Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-26 Thread David Laakso
Hoyd Breton wrote: > > Two questions: > > • Could any of you guys recommend the most active/helpful html/css forum? > This is my first all-html project and know that I have a bucket load of > learning ahead. > > • I'm working off safari/chrome; and I realize that I need to do something > to address

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-26 Thread Theresa Mesa
You really should check out the CSS-based (a little bit of JavaScript) slideshows (and menus, among other things) at Project VII. See if there's anything there that would meet your needs. I have their menu builder, and the code validates. The customer service there is also awesome. I've gotten

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-26 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Hoyd Breton wrote: > Thanks for all the pennies, nickels and dimes. Cashing it all in. = ] > > I wanted to avoid the SWF route, not because all the hoopla but more as an > exercise to learn the javascript ropes a bit. Good man : "Flash ? Just say 'NO !'" :-) > http://starkshumble.com/test/ I

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-26 Thread Hoyd Breton
Thanks for all the pennies, nickels and dimes. Cashing it all in. = ] I wanted to avoid the SWF route, not because all the hoopla but more as an exercise to learn the javascript ropes a bit. The "solution" that I opted with, and I'm using solution loosely here guys. Is that I used a slideshow that

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-26 Thread John Franks
Hoyd, I would look to use Flash for this kind of thing. And there are some excellent tools out there which do all the coding for you. One fantastic one would be http://www.slideshowbox.com/ from JumpeyeComponents. They provide both a non-Adobe-Flash HTML version as well as an Adobe Flash add-o

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-26 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Hoyd Breton wrote: > Matthew + Chris: Thank you for the quick replies. Yeap, I agree that in most > cases animations tend to be on the annoying/ pointless side of things; > however, I feel like slideshows have become a bit commonplace on portfolio > sites, going to give it a try and nix if it's

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-25 Thread Hoyd Breton
Matthew + Chris: Thank you for the quick replies. Yeap, I agree that in most cases animations tend to be on the annoying/ pointless side of things; however, I feel like slideshows have become a bit commonplace on portfolio sites, going to give it a try and nix if it's poorly received. David: Thank

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-25 Thread Matthew P. Johnson
Noob here. I'm trying to display the work section on my page by having the given project's slideshow appear sliding in to the center of the work section. If the user selects a different project from the list on the left, the current project's slideshow slides away for the newly selected project's

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-25 Thread David Laakso
Hoyd Breton wrote: > I'm trying to display the work section on my page by having the > given project's slideshow appear sliding in to the center of the work > section. > If the user selects a different project from the list on the left, the > current project's slideshow slides away for the newly se

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-25 Thread Matthew P. Johnson
Many people, myself included, find any animation on a web page very annoying. Don't do it. [Matthew P. Johnson] I do not want to deter you from your web site design but unless you are an animator or in film animations are really annoying on a web site. This of course is my personal opin

Re: [css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-25 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010, Hoyd Breton wrote: > Top of the evening! > > Noob here. I'm trying to display the work section on my page by having the > given project's slideshow appear sliding in to the center of the work > section. > If the user selects a different project from the list on the left, the

[css-d] Sliding Portfolio

2010-06-25 Thread Hoyd Breton
Top of the evening! Noob here. I'm trying to display the work section on my page by having the given project's slideshow appear sliding in to the center of the work section. If the user selects a different project from the list on the left, the current project's slideshow slides away for the newly