Rollover Menus

[bopritchard]

i'm sorry if this is an inappropriate place for this posting

tools at my disposal dw4.0, flash mx

here is what i'm working on

http://homeforyourfamily.com/index1.html

my question is regarding those 4 navigation items on the top...you see on rollover they expand to reveal subitems......if you look at the source of it you'll see that there are rows and columns running down in to the body of that page...i did that just to give a visual of my goal but ultimately i need to keep that entire body section as a single cell for content...that top, left and bottom navs are to be a template for every page in my site

so how do i get those top navs to expand and overlay the body below it...i also need to be able to rollover the subitems


hope this made sense

 

[deecee]

huh? not quite clear what you are looking for...
sleep is good

 

[bopritchard]

sorry...let me try again

basically i need those top nav items to "float" or overlay the body of the page when the rollover occurs...this is intended to be a template for every page in the site...

in the example page (

http://homeforyourfamily.com/index1.html)

you can see in the source that the top nav items table columns run into the body...

 

[deecee]

couple things

first off they do float over the body, when i mouse over the popup is over the body,

secondly im on a t1 here at work and your site is very image intesnive and slow to load up. you might consider addaing a loading layer to your site.

thirdly your site is to image intensive, i know i said this above but i try and stray away from images as much as possible, im a stickler for load time and functionality
sleep is good

 

[bopritchard]

it only looks like it is...if you look at the source you'll see that the columns that those navs are in run all the way down in the body of the page...

they need to be setup so that entire section of the people laughing, woman kissing baby, bible & green background is a single table cell that has text in it...and the nav bar displayed over top it

 

[deecee]

then this is a layout thing....?

well why dont you give a layout in tables a shot and post it
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[CTekMedia]

Very nice looking site but I agree with Deecee - it is too heavy (file size too large - too many graphics). I suspect if you optimize your graphic files though you could get the page to around 50-60k which might be acceptable depending on your demographic.

Your menu system looks great but is slow. Take a look at some of the optimized JS scripts available for these types of menus - you might get much better performance.

You could split the menu section into a separate frame. While I don't use frames anymore it would work. It will also add to your download time. Best solution would be an INCLUDE statement for your menu area. That would require asp or ColdFusion or something similar.

Peace

http://www.bluetone.biz

BT

 

[boyfromoz]

Um OK

(1) This is an example of using the wrong techonolgy to get a result. I'd.... start again.

(2) don't use imageready. It is crap and creates heavy sites.

(3) Use the drop down menus in Fireworks or purcahse the sothink dhtml menu system($75) an dyou will get a better, lighter result.

(4) EVERY page ion your site will laod like a dog. By using either the fireworks or sothink version, an external js file will be created which will load all the heavy code ONCE for your whole site. The way you ahve it set up, it will load every time a page is opened.

(5) Your site look tiny on my screen. ONly takes up half the page.

In the interest of helping your site succeed my recommendation is you start again.

 

[deecee]

ya and build it with tables, dont just draw it up and slice it and use that
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