I have to be honest and say that I don't like this tab style for commons. It moves the page content too far down, and makes the links too important in my view.
(Technically/visually it looks nice though ;-) Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark R. Diggory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I worked out the kinks on an alternate project navigation, please have a > look and comment: > > http://www.apache.org/~mdiggory/commons/math/project-info.html > > Pro's > > 1.) Navigation better integrated into page layout. > 2.) Horizontal positioning at top of page more traditional for navigation. > 3.) Strong CSS control over look and feel, 0% javascript > 4.) Clearly separates "Shared Commons Navigation" from "Individual > Project Navigation". > > Con's > > 1.) Limits number of items on a level to the width of the page > (although it does provide "wrapping" when items are greater than width). > > 2.) Currently limited to menus nested three levels deep. > (but easily extendable to more). > 3.) Currently doesn't integrate custom project navigation. > (but could easily be adapted for such support, I had initially included > it, but encountered small issues with merging two separate "menu sets"). > > > I think its important to clearly separate the "Projects Navigation" from > the overall shared "Commons Navigation", I believe positioning them in > very separate locations of the site gives the user a much clearer path > and ease in determining the level of the site they are within. > > -Mark > -- > Mark Diggory > Software Developer > Harvard MIT Data Center > http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
