Help for installing menu?
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Help for installing menu?
Hey guys - I've got a question. I've been trying to install a horizontal menu on my site, but I can never get it to work. When I set it to appear horizontally, all that shows up is something that looks like a sliver of glass... When I set it to appear vertically however, it works fine. I know very little HTML, and I know it's probably something stupid that I'm doing wrong. Any help would be hugely appreciated.
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Sorry about that... it's sort of embarrassing because it's only a geocities site, and not sophisticated or anything, and only partly finished.
http://geocities.com/elessar852/BBCtest
The little sliver is on the top of the page, and now there is a color highlight on the upper left hand corner. Not sure why. As I said my HTML/javascript skills are nill.
http://geocities.com/elessar852/BBCtest
The little sliver is on the top of the page, and now there is a color highlight on the upper left hand corner. Not sure why. As I said my HTML/javascript skills are nill.
A few things I would suggest...
First - UPDATE You are running 3.3.19. With the current v3 series sitting at 3.5.15 that puts you literally 20-some levels down. Always get your code here (not from dynamicdrive, which is my guess here, as they are always down-level - DISCLAIMER: personal opinion, not that of Milonic).
Even better, go to v5 which is just a few days (hopefully) from release and very stable. Get it at http://milonic.com/v5_rc3/menu5.zip.
Second, move your menu calls up to the first items after the <body>, or in the <head> if you prefer. Right now you have them all the way at the end of your code.
You have at least 2 instances of each the following items scattered in your code...
<html>
<head>
<title>
</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
As you go through your code there should be only one of each, in the order shown above.
Both of your <body> tags look something like this...
Note that the closing '>' is on a line by itself. This indicates to me there is a return in there, which may or may not be adding to the problems. It should look like this...
While we're here, this tag is calling a script (onload="init()"), which I don't find anywhere in your code.
Clean up these errors and we'll take another look.
Also, get a book on HTML (that's not a dig, just a constructive suggestion). It's really not hard, and it would help you to see what this generator you're using is doing wrong.
First - UPDATE You are running 3.3.19. With the current v3 series sitting at 3.5.15 that puts you literally 20-some levels down. Always get your code here (not from dynamicdrive, which is my guess here, as they are always down-level - DISCLAIMER: personal opinion, not that of Milonic).
Even better, go to v5 which is just a few days (hopefully) from release and very stable. Get it at http://milonic.com/v5_rc3/menu5.zip.
Second, move your menu calls up to the first items after the <body>, or in the <head> if you prefer. Right now you have them all the way at the end of your code.
You have at least 2 instances of each the following items scattered in your code...
<html>
<head>
<title>
</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
As you go through your code there should be only one of each, in the order shown above.
Both of your <body> tags look something like this...
Code: Select all
<body onload="init()" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#FF0000" text="#000000"
>
Code: Select all
<body onload="init()" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#FF0000" text="#000000">
Clean up these errors and we'll take another look.
Also, get a book on HTML (that's not a dig, just a constructive suggestion). It's really not hard, and it would help you to see what this generator you're using is doing wrong.
John
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Thanks
Thanks so much for the advice/information, it's a huge help. I'll upgrade the version I'm using, and probably stop by the bookstore and pick up a HTML for Dummies or something like that. Thanks again.