if a:active else condition problem!

[EidolonAH]

No, a new page is not to load up, it's a little difficult for me to explain, perhaps the best thing is to show you the function working on a live site:
http://ggweb-fr.com/phpbbfre/
If you scrolldown to the very bottom of the forum and look to the right you will see a small graphic with a green arrow and the copyright symbol to the right of it, click that button, you will see the sites copyright appear below.
I would like to achieve something like that, except, I would like a three phase effect, the default button would need to look like this:
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then when one loses over the button it is to look like this:
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then when one clicks the button it looks like this:
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