I have this code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.socialtwist.com/2009032213254/script.js"></script><a class="st-taf" href="http://tellafriend.socialtwist.com:80" onclick="return false;" style="border:0;padding:0;margin:0;"><img src="/images/icons/emailshare.png" alt="SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend" align="absbottom" style="border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" onclick="cw(this, {id:'2009032213254', link: window.location, title: document.title });" onmouseover="showHoverMap(this, '2009032213254', window.location, document.title)"onmouseout="hideHoverMap(this)"/></a>

I've been trying unsuccessfully to change the /images/icons/emailshare.png part of the code from an image to a text link, such as "Share By Email"

I'm not even sure if this is possible (3rd part script). Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

delete the image, put anchor text there instead and put the inline script on the anchor element.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.socialtwist.com/2009032213254/script.js"></script><a class="st-taf" href="http://tellafriend.socialtwist.com:80" onclick="return false;" style="border:0;padding:0;margin:0;">YOUR TEXT</a>

is this what you want?

Replacing the image with anchor text is the first thing I tried before creating this topic. The link shows up, but no action (mouseover, click, etc) gets any type of result.

DeJaaaN - I tried the code you suggested with no luck - same thing, nothing happens. Yikes!

chrishirst - if you get a chance, please let me know what you mean about

put the inline script on the anchor element.

Thank you for any suggestions.

an inline script "on an element" is something that appears right in the HTML, and also not inside of <script></script> tags. In other words, inside of an event attribute (like onclick), or in an href attribute, using the javascript: psuedoprotocol.

This is not something that I normally recommend doing, since I am a believer in separating behavior from presentation, but it can be a quick fix in some situations, as well as being important to understand, since it appears in many places.

Yes! - This code does the job:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.socialtwist.com/2009032213254/script.js"></script><a class="st-taf" href="http://tellafriend.socialtwist.com:80" style="border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" onclick="cw(this, {id:'2009032213254', link: window.location, title: document.title }); return false;">test</a>

I tested it and it seems to work. Special thanks to chrishirst and wayfarer07 for explaining this. Would have taken me weeks to figure it out on my own.