Table of contents or navagation bar
hi guys its me again and I have a question on a navagation bar for our site using dreamweaver. Our links are all in a talbe at the side of the page but the content of the page is long so it means scrolling up the page to get the links in view or putting the table at the bottom but it does'nt look right when you open the page. Should I put the table at the bottom of the page or indeed what is the best means of putting links to the various pages. Also I have a Calendar of months with a page for each month . Should I put a jump menu in the contents table or open the jump menu onto a new page and have it on the opened page.
Our site for our son Gary who died on 22May 99 is at http://brendan.somers.tripod.com all suggestions are more than welcome I think I Have hit the wall and don't know what else to do to improve the site . Many thanks for all the help Brendan
Brian Farkas posted this at 04:13 — 23rd September 2000.
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You could put a "back to top" link, or possibly a menu that stays with the user as they scroll... see http://www.dynamicdrive.com for more ideas.
Brian
Justin S posted this at 20:26 — 26th September 2000.
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I don't think the content should be too long that you have to ask this type of question. Split it up into parts so that it's not an overwhelming amount of text that you think people are reading. People usually read a few small blocks of texts compared to one large block.
Justin Stayton - [email] [icq]
Brendan posted this at 20:46 — 26th September 2000.
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I undestand what you say Justin but i would like to include the info under one heading . Our site considers different aspects of GAry's life e.g sport , the love of his family etc. the site as it stands now is done out in Frontpage as the address given above but I would like to loose the colour on the pages with some simple navagation that can allow for the long pages . I am sorry to be difficult but would the table at the bottom of the page in the above site do? I made this site a while ago and even I can see a lot of errors but my next one I want it to be so much better .
Take care and many thanks for you kind help.
JP Stones posted this at 00:50 — 28th September 2000.
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Hi Brendan, I've just spent the last hour reading at http://brendan.somers.tripod.com and wanted to pass on my thoughts to you, I lost a family member recently and have at least an inkling of how hard it must be for you. The site is great tribute, pass by the critique forum to see if others can help you improve it.
JP
Brendan posted this at 19:52 — 28th September 2000.
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Thanks J P but as you know when you have loved a child you'd do anything to tell the world about him. If you don't mind maybe you'd e mail me to tell me who you have lost but if you prefer not to I understand. Take care and regards from Brendan
JP Stones posted this at 20:30 — 28th September 2000.
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you have not supplied you're email
edit: nope got it now.
JP
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