transfering the templateRe: [Helpers] FST links - Round 1

Wed May 4 17:29:54 PDT 2005

At 03:08 PM 5/4/2005, you wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mystress Angelique Serpent" 
><Mystress at fire-serpent.com>
>To: "FST Helpers list." <Helpers at fire-serpent.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:51 PM
>Subject: transfering the templateRe: [Helpers] FST links - Round 1
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>>   Thanks for shrinking the images, BTW... I usually do that at the end 
>> of a project, when I know for sure which ones I am going to use... which 
>> means I often never get to it! :) Good to have it done.
>
>I didn't fix the rollover images on the menu, which will decrease the over
>all page size little bit more. I'm not sure how much at this point, but there
>are many images for that menu so it does affect to some degree... I think...

   Yes, but I see you reduced them in number... removing "onclick" cut 
their numbers by 1/3. Have not checked whether you reduced the preload 
array as well.

>>   Do you have a code snippet you like to use for that?
>>  Anybody? I have some archived someplace but I'd have a learning curve 
>> to conquer, never made them before.
>>
>>   I'm thinking a box about 450 pixels wide and ? deep. Tidy little 
>> window that won't get killed by a popup blocker, and lets them keep the 
>> lesson page open while they surf the links.
>>
>>   Please give to me the secret code!
>
>My Dreamweaver writes all the Javascript, but I don't know much about
>how popup blocker works (what kind of popup it's blocking), so I don't
>know about that part.
>
>I assume every browser has different setting for popup, too. IE that I'm
>using gives me the message that it blocked popup. If I want to see the
>popup contents then I click the message to let the popup open.
>
>You can open the sub window automaticaly and by clicking the link.
>I'm thinking put the link with the worning "This will open the popup
>window" or something to let people know what is supposed to be
>happening.

   Yes, I intended to. Decided to leave the little off site links box up, 
and add a pop up notice with a link inside it.

>Here is the Java script for popup window.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ code start here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
><head>
><!-- this is the java script for popup window -->
><script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
><!--
>function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
>  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
>}
>//-->
></script>
><!-- popup window script ends here -->
></head>
>
>
>
><!-- This is actual popup link -->
><a href="#" 
>onClick="MM_openBrWindow('subwindow.html','subwin','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=450,height=400')">window 
>open
></a>
><!-- link ends here -->
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   Perfect, thanks!

>>   Getting the content into the template, is the first priority... I will 
>> take a whack at it, because the other helpers need to have a current 
>> version to work on.

   Done.

>>   That, and adapting the new template to the preview...
>>
>>   Sachiko, would you be able to adapt the preview template and shrink 
>> the image files for it?
>
>If you give me the finished template and let me know where it is supposed
>be on the server, then I will be able to work on the images.

   http://www.fire-serpent.org/fscnew/1mainform.html
It is the pages in the main directory... the preview.

   Thank you! :)

>Sachiko
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