Graphics

[darkmatter]

Haven’t tried this yet, but is there anything prevents one from placing a graphic instead of text as the menu choice into Custom1?  I’m guessing the CSS would have to be moded to remove any formatting.

[imported_Ryan]

Yes that is possible, albeit it is not particularly easy. The problems lie in removing the text from the menu. With custom code, you could easily remove the text altogether, however there is then no way for search engines (or non-visual browsers) to know what the link is about. So the trick is to shunt that text elsewhere so that only the graphic is shown.

I do these types of customisations for our premium members, they’re [b:1a8g034z]way[/b:1a8g034z] too time consuming to do for free … https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/premium_support/

[imported_Ryan]

Here’s an example of site with graphical buttons which I coded recently … http://www.capefearriverwood.com/

If you view the source. The text for the buttons is still present, however they are not visible on the screen. This was created using a regular list of pages, rather than custom code. The same concept applies in both cases though.

[darkmatter]

Yes they can be time consuming especially in making them browser agnostic with the CSS.  I worked quite a bit with ypslideoutmenus and got them to work very well at one point.  But then I ran into compatibility issues with the CSS and absolute positioning… I still haven’t figured it out haha.  With that code you could place graphics in the menu and in the slideouts which made it very attractive looking.  I’ll give it a try here.

[imported_Ryan]

Egads, are you talking about this thing? … http://simplythebest.net/scripts/DHTML_ … _114a.html

I wouldn’t touch that with a 10 m pole! The code behind that thing is hideous. If you turn javascript off, the menu becomes a giant list of links – not much good for those navigating without javascript on.

[darkmatter]

Haha yes, it’s that one.  You do have to have JS on for sure, just as you would for so many JQuery apps on WP these days.  I found it quite nice looking and very functional but you’re right the code is hideous!

[imported_Ryan]

Javascript and jQuery are fine. Just so long as the application works okay when Javascript is turned off.

I’d love to create a dropdown menu which only ‘drops’ onclick, not when hovered over. However the Javascript people keep telling me that is not possible while still allowing it to function correctly with javascript off ” title=”Sad” />

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