Cut & Paste Swirling cursor trail

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Cut & Paste Swirling cursor trail

Credit: Ozone / IE Bug Fix by JavaScript Kit

Description: This is an impressive swirling cursor effect created using DHTML. Easy to install and cross browser, both you and your visitors will love it!

Example: Move your cursor around.

Directions

Before anything else, copy and upload the below image into your webpage directory [image credits].

Step 1: Insert the below into the <BODY> section of your page, immediately following the <body> tag itself:

<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> /* Swirling cursor trail (By Ozone, http://ozone.com) Featured on JavaScript Kit free JavaScripts with bug fix for IE (http://javascriptkit.com) For full source code to this script, visit http://javascriptkit.com */ window.onerror=null; netscape = (document.layers) ? 1:0; goodIE = (document.all) ? 1:0; document.onmousemove=MoveHandler; var gotthere = 0; var count = 0; var ietopcorner='' var ieleftcorner='' toplocation = new Array( 0,30,57,80,101,125,80,80,101,125,80,0 ); temptoplocation = new Array( 50,100,100,150,150,200,200,100,150,150,200,200,0 ); leftlocation = new Array( 0,292,318,181,181,217,263,318,181,181,217,263,-96 ); templeftlocation = new Array( 0,0,260,390,420,550,680,390,420,550,680,0 ); difftop = new Array( 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 ); diffleft = new Array( 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 ); questtop = -13; questleft2 = -96; if (netscape) { document.body=new Object() document.body.scrollTop='' document.body.scrollLeft='' window.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE); window.onMouseMove = MoveHandler; var layerstart = "document."; var layerleft = ".left"; var layertop = ".top"; var layerstyle = ""; var windowWidth = window.innerWidth; var windowHeight = window.innerHeight; } else if (goodIE) { ietopcorner=document.body.scrollTop ieleftcorner=document.body.scrollLeft layerstart = "document.all."; layerleft = ".left"; layertop = ".top"; layerstyle = ".style"; windowWidth=600; windowHeight=400; } // end error trapping var Ypos2 = 72; var Xpos2 = 72; function MoveHandler(e) { if (netscape || goodIE) { Xpos2 = (netscape)?e.pageX:event.x Ypos2 = (netscape)?e.pageY:event.y Xorigin = Xpos2; Yorigin = Ypos2; if (Ypos2 > windowHeight/2) { if (Xpos2 > windowWidth/2) { direction = 1;} else { direction = -1;} } else { if (Xpos2 > windowWidth/2) { direction = -1;} else { direction = 1;} } }} function startthedots() { if (goodIE) { windowWidth=document.body.clientWidth; windowHeight=document.body.clientHeight; } Xorigin = 204; Yorigin = 147; spin();run(); } var OrbitSize = 200; count=1; delay=100; direction = -1; Count = new Array ( 0, .63, 1.26, 1.89, 2.52, 3.15, 3.78, 4.41, 5.04, 5.67 ); Xpoint = new Array ( 0, .63, 1.26, 1.89, 2.52, 3.15, 3.78, 4.41, 5.04, 5.67 ); Ypoint = new Array ( 0, .63, 1.26, 1.89, 2.52, 3.15, 3.78, 4.41, 5.04, 5.67 ); var speed = -0.06; var offset = 1; function spin() { for ( j = 0 ; j <= 9 ; j++ ) { Count[j] = Count[j] + (speed*direction); Xpoint[j] = Xorigin + ((OrbitSize*Math.sin(Count[j])*offset)); Ypoint[j] = Yorigin + (OrbitSize*Math.cos(Count[j])); } setTimeout('spin()',3); } function run() { count++; for ( j = 0 ; j <= 9 ; j++ ) { difftop[j] = Ypoint[j] - temptoplocation[j]; diffleft[j] = Xpoint[j] - templeftlocation[j]; diff = 30; temptoplocation[j] = temptoplocation[j] + difftop[j]/diff; templeftlocation[j] = templeftlocation[j] + diffleft[j]/diff; eval(layerstart+"a"+j+layerstyle+layerleft+" = document.body.scrollLeft+templeftlocation["+j+"]"); eval(layerstart+"a"+j+layerstyle+layertop+" = document.body.scrollTop+temptoplocation["+j+"]"); } setTimeout('run()', 25) } badIE = 0; browserName = navigator.appName.substring(0,8); browserVer = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion); macintosh = navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mac"); if (browserName == "Microsof") { if (macintosh != -1) { badIE = 1; } if (browserVer < 4) { badIE = 1; } } </script> <style TYPE="text/css">  </style> <div ID="a0" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div> <div ID="a1" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div> <div ID="a2" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div> <div ID="a3" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div> <div ID="a4" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div> <div ID="a5" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div> <div ID="a6" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div> <div ID="a7" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div> <div ID="a8" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div> <div ID="a9" align="center"><img src="swirl.gif" height="9" width="9"></div>

Step 2: Add the following BODY onload event handler into the BODY tag, like this:

<body onLoad="startthedots()">

You're done!

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