Emphatic — Tue, 29 May 2007 23:13:57 +0000

Well done!

CSS isn't that tricky, it's more understanding the XHTML side of things that will slow you down.

If you pop on over to http://www.opendesigns.org/view-designs/
You can see some sweet open source designs that you can download and play with. If your clients want something smooth, and polished, these templates can give you a "leg up" towards a professional look, and the designers are happy for you to use them, as long as you link back to them somehow.

A powerful freeware text editor can allow you to make the changes.
I've been using one called Notepad ++ which highlights the syntax for you. You can pull up the index.html file of a template and the style.css and make a few changes here and there to margins and padding, and see the result in a browser.

I too am a slow learner, but I found that a few tutorials here and there can answer questions for you. It's also good to see what the current trends are to keep ahead of the game, and improve your skills.

shobuz99 — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:32:15 +0000

Emphatic,
Eureka! I fixed it. I'll tell you what I discovered in the code.
There were two pieces that were associated with the marquee_menu.js
lodged within the area.
Both pieces had to be removed along with the marquee_menu.js
because they were apparently interfering with the menu.

The two lines of code were:
onload="dynAnimation();" language="Javascript"> ( within the )
function Go(){return} - also within the .

You can check out the corrected page: shmangyboys.com

Thank you very much for all of your advice and help. I may still consider
using css for the menus, in the future. It's a good idea.
As for the flash, I think I will be going back to my auto-didactic approach
to learning Flash and getting better at using it on web sites that I design or maintain (currently 6 and growing).
I''ve been asked to design a site for someone, that wants SOTA (state of the art) designing and soft components.
My skills aren't there yet to do that. Hopefully I can do something fundamental to satisfy the customer until they find someone who can or until I learn enough to do it myself.
I'm still learning a lot about Web site creation, design and mantenance; even though I've been doing it for over 10 years....slow learner:rolleyes:
thanks again for your help
Rick (shobuz99)

Emphatic;219843 wrote: I found your site on the net, and can see the marquee in action.

It's possible to use css to duplicate your navigation bar, which would allow you to use flash fo your marquee and do away with javascript altogether.

Have a look at this example: http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/final_drop.html

And the other examples of what can be done: http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/index.html

shobuz99 — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:11:39 +0000

Emphatic,

Thanks for your advice. The CSS menu idea is attractive to me; however,
I'm less than a novice when it comes to CSS.

I really would like to figure out why the 2 menu javascript files stop working
when I remove the marquee javascript file..
It just bugs the hell out of me.

I checked out a few css menus from the links you provided.. they're pretty cool.. I just wonder how long it would take me to understand how they work and how to change them when I needed to.

Thanks again..

Rick (shobuz99)

Emphatic — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:27:34 +0000

I found your site on the net, and can see the marquee in action.

It's possible to use css to duplicate your navigation bar, which would allow you to use flash fo your marquee and do away with javascript altogether.

Have a look at this example: http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/final_drop.html

And the other examples of what can be done: http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/index.html

Emphatic — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:28:51 +0000

Sorry, pc was slow to respond, and therefore I repeated myself a few times.

I'll go over the code to see if I can uncover why it's stopping.
I'm no expert, and maybe other ppl can offer some insight.

shobuz99 — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:23:22 +0000

Emphatic;219827 wrote: So this html code, is it:

the one with javascript working?

Or not?

Yes, the javascript is working, BUT.. if i remove the marquee_menu.js
from the group.. it stops working for the menu..

Thanks for the review..

Rick (Shobuz99)

shobuz99 — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:21:25 +0000

Emphatic;219826 wrote: So this html code, is it:

Without the flash?

With the flash?

It has the flash. Right after layer 2.. BTW.. the layers are out of order in this file.. it goes 1 3 2..

Emphatic — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:07:51 +0000

So this html code, is it:

the one with javascript working?
Or not?

shobuz99 — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:10:28 +0000

Emphatic,
Well... I'll post the code, but like I said, this involves 3 .js files and an HTML main page.
Would you need all the .js files, or just show them listed in the HTML main page file?

Also, I have to say that I didn't write the .js files. They are both part of an HV Menu- by Ger Versluis,
submitted to Dynamic Drive for use. The marquee_menu.js is part of a Peter Gehrig menu, I found
on http://www.24fun.com.
These menus have worked together fine. When I first installed the HV Menu, the Peter Gehrig marquee
menu was layed out within the HTML page. I decided to clean things up and I created the marquee_menu.js
file and then called it out in the HTML like the other two.
I never had a problem with this coexistence until I removed the marquee_menu.js.

The reason I removed it, is because I wanted the flash swf file to replace it...

Anyway, here is the HTML code with the marquee_menu.js file still in there.
This works, but I don't want the marquee_menu.js in there... you get the idea..

// --->

(I left out the head code because it is irrelevant)

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Parties & Weddings
for
2007
Call
570-623-2800
NOW!

Accept
NO Imitations !!

The
"Dynamic Duo" of the Southern Tier
Sal Crisafi &
Rick White
combine years of entertainment experience
to bring you a night of nostalgic Rock N' Roll!
Looking for
someone to maintain your web site?
Click
HERE

We
sing it all from Doo Wop to Classic Rock
and everything in between.

What's
a Shmangy?? The
Urban Dictionary says:
Shmangy
- the pimp daddy of all pimp daddys.
You know who I'm talking about!!

//HV Menu- by Ger Versluis (http://www.burmees.nl/)
//Submitted to Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
//Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com for this script and more
function Go(){return}
</script>
<script src='marquee_menu.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='shmangymenu_var.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='menu_com.js'></script>

</script>

End of code

projectx — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:29:57 +0000

Try flashkit.com you will learn alot there from beginning to the advantage level.