Look at the status bar below <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <title>Flashing Status Bar</title> </head> <body onload="flash();"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- var yourwords = "Thank you for visiting my site!"; var speed = 150; var control = 1; function flash() { if (control == 1) { window.status=yourwords; control=0; } else { window.status=""; control=1; } setTimeout("flash();",speed); } // --> </script> </body> </html>