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ArahMan7
07-02-2007, 03:43 AM
Hope I'm in the right place. This is my first thread. Hope to learn a lot (with your blessing of course) in this Web Developer Forum.
I'm using drop down menu on both sidebars on my blog. All of them are located at the bottom of both sidebars, three(main menu) on the right and six(main menu) on the left.
One day a reader told me she cannot click the drop down menu when she was using IE7 but ironically the drop down menu are clickable if you're using IE6!
I don't know what is wrong. Is it the javascripts or should I tell my readers not to use IE7?
Please tell me what should I do to make the drop down menu compatible in all browsers?
Ooops sorry! My blog ; My Journey To Recovery. (http://arahman7.blogspot.com/)
I thank you in advance.
Your dropdown doesn't work at all when the page is viewed using Firefox.
It may have to do with the 419 errors (http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Farahman7.blogspot.com%2F) you've got in your coding. ;)
ArahMan7
07-02-2007, 12:39 PM
Your dropdown doesn't work at all when the page is viewed using Firefox.
It may have to do with the 419 errors (http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Farahman7.blogspot.com%2F) you've got in your coding. ;)
Thanks for replying Miss. Sorry about that. That's news to me. Are you sure you got the right url? Here it is again; http://arahman7.blogspot.com/
If you're able to view my blog, you can read on my readers' comment, the drop down menu are clickable in IE6 but not in IE7.
Yes, I have the right URL. I am able to view your blog, but no dropdown menu appears when I hover over anything in your flanking columns.
ArahMan7
07-02-2007, 01:15 PM
Yes, I have the right URL. I am able to view your blog, but no dropdown menu appears when I hover over anything in your flanking columns.
Flanking columns? I don't know what's wrong, but I'm looking at my blog now. The drop down menu are still there. Three main menu, My Sacred Links, Recovery Links and Non-Recovery Links are at the very bottom, right sidebar. And at the bottom left sidebar there are six main menu.
What can I say? The drop down menu are suppose to be there. Or maybe you can View Source. Maybe you can look at the javascripts and the HTML that I'm using.
I'm sorry to cause you any trouble. It suppose to be there...
(I'm using Firefox to view your page -- not IE.)
I see them now -- they are only activated onclick -- normally, a dropdown is activated by onmouseover; this unexpected behavior is why I didn't see them.
In any event, you need to work on your coding, and streamlining your javascript dependency. That much javascript is just WAY too much.
KDLA
ArahMan7
07-02-2007, 01:31 PM
(I'm using Firefox to view your page -- not IE.)
I see them now -- they are only activated onclick -- normally, a dropdown is activated by onmouseover; this unexpected behavior is why I didn't see them.
In any event, you need to work on your coding, and streamlining your javascript dependency. That much javascript is just WAY too much.
KDLA
Please Miss Moderator. Please tell me what to do. I've been trying to get some answer for nearly a month now. I can't even update my blog! Or you can show me new javascripts, but working like the drop down menu I'm using now.
I'm eager to use drop down menu coz my sidebars contents are getting longer and longer.
No offense, but your page is a mess. I suggest streamlining the elements on the page - choosing only "essential" elements. (Your whole website doesn't need to be on the homepage.) Then, from there, you can work on the coding. Right now, your page is a huge mish-mash of junk; quite overwhelming, to the point where I don't want to read most of it to find what interests me. And, this mish-mash is causing your coding to be nothing but tag soup over-seasoned with a ton of javascripting. :p
KDLA
ArahMan7
07-02-2007, 02:52 PM
No offense, but your page is a mess. I suggest streamlining the elements on the page - choosing only "essential" elements. (Your whole website doesn't need to be on the homepage.) Then, from there, you can work on the coding. Right now, your page is a huge mish-mash of junk; quite overwhelming, to the point where I don't want to read most of it to find what interests me. And, this mish-mash is causing your coding to be nothing but tag soup over-seasoned with a ton of javascripting. :p
KDLA
Yikes! That bad, eh? What do you suggest? Streamlining as in throw something out? I guess I've to do that, but most of it, I've used their services in one way or another.
I know I'm not as HTML savvy as you like to think. For the sake of conversation, let say I redo all my HTML that's acceptable by the W3C guys, will the mish-mash go away?
I'm sorry, it is now nearly 3.00 AM over here. I'm going to sleep now. Hope to see you (with some answer) in six hours time, around 9.00 AM my time. Read my latest post, at least the last paragraph.
Anyway, thanks for your honest reviewed. Really appreciate it.
When you get a chance, research usability studies. That will help you with selecting content/design elements.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
KDLA
ArahMan7
07-02-2007, 07:36 PM
When you get a chance, research usability studies. That will help you with selecting content/design elements.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
KDLA
Selamat pagi as in good morning. Thanks for the head-up, Miss Moderator. I've just subscribe to their newsletter and I guess I got lots of reading to do. Hopefully I can learn something worthwhile.