Create a welcome cookie <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function getCookie(c_name) { if (document.cookie.length>0) { c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "="); if (c_start!=-1) { c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1 ; c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start); if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end)); } } return "" } function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays) { var exdate=new Date(); exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays); document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+((expiredays==null) ? "" : "; expires="+exdate.toGMTString()); } function checkCookie() { username=getCookie('username'); if (username!=null && username!="") { alert('Welcome again '+username+'!'); } else { username=prompt('Please enter your name:',""); if (username!=null && username!="") { setCookie('username',username,365); } } } </script> </head> <body onLoad="checkCookie()"> </body> </html> A clock created with a timing event <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function startTime() { var today=new Date(); var h=today.getHours(); var m=today.getMinutes(); var s=today.getSeconds(); // add a zero in front of numbers<10 m=checkTime(m); s=checkTime(s); document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=h+":"+m+":"+s; t=setTimeout('startTime()',500); } function checkTime(i) { if (i<10) { i="0" + i; } return i; } </script> </head> <body onload="startTime()"> <div id="txt"></div> </body> </html> Style strings <html> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var txt="Hello World!"; document.write("<p>Big: " + txt.big() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Small: " + txt.small() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Bold: " + txt.bold() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Italic: " + txt.italics() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Blink: " + txt.blink() + " (does not work in IE)</p>"); document.write("<p>Fixed: " + txt.fixed() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Strike: " + txt.strike() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Fontcolor: " + txt.fontcolor("Red") + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Fontsize: " + txt.fontsize(16) + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Lowercase: " + txt.toLowerCase() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Uppercase: " + txt.toUpperCase() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Subscript: " + txt.sub() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Superscript: " + txt.sup() + "</p>"); document.write("<p>Link: " + txt.link("http://www.w3schools.com") + "</p>"); </script> </body> </html>