How do I create a "new" flashing button?

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I sincerely apologize if this is a noob question, however I am failrly new to web development and would like to ask the community with some help and advice in creating a type of flashing "new" button on a website.

What I am trying to achieve is an eye catching e.g. "new products" button.

Could anyone point me to a good tutorial for asp .net, JavaScript or jquery.

Thanks in advance and kind regards, geoNeo

An animated flashing "new products" button would make me even less likely to buy anything from a site with said flashing button. — In silico, May 15 '12 at 19:04
Because it's annoying. Why do you think ads by Google are text-only? — In silico, May 15 '12 at 19:05

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '12 at 19:07

Aside from the poor UI design aspect of having anything blinking on your website, you can create an animated GIF image of a flashing button, and then use the onclick event to redirect the user to your next page when they click on the button.

For the animated GIF, I'd suggest making it blink a couple times, then stay solid for a much longer duration, then loop the animation. That way, you get the user's attention, but in a slightly more subtle way.

How do I create a "new" flashing button?

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