Ok...I really need help

[FleetAdmiralO]

Hey guys...please help

First Off...Complete Novice

I run Frontpage 2000(kinda old but i got nothing else) and I wanna put in those cool drop tabs for my website..the ones with the DHTML code and cascading style sheets. I downloaded the scripts from the website...but now what...

1. Where do i put them?
2. How do i get any of this to work.

Hey thanks guys really really appreciate it.


FleetAdmiralO

[Twey]

I run Frontpage 2000(kinda old but i got nothing else)

Presuming you're a Windows user, you've got Notepad. That's superior.

I wanna put in those cool drop tabs for my website..the ones with the DHTML code and cascading style sheets. I downloaded the scripts from the website...but now what...

Open the page in a text editor (such as Notepad) and insert the code as instructed on the page. If you intend to open the page in FrontPage again, there's some additional code you have to insert to prevent FrontPage mangling it, but I suggest you don't. In fact, I strongly recommend you rewrite the whole page from scratch, since the excuse for code that FrontPage churns out is worse than worthless in most cases.

[FleetAdmiralO]

Yeah but i dont know any DHTML for one, and second i opened it in Notepad and i see no instructions....third where exactly on the html portion of frontpage do i put it? AHHHHHHH SOOOOO CONFUSING!!!



Fleet

[Twey]

i dont know any DHTML for one

And you're making websites? That's like being a mechanic without knowing what a screw is I suggest you learn.

second i opened it in Notepad and i see no instructions

The instructions that came with the script. I assume you're talking about a pre-built script?

[FleetAdmiralO]

Yeah, but im using Frontpage, which you don't technically need to know DHTML, and i took an HTML class a couple years ago, so im not totally dumb, and yes im talking about the pre-built scripts. Here, please respond as if you were talking to a 5 year old, simple.....very very simple.

thanks

fleet

[Twey]

Yeah, but im using Frontpage, which you don't technically need to know DHTML

True. You don't need to know DHTML in order to sit a trained monkey in front of a text editor either, though, and the monkey would probably produce a better site.

and i took an HTML class a couple years ago, so im not totally dumb

Even less reason to still be using FrontPage.

yes im talking about the pre-built scripts.

And I was talking about the instructions that came with them.

[alexjewell]

Yeah, come on Twey, some of those out-of-the-box "custom" cars work great...except you shouldn't take them on the freeway.

Pshhh. I need to stop being so sarcastic.

Fleet, you'll have to link us to the code or post it in here before we can help. (PS - if you're not completely stupid, we wont talk to you like you're 5...)

[FleetAdmiralO]

Ok....look i dont have any of those fancy softwares like Dreamweaver or anything else....so for starters...tell me what software you guys recommend ok.


Now.

This is the pre-built script:

Sliding Doors:

.slidetabsmenu{
float:left;
width:100%;
font-size: 12px;
line-height:normal;
border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
}

* html .slidetabsmenu{ /*IE only. Add 1em spacing between menu and rest of content*/
margin-bottom: 1em;
}

.slidetabsmenu ul{
list-style-type: none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

.slidetabsmenu li{
display:inline;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

.slidetabsmenu a{
float:left;
background:url(media/slide-left.gif) no-repeat left top;
margin:0;
margin-right: 5px;
padding:0 0 0 9px;
text-decoration:none;
}

.slidetabsmenu a span {
float:left;
display:block;
background:url(media/slide-right.gif) no-repeat right top;
padding:2px 13px 2px 4px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#3B3B3B;
}

/* Commented Backslash Hack hides rule from IE5-Mac \*/
.slidetabsmenu a span {float:none;}
/* End IE5-Mac hack */

.slidetabsmenu a:hover span, .slidetabsmenu li.selected a span{
color: black;
}

.slidetabsmenu a:hover, .slidetabsmenu li.selected a{
background-position:0% -125px;
}

.slidetabsmenu a:hover span, .slidetabsmenu li.selected a span{
background-position:100% -125px;
}

html>/**/body .IEonlybr{ /*None IE browsers hack*/
display: none; /*Hide BR tag in non IE browsers, since it's not needed*/
}





OK. Here the JavaScript that came with it:

//Drop Down Tabs Menu- Author: Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
//Created: May 16th, 07'

var tabdropdown={
disappeardelay: 200, //set delay in miliseconds before menu disappears onmouseout
disablemenuclick: false, //when user clicks on a menu item with a drop down menu, disable menu item's link?
enableiframeshim: 1, //1 or 0, for true or false

//No need to edit beyond here////////////////////////
dropmenuobj: null, ie: document.all, firefox: document.getElementById&&!document.all, previousmenuitem:null,
currentpageurl: window.location.href.replace("http://"+window.location.hostname, "").replace(/^\//, ""), //get current page url (minus hostname, ie: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/)

getposOffset:function(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
},

showhide:function(obj, e, obj2){ //obj refers to drop down menu, obj2 refers to tab menu item mouse is currently over
if (this.ie || this.firefox)
this.dropmenuobj.style.left=this.dropmenuobj.style.top="-500px"
if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover"){
if (obj2.parentNode.className.indexOf("default")==-1) //if tab isn't a default selected one
obj2.parentNode.className="selected"
obj.visibility="visible"
}
else if (e.type=="click")
obj.visibility="hidden"
},

iecompattest:function(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
},

clearbrowseredge:function(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=0
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=this.ie && !window.opera? this.standardbody.scrollLeft+this.standardbody.clientWidth-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=this.dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-this.dropmenuobj.x < this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) //move menu to the left?
edgeoffset=this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetWidth
}
else{
var topedge=this.ie && !window.opera? this.standardbody.scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
var windowedge=this.ie && !window.opera? this.standardbody.scrollTop+this.standardbody.clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=this.dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
if (windowedge-this.dropmenuobj.y < this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure){ //move up?
edgeoffset=this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetHeight
if ((this.dropmenuobj.y-topedge)<this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) //up no good either?
edgeoffset=this.dropmenuobj.y+obj.offsetHeight-topedge
}
this.dropmenuobj.firstlink.style.borderTopWidth=(edgeoffset==0)? 0 : "1px" //Add 1px top border to menu if dropping up
}
return edgeoffset
},

dropit:function(obj, e, dropmenuID){
if (this.dropmenuobj!=null){ //hide previous menu
this.dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden" //hide menu
if (this.previousmenuitem!=null && this.previousmenuitem!=obj){
if (this.previousmenuitem.parentNode.className.indexOf("default")==-1) //If the tab isn't a default selected one
this.previousmenuitem.parentNode.className=""
}
}
this.clearhidemenu()
if (this.ie||this.firefox){
obj.onmouseout=function(){tabdropdown.delayhidemenu(obj)}
obj.onclick=function(){return !tabdropdown.disablemenuclick} //disable main menu item link onclick?
this.dropmenuobj=document.getElementById(dropmenuID)
this.dropmenuobj.onmouseover=function(){tabdropdown.clearhidemenu()}
this.dropmenuobj.onmouseout=function(e){tabdropdown.dynamichide(e, obj)}
this.dropmenuobj.onclick=function(){tabdropdown.delayhidemenu(obj)}
this.showhide(this.dropmenuobj.style, e, obj)
this.dropmenuobj.x=this.getposOffset(obj, "left")
this.dropmenuobj.y=this.getposOffset(obj, "top")
this.dropmenuobj.style.left=this.dropmenuobj.x-this.clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+"px"
this.dropmenuobj.style.top=this.dropmenuobj.y-this.clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+1+"px"
this.previousmenuitem=obj //remember main menu item mouse moved out from (and into current menu item)
this.positionshim() //call iframe shim function
}
},

contains_firefox:function(a, b) {
while (b.parentNode)
if ((b = b.parentNode) == a)
return true;
return false;
},

dynamichide:function(e, obj2){ //obj2 refers to tab menu item mouse is currently over
var evtobj=window.event? window.event : e
if (this.ie&&!this.dropmenuobj.contains(evtobj.toElement))
this.delayhidemenu(obj2)
else if (this.firefox&&e.currentTarget!= evtobj.relatedTarget&& !this.contains_firefox(evtobj.currentTarget, evtobj.relatedTarget))
this.delayhidemenu(obj2)
},

delayhidemenu:function(obj2){
this.delayhide=setTimeout(function(){tabdropdown.dropmenuobj.style.visibility='hidden'; if (obj2.parentNode.className.indexOf('default')==-1) obj2.parentNode.className=''},this.disappeardelay) //hide menu
},

clearhidemenu:function(){
if (this.delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(this.delayhide)
},

positionshim:function(){ //display iframe shim function
if (this.enableiframeshim && typeof this.shimobject!="undefined"){
if (this.dropmenuobj.style.visibility=="visible"){
this.shimobject.style.width=this.dropmenuobj.offsetWidth+"px"
this.shimobject.style.height=this.dropmenuobj.offsetHeight+"px"
this.shimobject.style.left=this.dropmenuobj.style.left
this.shimobject.style.top=this.dropmenuobj.style.top
}
this.shimobject.style.display=(this.dropmenuobj.style.visibility=="visible")? "block" : "none"
}
},

hideshim:function(){
if (this.enableiframeshim && typeof this.shimobject!="undefined")
this.shimobject.style.display='none'
},

isSelected:function(menuurl){
var menuurl=menuurl.replace("http://"+menuurl.hostname, "").replace(/^\//, "")
return (tabdropdown.currentpageurl==menuurl)
},

init:function(menuid, dselected){
this.standardbody=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat")? document.documentElement : document.body //create reference to common "body" across doctypes
var menuitems=document.getElementById(menuid).getElementsByTagName("a")
for (var i=0; i<menuitems.length; i++){
if (menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel")){
var relvalue=menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel")
document.getElementById(relvalue).firstlink=document.getElementById(relvalue).getElementsByTagName("a")[0]
menuitems[i].onmouseover=function(e){
var event=typeof e!="undefined"? e : window.event
tabdropdown.dropit(this, event, this.getAttribute("rel"))
}
}
if (dselected=="auto" && typeof setalready=="undefined" && this.isSelected(menuitems[i].href)){
menuitems[i].parentNode.className+=" selected default"
var setalready=true
}
else if (parseInt(dselected)==i)
menuitems[i].parentNode.className+=" selected default"
}
}

}




Thanks,

Fleet

[alexjewell]

Alright, both of those would be put in the <head> section of the document. So you would switch to Frontpage's HTML view, and insert them as so:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>pweenfwpeowpeowepowed (whatever your title is...)</title>

<!-- any other styling or scripting here -->

<style type="text/css">
// put the css here
</style>

<script type="text/javascript" src="sliding.js"></script>
<!-- I suggest pasting the JavaScript into Notepad and saving it as "sliding.js", that way it's an external script and can be edited in one place, as well as stay out of the way in the html... -->

</head>
<body>

<!-- content here, they described how to use it in the content on the dynamic drive page you got it from. If you need help here, ask. -->

</body>
</html>

[alexjewell]

Found the script on DD and it does have instructions...

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...roptabmenu.htm

They also have a demo page where you can view the source and see how they used the codes and where they put them:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...wntabsdemo.htm