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Offline jtmal0723

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Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« on: January 16, 2009, 06:05:36 AM »
I think that this weekend I am going to begin adding some flare to the menu system, no not a literal flare like you see in the LDL effect, maybe pizazz is the right word for it... I will also be working mostly non stop on trying to GET THE MENU TO WORK IN INTERNET EXPLORER... This is my hope and my main focus... This will involve the following process on my part of coding to start to work on this....

1) remove all menu CSS in the style sheet
2) rewrite the bare standalone first glance stuff first with just "main" "music" "videos" etc....
3) start to work on the hovering effects
4) write the code for the popup styling
5) pray real hard that it works in Internet Explorer
6) tweak what needs to be tweaked
7) take screenshots of the design in progress (I lost my hosting so I have to work on it locally and can't upload it for users to test)
8) if all is good, and approval from the community is positive, I ship the files off to Gary and he gets them up as soon as he can.

I cannot give a time frame, because that would be too much pressure on my part, and that tends to lead me to rush, and rushing leads to catastrophes so... Yeah. The earliest I can get started on working on this is Sunday. I am 100% unavailable Saturday due to pre-existing plans (haven't hung out with my best friend in over 2 weeks, and we wanna catch up and stuff) and Friday is my family day so Sunday I'll get started since I'm most likely going to stay in (it's too darn cold out to do anything! :brr: :brr: :brr:)... So I ask for all of your support when I'm working, and heck! I may upload "work in progress" shots (this will include double/triple/quadtruple/*uple posts sometimes but meh) and stuff so... yeah! Let's get this party goin'!

It's now 6:04am, I'm tired, unable to sleep, and I think my post is becoming a ramble above so I'm gonna try to go to sleep now! I wanted to let you all know what was up... :)

- Jesse
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2009, 11:02:44 AM »
Wow! :thrilled: I can't wait for all the updates, Jesse! Thank you, once again, for all you're doing to make this site look its best. :)
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2009, 03:26:48 AM »
Right now I'm trying to talk with people I know that can lend me some hosting that has php so I can show my progress off to you guys.... So far no luck, so I'll try again in the morning... I still plan to get started on the overhaul today so wish me luck! Again, no set time period on when it'll be done since I'm a bit busy these days but I still intend to get what I promised done one way or another as soon as possible! I have one idea in my head and I think it may work, hehe :)
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2009, 04:28:25 PM »
Good luck, Jesse! B) :P
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2009, 11:00:17 PM »
awesome! I contacted my old buddy and I got my temporary hosting up so you all can watch the progress once I upload.... http://jtmal.duffplace.com/ is the site address, and right now you'll see Index of / because I haven't uploaded anything yet.
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2009, 09:48:46 PM »
I know when I was coding CSS for my company's new website I had exactly the opposite problem as you. IE displayed everything correctly but Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. would shift everything and the menus could be coming out of random places. Arggh... CSS is a  :censored:!
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2009, 05:28:08 AM »
Sorry I have been a bit busy these past few days to give you a full update on what I've been working on for this so far. I will say -- I have kept my main goal! NO JAVASCRIPT! :) It has been a bit tedious but it's coming along nicely. And!!!! This is the biggest news.... Ready?

:dance: :dance: :dance: IT WORKS IN INTERNET EXPLORER!!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

It's coming along very well and I'm continuing with it every night until the job is done and I'm 100% satisfied.... I have to continue the color tweaking (as it's not on par yet) and then I have the most difficult task... incorporating it into the design, which is gonna need more major tweaking. Once this is all done, I'll upload it to my hosting for beta testing and will get opinions on what should be fixed and suggestions. So, wish me luck and keep checking back!  :yes:

Progress can be seen in the attached image.
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2009, 06:18:48 AM »
I do have to admit, I'm not 100% sure it works in versions of Internet Explorer lower than 7 (meaning IE5 and IE6) but it's working on my machine for IE7 so.... YAY!  :biggrin:
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2009, 08:14:07 PM »
Glad to see that things are coming along Jesse!  B)
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Re: New Menu System - Testing needed! Please read.
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2009, 02:41:03 AM »
It's that time again, folks! Beta testing! This time we're testing the new menu system... I need Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer 6 and 7 testing for this to make sure things are looking great and working properly. Now, obviously clicking on the items will not load the pages because, well, they don't exist for obvious reasons... Now, this does work in Internet Explorer this time, I followed the guide as perfectly as I could. If everything works out alright, then all is good and the files will be sent to Gary on Saturday! I hope all goes well!

http://jtmal.duffplace.com/ <= the URL  :biggrin:
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2009, 08:42:09 AM »
Firefox 3 and IE7 have a working page here!
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2009, 02:43:07 PM »
Yep I can confirm that all is well in FF 3 and IE7.  :biggrin:
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2009, 03:40:26 PM »
ok, that's good... I still need Opera, Webkit (Safari) and IE6 testing before I conclude it's good to go for shipping  B)
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2009, 05:04:31 PM »
No go on IE6.  :(
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Re: Main topic for the menu system - version 2.0 (in my book anyway)
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2009, 05:07:39 PM »
...and if you are still using IE6, you shouldn't be allowed to surf the Internet.
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