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DB Driven CSS Menu - 6/25/2009 20:38:42
IF someone quick with DBs and CSS has the time...
I don't want to put anyone out. This is something I could have done for myself three or four years ago, but slowly even then. Certainly now I'm very out of practice and it would take me way too long. For work, I would like to provide a working example of what I'm talking about - of a simple web page where the menu is somewhat dynamic and database driven. It would be very nice if the menu was CSS driven, but it's not required. It could just be a table setup. Here's what I'm looking for:
- Simple web page (see screen shots for mockup)
- Header area with a logo and DB driven menu
- Footer that goes across the entire bottom in some contrasting color
- The menu content is dependent on the login of the user
- The widths of all the menu blocks should be the same and large enough to accommodate the longest menu text
- Each menu block has a color defined (I just made up colors for this example, I didn't have a pallet.)
- If there isn't menu text then the block should just be the background color, but still show as a block (Yes, I know this stinks, but it's not my call.)
- There really isn't a max on the number of menu items possible, the screen would just make the user horizontal scroll if there are more items needed than would take to fill out to 800 wide. (But it's just for the purposes of this example, I really wouldn't make a user horizontal scroll.)
- Content to fit to an 800x600 screen
- MS Access DB and whatever code you want (ASP, Dot Net, whatever)
That's pretty much it.
If there is anyone that is really quick at something like this and would like to do it then I'd be very appreciative. But this is NOT something drop-dead. It's just that a working example sometimes goes a long way towards making a point. Of course, if there is something already out there that I can be pointed towards then that's even easier.
If anyone is up for it, thank you in advance,
Andrew
PS: In my example, I used Ilene and Irene. In the screen shot, it's hard to see the difference. Sorry.
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RE: DB Driven CSS Menu - 6/26/2009 18:14:20
I kind of thought, 'well, it never hurts to ask'. I figure it's probably been done a million or more times and if the right person reads the post then it could be a easy solution just to tweak something already done. And I wouldn't ask if it was something that I really should do myself, like for a client or something I'd normally get paid for doing at work. This is really just a throw-away proof. That's why I tried to say it's not a drop-dead issue and don't do it if it isn't quick to do. (I know that back in the day when I was a regular contributor here I would spend an hour or two trying to help someone.)
Anyway, DB driven LOVs aren't the issue. I can still do that myself. I can even populate menus from a DB. But what I would have a hard time doing is populating a horizontal CSS menu from a database. (I've just been out of the game too long.)
But if the right person reads the post... (yeah, I can hope :-)
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