[Helpers] flash navigation menu

[Mystress Angelique Serpent]

At 07:07 PM 23/04/2006, you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mystress Angelique Serpent" <Mystress at fire-serpent.com>
>To: "FST Helpers list." <Helpers at fire-serpent.org>
>Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:46 PM
>Subject: Re: [Helpers] flash navigation menu
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> >   It is cool!
> >
> >   I had to reset my internet security to "low" to see it, which makes me
> > go hmmm...  I wonder if many people have active X turned off?
>
>My browser (IE) internet setting is medium not low, but it askes me to
>click the area to activate the flash.

   Ok.. I don't like making people do stuff like that...

    I keep getting cold feet/ negative gut reaction to the flash menus. I 
think your original idea to switch over to stylesheet menu might still be 
the best way to go. I love my calligrapher menu but I need to let go of 
that attachment and choose something else.

At this point the flash needs tweaking anyhow..    I see the experiences 
links link is still there.  I appreciate the work you did of making flash, 
but I cannot ignore my gut.

   I found a good page on standard fonts for win & mac:
http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

   I like Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua and Georgia better than times new 
roman, and they seem to be quite standard. Please change the CSS to have it 
as the default font for the pages. I like a larger than average size so 
people can sit back to read the lessons.

   Which of the fonts on that web page do you think would be a good 
replacement for calligrapher? On some of my other sites, like 
www.domin8rex.com I went with arial, all caps.  I really don't like 
sans-serif fonts but it was the best choice for that page.

   Could you make a test menu with several types of fonts and put it 
in  sample page so I can see  how the fonts look with the overall design? 
At the moment I am leaning toward impact or comic sans ms... and to 
simplify things, might be a good idea to make the title font the same as 
the links menu. Too many fonts looks cluttered.

   I am thinking to change the "other links" to "lesson links" and deleting 
the silly little pop up table box, just have the pop up directly from the 
nav menu. What do you think? Maybe it is good to have the box to let people 
know there is a pop-up in case they have anti-popup software running. Just 
not sure we have to tell them on every lesson!

   Sorry to make so many changes, this late in the game...

> >   I am wondering, did you bold the font for flash? The flash letters look
> > heftier than the top 3 links. Compare Home to the Home in homework.  I
> > had
> > calligrapher set at 21 points.
>
>It is 21point. It's just different type of graphic (vector base) makes
>slight difference when it's rendered.

   ah.

> >   I guess we need to add the purple on-click back to the top 3 to make
> > them match?
>
>Sure. I haven't tweek the pre-load file yet.
>I will upload all the lessons with flash navigation when it's done.

    You mean when all the lessons are done? I don't want to use the flash 
on the CD, and SSI won't work on a CD.


> >   More lessons are done, they are indicated by being labeled thus in the
> > word folder, like 02matgodDONE.html   (That lesson has changed since it
> > was
> > originally added to the form)
>
>Cool. So, "filenameDONE.doc" is the ready for copy&paste?

   Yes they are! Also, I think it was 23akash? is now 23soul. I might have 
the lesson number wrong... Thank you!


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