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Simple overLIB Plugin 
Version
1.5.1 (last update on Oct 17, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
5
Favoured
9
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
8982
Date Added
11 September 2008
Features:
* Easy to use eg. { overlib }This is the link text|This is the content of the popup box|Popup box Title{ /overlib } - {overlib}This is the link text|This is the content of the popup box|Popup box Title{/overlib}
* Create tooltip popup boxes above your site links.
* Uses the latest overLIB JavaScript to dynamically create popups
* All popups are completely customisable (colours and fonts)
* Position the popup relative to the link or window
* Use HTML code in the popup link and text
* Add an Icon to popup titles
* Choose whether popups 'stick' on the screen or disappear on 'mouseoff'
Editor's Note
- This extension requires registration to download.
byLostLion on September 25, 2009
This is very simple to install and use and the basics work out of the box. However, there are a few caveats.
If you want to use a colon in your text you will need to modify a file because it uses the colon as the separator, but that's pretty easy to do and instructions are provided in the forum.
Also like the last reviewer observed, no background box shows up around the hover text so you get floating text with your background text showing through. The forums have others with this problem but 2 months ago the developer promised to fix this in a future release.
If you want to use a colon in your text you will need to modify a file because it uses the colon as the separator, but that's pretty easy to do and instructions are provided in the forum.
Also like the last reviewer observed, no background box shows up around the hover text so you get floating text with your background text showing through. The forums have others with this problem but 2 months ago the developer promised to fix this in a future release.
Owner's reply
Thank you for that. Sorry about the big delay, we had to completely redesign our site and it took much longer than anticipated, however we have also released a new version with the colon error corrected.
byxbq on April 14, 2009
I have implemented this plugin, and the basics worked right away, although - may be due to my template css settings - no box&border were displayed. So it took me some time to find the right lines to adjust my template css as well as the tool settings to make it really good looking. I also needed to modify some lines in the .js files to get the icon in front of the title in the right position.
What I really like that you have a wide variety of options (30) incl. styling etc. and really can modify it to your specific template layout. This is the plus and the advantage of this extension versus other tooltip extensions.
What I still could not find out why font and color parameter settings do not apply they are supposed to do. May be it is due to my very specific template css markups. However, now that I know the settings and necessary modifications it is a perfect tool
What I really like that you have a wide variety of options (30) incl. styling etc. and really can modify it to your specific template layout. This is the plus and the advantage of this extension versus other tooltip extensions.
What I still could not find out why font and color parameter settings do not apply they are supposed to do. May be it is due to my very specific template css markups. However, now that I know the settings and necessary modifications it is a perfect tool
Owner's reply
Thank you for your positive feedback. I would be interested in finding out what changes you had to make to get it to work so that I can fix them in the next release. Can you let me know?