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RemodelingGuy Posts: 172 From: Houston, Texas Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/29/2007 23:26:33 quote: ORIGINAL: jaybee Well put it like this, I was sitting in front of the camera when they took it. And they say the camera doesn't lie! Yeah right, y'aaaaal Lucky You. I was kissing my grand-daughter today before she went to school and she looked at me as I was sitting in front of my pooter without a shirt on and said ... " Papa, your belly's falling" OUCH! Guess I need to eat a little more turkey and stay away from the steaks before I take another picture. Dun-Lap disease is setting in. (in reply to jaybee)


RemodelingGuy Posts: 172 From: Houston, Texas Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/30/2007 1:15:45 quote: ORIGINAL: jaybee Whatdya mean SOON? The invoice is already in the post. Take credit cards? I was looking at the options for the pop out menu, but think I would like drop downs under the navigation bar. Problem is, that the ones I have tried don't fit into the cell I have - I mean not at all. If I had drop downs in those categories, I think it would enhance the sections & create more clicks etc. Be nice if it was browser friendly! I'd be more than willing to pay for the code - you add a few pages in the drop down, coding in the ... for lack of a better word " Clean Look " and I can probably add more links to the drop down. Let me know. If this is something I should PM you about, let me know if I overstepped. Jimmy (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14097 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/30/2007 7:18:27 You could do something like this _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to RemodelingGuy)


jaybee Posts: 14097 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/30/2007 11:57:34 Your problem, looking again at the site is you're going to end up with too many places for people to click. You've got links in the header, a menu under that, a side nav, more links in the page. If you then have dropdowns as well you're likely to lose people in the site. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to jaybee)


RemodelingGuy Posts: 172 From: Houston, Texas Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/30/2007 13:17:22 quote: ORIGINAL: jaybee Your problem, looking again at the site is you're going to end up with too many places for people to click. You've got links in the header, a menu under that, a side nav, more links in the page. If you then have dropdowns as well you're likely to lose people in the site. My thought was to Replace the Links under Navigate Our Site HOME REPAIR INDEX BLACK MOLD INDEX SELL US YOUR HOME REFINANCE LOANS Maybe add HOME STORE with drop down menus in those cells. That way I could shorten my left nav that is a mile long by incorporating the Favorites and Store into the drop downs. That would shorten the left nav up dramatically. Are we seeing eye to eye? I may not be explaining it well. _____________________________ JimmyMac "Your Local Hard Working Remodeling Guy" http://www.StartRemodeling.com jimmy@startremodeling.com (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14097 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/30/2007 17:55:08 OK, honestly? I would say get rid of the menu across the top and go for a menu on the left that works like this one www.heli-wise.co.uk This way you end up with one menu, then visitors only have to concentrate on that and all the links in the centre content. The code for that is PHP and I can walk you through it if you have PHP on your host. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to RemodelingGuy)


rubyaim Posts: 757 Joined: 6/22/2005 Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/30/2007 18:21:05 quote: www.heli-wise.co.uk <thread-hijack> The paint a heli is wonderful Jaybee! I reverted to childhood and just coloured one in Have it bookmarked for my younger nieces and nephews </thread-hijack> _____________________________ Sally (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14097 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/30/2007 18:31:02 Glad you enjoyed it. If you knew how long it took me to get that to work. I have to admit to having coloured several in myself. And not just for testing purposes either. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to rubyaim)


RemodelingGuy Posts: 172 From: Houston, Texas Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/30/2007 22:01:41 quote: ORIGINAL: jaybee OK, honestly? I would say get rid of the menu across the top and go for a menu on the left that works like this one www.heli-wise.co.uk This way you end up with one menu, then visitors only have to concentrate on that and all the links in the centre content. The code for that is PHP and I can walk you through it if you have PHP on your host. I knew it was going to be trouble when you started " OK, Honestly " You're aware that those two words ( used together ) scare the begeezus out of us guys. lol THINKING OUT LOUD! OK, Honestly - :) I like that php nav bar to a point. It seems like it will work well for a site that has a few content pages and some cool games. I dont much care for the left nav jumping up and down. I'm going to have a totty and stare at the site for a bit. Sometimes I have to sit back and look at the site and not just keep adding more and more. Although I have 1000's of content pages, there are pages that I need to highlight, because they pay the rent. And as much as I love my millions of visitors, and enjoy being a source for countless home related answers in my content pages... ... I'm a greedy bastard and love the income side of the business - lol So the top nav has to stay. Or A Nav bar that stands out. I may be able to break the sections down more. Interiors Exteriors Home Repair Mold Store Home Buying etc Is the code pretty simple? The more I think about it, the more I like it. If I'm going to eliminate 5 inches plus of left nav, I can afford to break down the sections in a little more detail without cluttering things up. And visually, it's more appealing than a bunch of drop downs. Gonna grab a glass of wine and look at it. I appreciate the help very much! Jimmy < Message edited by RemodelingGuy -- 1/30/2007 22:16:59 > (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14097 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 1/31/2007 6:17:22 You need to try and split yourself in two. The absolute must haves from your point of view and then the layout from the visitor's point of view. The must haves can then be section headers or main menu items, the other stuff needs to be grouped and put in drop downs so for example you have Tutorials then all the other stuff under that. Maybe even a further flyout or down if there are dozens of tutorials, group them under subjects. It makes the site a lot more intuitive and people can get to what they want easily rather than reading through hundreds of links. We try and push Accessibility a lot on here but sometimes to the detriment of Usability which is a whole subject in itself. When you get a visitor saying how easy your site was to use, then you know you've hit the nail on the head. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to RemodelingGuy)


RemodelingGuy Posts: 172 From: Houston, Texas Status: offline	RE: My Periodic " What Say You " Post - Pleas... - 2/1/2007 9:00:51 Jaybee, Haven't dropped the ball on this. Daughter has strep throat and is a not in a happy mood - docs / hospital and full time babysitting for gramps, since my sweeties can't get close to their Mommy for a couple more days. What is the best way to get started on the code for the left nav? I looked at the source and it looks a little tricky. Jimmy _____________________________ JimmyMac "Your Local Hard Working Remodeling Guy" http://www.StartRemodeling.com jimmy@startremodeling.com (in reply to jaybee)

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