WorkTheWeb Forums > DHTML menus

paul

Jun 22 2005, 08:45 AM

Hi guys!
Its that re-design time of year again! I'm converting a tables based site
to
a Pure CSS site, and tweaking the whole look of the site. I've got a
couple
of questions:

1) I want to use DHTML for the main navigation. Would my code still
validate
if I have this big chunk of DHTML in it? Also, How gracefully would a
DHTML
menu degrade if someone was surfing with Java switched off? And finally,
how
would a screen reader, or other visual aid, cope with a DHTML menu, would
I
still have to present a plain text <a href> type menu?

2) Could anyone recomend a decent, easy to install forum system
(php/Mysql)?
I would want it easy to customise so I can blend it seamlessly with the
rest
of my site. I know I should code my own, but i'm being lazy to learn PHP
from scratch! Hey, I'm learning CSS, one step at a time eh?

Many thanks in advance

Paul

www.dunmowkarate.com

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James Cummings

Jun 22 2005, 07:53 PM

Go look at:

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=CSS+m...-p=All&sp-k=All

I think you'll find an excellent start there.

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QUOTE

Hi guys!
Its that re-design time of year again! I'm converting a tables based site
to
a Pure CSS site, and tweaking the whole look of the site. I've got a
couple
of questions:

1) I want to use DHTML for the main navigation. Would my code still
validate
if I have this big chunk of DHTML in it? Also, How gracefully would a
DHTML
menu degrade if someone was surfing with Java switched off? And finally,
how
would a screen reader, or other visual aid, cope with a DHTML menu, would
I
still have to present a plain text <a href> type menu?

2) Could anyone recomend a decent, easy to install forum system
(php/Mysql)?
I would want it easy to customise so I can blend it seamlessly with the
rest
of my site. I know I should code my own, but i'm being lazy to learn PHP
from scratch! Hey, I'm learning CSS, one step at a time eh?

Many thanks in advance

Paul

www.dunmowkarate.com

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David Dorward

Jun 22 2005, 09:26 PM

paul wrote:

QUOTE

1) I want to use DHTML for the main navigation.

It sounds like you are picking the technology before the result. Decide what
you want to do, and then pick the technology. DHTML is a buzzword more then
a technology, it usually means JavaScript + DOM + HTML + CSS.

Are you talking about an expanding menu such as you can find at
http://www.udm4.com/ ?

QUOTE

Would my code still validate if I have this big chunk of DHTML in it?

It is possible to write such a menu using valid code.

QUOTE

Also, How gracefully would a DHTML menu degrade if someone was surfing
with Java switched off?

Perfectly well, since "DHTML" almost never includes Java. JavaScript[1] on
the other hand ... that depends how well the script was written.

[1] Java and JavaScript have about as much in common as Car and Carpet.

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