Renegade — Fri, 20 Jun 2003 05:48:01 +0000

To test if the preloader is working, upload the page to your webserver, clear the cache and history then load up the page. If the images change straight away or pretty fast then it's working, if not then somethings wrong.

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After posting and going to look at your code...

You have:

<?php
      var home = new Image()
      home.src= \"homeup.jpg\";
      var home = new Image()
      home.src= ''homeover.jpg'';
?>

Try changing it to:

<?php
      var home = new Image()
      home.src= \"homeup.jpg\";
      var home = new Image()
      home_over.src= \"homeover.jpg\";
?>

Try not to redeclear variables and you had single quotes instead of double quotes.

You also have:

<?php
onMouseOver=\"rules.src='rulesover.jpg'\" onMouseOut=\"rules.src='rulesup.jpg'\"
?>

Make them:

<?php
onMouseOver=\"this.src='rulesover.jpg'\" onMouseOut=\"this.src='rulesup.jpg'\"
?>

One more thing, "onMouseOver" and "onMouseOut" is not going validate (if you want it to validate), they should be lower case i.e. "onmouseover" and "onmouseout" respectivly.
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Suzanne — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:54:38 +0000

What you would do is use PHP or JavaScript to set different stylesheets. All that information that coordinates would be in the associated stylesheet.

It's called "stylesheet switcher" and you can Google for oodles of them in both PHP and JavaScript.

Timewell — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:06:34 +0000

Well I've added the pre-loader Renegade suggested but I'm not too sure if it is working.

I have also done that relative thing, so could someone tell me whether that is ok now?

Oh and also is it kinda possible to use PHP to say if a background is a certain colour then the colour of the link on hover should be a certain colour. Would I use something like the IF function?

Thanks for the comments!

Suzanne — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:41:44 +0000

Well, no, not quite.

Relative widths are relative no matter if we're talking HTML or CSS. However relative CSS does NOT mean it is necessarily going "to fit the dimensions set by each computer's screen and browser options". It means that the positioning is relative to something internal on the page. You can mix absolute and relative positioning with CSS (often you need to), as well as use fixed widths instead of relative widths.

So, no, it's not still relative. They are two different constructs and need to be explained separately.

brady.k — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 22:03:17 +0000

i know...but its still relative, whether its to the same thing or not is different, meaning its not a fixed position, and is "translated" to fit the dimensions set by each computer's screen and browser options.

Suzanne — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:30:27 +0000

*chortle*

BrandBlast — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:24:42 +0000

People are so touchy when it comes to relativity. I would like to relatively say that my relative thought functions are baseless as compared a relatively normal person.

Suzanne — Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:33:43 +0000

Cripes people, don't mislead!

Relative table width is using % widths. Relative CSS means the elements float relative to the box they are in, and to each other. TOTALLY different concepts.

Timewell — Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:30:21 +0000

oh and also...about the relative CSS -

When you say put it in a table you mean like:

<table width=? height=? cellspacing=? etc>
<tr>
<td>
<div id="blah">BLAH BLAH</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Thanks for the help and I will tell you once I have modified the site, just get back to me on those two issues thanks!

Timewell — Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:42:23 +0000

About that preloader. Do I have to replace image with every image for the nav cause I have a lot...what will the preloader actually do?

Thanks for the feedback. I will try to comment on all a bit later when I get some free time.