Collapsing Links?

[ecntrc]

Hello Everybody,

My question is, I have a whole bunch of FAQ's for my companys website, what I am looking do is instead of listing them individually with their answer, I want to list them all together and when one is clicked the answer will appear and then you can click that question again to close it or just click another question and then the previous question will close and then the new one youve clicked will open.

I have no idea what this would be called in terms, I dont know how to search since I dont know the name. I can try collapsing links but I am unsure if thats what its called.

I will google it after this but I wanted to ask just incase someone can help me also. Thank you!!

[Jolt]

script.aculo.us - web 2.0 javascript

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[ecntrc]

could you point me in the direction as to what page it would be on or are you just posting to have me look there?

Thank you for your reply

[alteredillusion]

I would recommend the use of mootools.
The link for example and coding is here: mootools demos - Accordion
You will need to modify it to your own use.
Hope this helps you out.

[Jolt]

If you explore my link you'll find everything you need.

Usage:Usage in scriptaculous wiki
There's also a link to demos. It's all there.

[notjustgraphics]

Hey Ecntrc

I know you are fond of Dreamweaver so you may find it pleasing to know that Dreamweaver CS3 has some of these tools built right in.

The one that applies to your FAQ is called SPRY Collapsible Panels.

You can find it under INSERT -> SPRY -> Spry Collapsible Panel

All of these 'snippets' including mootools and scriptaculous are based on AJAX (Asynchronus JAVA Script and XML) which in laymens terms is a way of getting the server to change the content of a page without causing the page to 'reload'.

Also of interest to you might be Dacio's FAQ ( HotScripts.com :: PHP :: FAQ and Knowledgebase :: Dacio's FaQ ) which does exactly what you are trying to do...

It may save you some time if you just want it working or it can be used as a helpful reference to create your own script. The advantage is this tool does just what you need... not a lot of extra code to decipher. It also has a handy backend tool to help manage the FAQ's!

Cheers!

Mike.

[ecntrc]

thanks everybody!!! I got Dreamweaver cs3 so I will have to definitely check that out. I appreciate it so much!! I will also check out the links. Most likely will be using these types of collapsing links on two diff websites. Thank you again. I appreciate it.

See you guys always come through!!! Truly the best!!!