Question for Cleo - site rejected

[ponyman]

Hey Cleo, I'm not sure why my site was rejected, bu this is the e-mail you sent:

http://www.oldmanporn.com/dirtyoldmanfucking/
That was submitted on
2005-08-15 has been rejected.

* Status bar is set to a space symbol on mouseovers

I do have a mouseover for my sponsors, but it shows the URL the surfer will be sent to.

[Cleo]

You have a space in your onMouseOut
onMouseOut="window.status=' ';

Should be
onMouseOut="window.status='';

[ponyman]

Hmmm, that's the same on mouseover code I've been using for years and this is the first time anyone has ever said anything. Honestly, I don't know what that part of the code does. Does it actually affect anything?

onMouseover="window.status='http://www.domainyouwantsurferstoseegoeshere.com'; return true" onMouseout="window.status=' '; return true"

that's how I've been doing it.

[Cleo]

This returns the status bar to its default status after showing whatever in the onMousover.
onMouseOut="window.status='';

This would put the text "Isn't this annoying" instead of returning the status bar to its default state.
onMouseOut="window.status='Isn\'t this annoying';

If you leave the code out all together then the status bar will continue to say whatever you put in the onMousover even after the mouse was no longer over the link.

Different browsers handle all this different. I'm using Safari to read this board right now and it ignores stuff trying to mess with the status bar altogether so I see the rue URL and all this code just gets wasted.

Both of Cleo's reviewers use Mac IE to do reviews. It responds to both onMousover and onMouseOut so your code with the extra space in it replaced its status bar with an empty space instead of returning it to its default state which shows what zone it is connected to.

[ponyman]

Ok, so this must just be an issue in certain rarely used browsers like Mac IE.

Because I am using a PC and IE and the default status of the status bar is just blank anyway.

[Rocco]

uggh, another Mac problem issue just wanted to buy a mac so I can use final cut pro - but when I hear this I might better stay away

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by Rocco

uggh, another Mac problem issue just wanted to buy a mac so I can use final cut pro - but when I hear this I might better stay away

Don't buy a Mac. Also don't use any of the Mozilla browsers, also don't use the Opera browser or any of the other browsers. Be safe and only use IE under Windows.

WTF dude, it is not a Mac issue, he has his code wrong.

[Guile]

yeah, this specific wrong code makes so HUGE difference!
looks like some people never change

[Cleo]

Personally I find myself using mouseover code on my own stuff less and less. Mozilla stuff seems to mostly ignore it as does Safari. Plus a lot of the TGPs that I build for have it banned. I've stopped using mouseover code on my link list.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Cleo

WTF dude, it is not a Mac issue, he has his code wrong.

I never noticed it, but with that added space, the word 'Done' disappears. Obviously not a big deal on my end, but it does show that the code is technically incorrect. So, um...Cleo is right. (again)

[Surfn]

People should not be using things they don't understand, unless they can live with rejection

[Erick G]

I stoped using mouseovers as well
I highly doubt someone jerking it will get turned off because he see's long ugly code at the bottom of his browser.

[ponyman]

I use the mouseover only to hide my refer code, so it looks neater to the surfer. Also, some sponsor codes do not even have the URL where the surfer will go, and a mouseover corrects that issue.

Like I said, I've been using that EXACT code for years on all my sites now and I have never been rejected for that reason. I have changed the code now for my future sites. And I'll try to do a big search and replace on all of my old stuff.

[ponyman]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

I never noticed it, but with that added space, the word 'Done' disappears.

UW I am clueless to what this means?

[Cleo]

Some browser put something in the status bar when the mouse is not over any link. It is the default status of the browser.

Mac IE puts the zone that you are in like in this screen grab of two overlapping windows. Other browsers put if the page is done loading like the one that UW is using. Other browsers make the status bar blank like Safari.

[ponyman]

oh ok, yeah mine says "done" when this GG&Jim page finished loading, but as soon as I put my mouse over the cleo's banner, it disappeared and there is no "done" anymore. gotcha

[Cleo]

You can also hide the sponsor code on Windows IE right mouse click. I don't think the right mouse does anything on other browsers.

Mouseover code that also does right mouse click,
onmouseover="window.status='http://www.URL.com/';return true;" onfocus="window.status='http://www.URL.com/';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''