Re: [WSG] CD Navigation
Gavin, I realise that users will have to download acrobat. The pages cannot be in HTML because they are student hand-writing samples. They also need to be fully-printable. Yes, I thought graphics may be an issue here. But just to clarify, PDF files do not display in Mac browsers these days, even with a download of the Adobe Reader (which comes preloaded on Macs anyway, along with the Apple graphic reader which also handles PDFs). Someone has come up with a shareware plug-in, I believe, but I don't know how well it works or whether any browsers have problems with it. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. One solution might be to use Macromedia's technology to turn the pages into Flash paper (essentially static Flash pages, as I understand it) which would work cross-browser and print without problems. Anyone got a better solution involving our dearly beloved CSS and some sort of parser for the original files? -Hugh * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
Re: [WSG] CD Navigation
Gavin, So the navigation that ColdFusion creates is above, and I would welcome any feedback you can give me. Any suggestions on how to tidy up the CSS or HTML? Several display issues (without looking at the code). 1) None of the current Mac browsers, AFAIK, currently display PDFs in the browser window (by default, that is, without a third party plug-in). So your frame setup won't work unless the question pages are in HTML. (All of the PDF links will open in the Adobe or Apple PDF readers.) 2) In non-IE browsers the left hand column appears in a completely expanded form. One very long column of links. This could be explained by the fact that the Javascript code used to expand the links is written explicitly for IE only. This makes me cross. 3) The header does not behave itself in IE5 Mac or Mozilla Mac. Looks OK in the beautifully well-behaved Safari. 4) In IE 5 and Mozilla the Sample 1 icon in each question seems to repeat itself, with an overlap. Even more bizarrely, the left hand, underneath version of the icon actually drifts a few pixels off the left hand border of the Mozilla browser. In Safari, no doubling up of the Sample 1 icon, but *all of the icons drift left off the left hand border of the browser. Looks as though you may want to go to browsercam right away. -Hugh Todd :) * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
Re: [WSG] CD Navigation
Hugh, Thanks for your reply. I didn't want to make you cross! I just lifted that javascript from somewhere, and i'll get working on a non-IE version. I realise that users will have to download acrobat. The pages cannot be in HTML because they are student hand-writing samples. They also need to be fully-printable. I suppose i could use Jpegs on a HTML page, but PDF seems the best bet. I've got browser cam working as we speak. Thanks again, Gavin - Original Message - From: Hugh Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] CD Navigation Gavin, So the navigation that ColdFusion creates is above, and I would welcome any feedback you can give me. Any suggestions on how to tidy up the CSS or HTML? Several display issues (without looking at the code). 1) None of the current Mac browsers, AFAIK, currently display PDFs in the browser window (by default, that is, without a third party plug-in). So your frame setup won't work unless the question pages are in HTML. (All of the PDF links will open in the Adobe or Apple PDF readers.) 2) In non-IE browsers the left hand column appears in a completely expanded form. One very long column of links. This could be explained by the fact that the Javascript code used to expand the links is written explicitly for IE only. This makes me cross. 3) The header does not behave itself in IE5 Mac or Mozilla Mac. Looks OK in the beautifully well-behaved Safari. 4) In IE 5 and Mozilla the Sample 1 icon in each question seems to repeat itself, with an overlap. Even more bizarrely, the left hand, underneath version of the icon actually drifts a few pixels off the left hand border of the Mozilla browser. In Safari, no doubling up of the Sample 1 icon, but *all of the icons drift left off the left hand border of the browser. Looks as though you may want to go to browsercam right away. -Hugh Todd :) * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ * * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
