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I know I have covered this in a previous post, but Looking into it further I think this would be a really good thing to have written or built-in to FW, much like the Drop down menus are now.
I have been asked a few times now for this sort of thing and have had to go back to the client and say that it’s something that I cannot do - this time I think the client is actually now looking for someone else, so it’s a lost client.
Not sure if it is possible for an action to be written, but it’s on my wishlist.
Tabs to show ‘3 pages’ of content - possibly pulled in from other URL’s http://www.sun.com/software
Here’s hoping… Nathan
I spent some time with this two days ago, and agree, it would be a great thing. It’s not hard to figure out conceptually, but the thing that kept stumping me was a way to have rollovers in one hide/show layer object trigger the hide and show of another layer.
I drew a layer, applied a Slave Layer action to it, and assigned it to slave number 1. Inside that layer, I made my 4 tabs out of inline graphics, followed by a line-break and another graphic to form the bottom of the row of tabs. Each tab got a rollover action, each set to a different click number (1-4). So far, so good.
Then I duplicated that layer in place three times, and went through the stack, setting the options for initially visible and slave number. Everything was wired up. Or so I thought.
But for the life of me, and despite having done this (with Freeway) since 1997, I could not figure out the proper combination of initially visible, sticky, toggle, whatever settings to use to make this apparently simple thing Just Workâ˘. The best I could manage was to switch from the initial view to one other tab — but I could not get it to go back again.
Now I could sit down and write a JavaScript from scratch which would do this. It’s not hard. It’s just something that I feel ought to be easy using Freeway and the standard Actions.
I have a bunch of client work today, and I don’t want to work too late, but if I get inspired and finish all my work early, I may have time to do a quick proof of concept long-hand which could be actionized by someone (or even me, if I find the time and get my head back into Action-code-land).
Walter
On Feb 23, 2007, at 9:03 AM, BigG wrote:
[quote:1f6bf2ad09]I know I have covered this in a previous post, but Looking into it further I think this would be a really good thing to have written or built-in to FW, much like the Drop down menus are now.
I have been asked a few times now for this sort of thing and have had to go back to the client and say that it’s something that I cannot do - this time I think the client is actually now looking for someone else, so it’s a lost client.
Not sure if it is possible for an action to be written, but it’s on my wishlist.
Tabs to show ‘3 pages’ of content - possibly pulled in from other URL’s http://www.sun.com/software
Here’s hoping… Nathan
BigG Bournemouth, England
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Sometime around 23/2/07 (at 14:03 +0000) BigG said:
[quote:27539aa7d3]I have been asked a few times now for this sort of thing and have had to go back to the client and say that it’s something that I cannot do [/quote:27539aa7d3] [quote:27539aa7d3]Tabs to show ‘3 pages’ of content - possibly pulled in from other URL’s http://www.sun.com/software [/quote:27539aa7d3] Of course, that could be done simply by having multiple pages. Although the Sun example uses one page, it is modifying and reloading itself using server scripting - so in effect each tab link loads a different page. Which would make this very easy to do - no juggling show/hide layers and rollover triggers, just a set of pages, each with its own tab showing!
I’m sure this was mentioned as a possible solution…
k
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Nathan, as mentioned before, this can easily be accomplished by making each ‘tab’ an element on separate pages.
Personally, I think that’s a better solution, as it allows for direct hyperlinking to individual tabs.
Having different page would mean having the same content appear on those different pages wouldn’t it? And if some text had to change to a new picture had to be add, it would need to be done on all the other pages too?
Nathan
Sometime around 23/2/07 (at 14:47 +0000) BigG said:
[quote:d54c33a43b]Having different page would mean having the same content appear on those different pages wouldn’t it? And if some text had to change to a new picture had to be add, it would need to be done on all the other pages too? [/quote:d54c33a43b] Yes, that’s absolutely right. That’s partly why some of the examples we’ve seen are dynamic pages that swap out different parts of the layout when they’re reloaded. The standing elements, the things that don’t get changed, are left alone.
It would mean a bit more work if amendments were needed, but it would also mean the effect is quite doable.
k
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