The IGLOO platform utilizes Mootools, a JavaCcript framework for a number of system elements (for example, at the bottom of this page, the "Subscribe" and "Email Link" use mootools to create the animation of the form "sliding" down when clicked). In this series, we will create a script that creates a "box" over a page that has html content inside of it.

First, we will go over some of the basic pieces of mootools that we will require to complete this project. For starters, let's learn how to get…