd December 1998) for Windows 95/98/NT

INTRODUCTION

This program is designed to take the hard work out of making 2,3 and 4 stage rollover javascript buttons in HTML. After asking you a small number of questions, it automatically creates a ready to use HTML page. All you need to do is make the buttons!


The different types of rollovers:

2 Stage: This is the normal type.
	Stage 1 - The off button.
	Stage 2 - Mouse over button.


3 Stage: Same as above except when the image/button is clicked, It stays on (with a new 'on' image), even when the mouse is moved over another button.

	Stage 1 - The off button.
	Stage 2 - Mouse over button.
	Stage 3 - Mouse click - clicked button stays on until another button is clicked.


4 Stage: Same as 3 Stage except when the mouse moves over an 'on' button, it is replaced with another button, but when the mouse is moved off, the 'on' button comes back.

	Stage 1 - The off button.
	Stage 2 - Mouse over button.
	Stage 3 - Mouse click - clicked button stays on until another button is clicked.
	Stage 4 - When mouse moves over 'on' button, it is temporarily replaced with another image.

For an example of a 4 stage rollover have a look at http://www.pesky.demon.co.uk/swat


USING THE PROGRAM

Run ButtonMaker.exe

It asks:

Number of Buttons - (ie number of button you want on the page)
Number of States for each button (ie Stages - see above)
GIF or JPG - (ie whether the images are .gif or .jpg)
Name of each Button (eg home or links etc)
HREF link for each button (ie where you go after you've clicked that button)

After you have answered these questions, the program creates an HTML file called: 'buttons.html' in the program directory.
This you can then place in your web site.

IMPORTANT: The program assumes that all your images will be located in an 'images' subdirectory called 'images'.

ALSO: The program also assumes that you want TARGET="main" for each button.


WHAT TO NAME YOUR IMAGES
After you have designed and made your buttons. You will need to name them.
So, if you have want a 4 stage rollover for a 'links' button (and have, therefore, made 4 different 'links' images) you would name them as follows:

links_off.gif		(Stage 1)
links_over.gif		(Stage 2)
links_on.gif		(Stage 3)
links_onover.gif	(Stage 4)

NOTE: In the program you would put in the name 'links' for that button.



Well, thats about it...
Clear as mud!

Any suggestions/comments: 
email: will@pesky.demon.co.uk

Will Roscoe