Beginner seeks help!

[ChrisBolton]

I have been working with the web for quite a few years now. Mostly design, accessibility, usability, standards compliant (X)HTML and CSS. When it comes to Javascript, I don't really have much experience at all.

So here goes, let's say I have for example 8 boxes, 2 rows and 4 columns, each with a single line of text. When the user clicks each one of the links, the box opens up to display more information regarding the info displayed in the link. The larger box can contain images and more links etc.

Is this sort of programming hard to do for a designer just getting into Javascript? Is there resources where I could get templates for this idea on the web, such as MooTools, HotScripts of Yahoo Developer Library. If so, what would I look for? What would it be called?

Any input would be greatly appreciated?

Kind Regards. Chris.

[Demaestro]

This is something you can do with Javascript yes.

I would check out YUI it has all the stuff you need pre-written you just have to customize, there is a lot of examples and documentation and as you use it you will learn how some of it works.

If you have any more question post back.
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You might want to check out the "containers"
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Especially this one which will work without buttons as well.
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