Try this it will set the status bar to what you want peeps to see
<a href="index.htm" onMouseOver="MM_displayStatusMsg('Welcome Home');return document.MM_returnValue">Home</a>
<a herf="url" (were the link is set to)
onMouseOver="MM_displayStatusMsg(
'Welcome Home'); (What will be displayed on the status bar)
</a> (close tag)
Hope this helps