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CSS and menus

I'm working an a page... http://www.start.ca/users/bbscentr/ and I'm
trying to get CSS set up so I can change the menu/menu options as I
change sections on the site (The whole point of CSS, of course ;) )

I can't seem to get it to work though. Can anyone tell me what I'm
missing?

I'm new to CSS, so please forgive my naivete(sp?)
Jul 20 '05 #1
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Rob Ireland wrote:
I'm working an a page... http://www.start.ca/users/bbscentr/ and I'm
trying to get CSS set up so I can change the menu/menu options as I
change sections on the site (The whole point of CSS, of course ;) )

I can't seem to get it to work though. Can anyone tell me what I'm
missing?

I'm new to CSS, so please forgive my naivete(sp?)

CSS code is @ http://www.start.ca/users/bbscentr/default.css
Jul 20 '05 #2

"Rob Ireland" <bb********@MENOSPAM.start.ca> wrote in message
news:6u**************@news20.bellglobal.com...
I'm working an a page... http://www.start.ca/users/bbscentr/ and I'm
trying to get CSS set up so I can change the menu/menu options as I
change sections on the site (The whole point of CSS, of course ;) )

I can't seem to get it to work though. Can anyone tell me what I'm
missing?

I'm new to CSS, so please forgive my naivete(sp?)


Don't use frames, in general, for a variety of reasons that have been
discussed here many times--use Google to find them.

If you do use frames, there's nothing CSS can do to change elements'
appearance in one frame based on what is being displayed in another frame.

But my previous two points sidestep the main point: The fact that you want
them to change contradicts the number one reason anyone does use frames: to
maintain portions of the display that *don't* change as the user navigates
the site. Why are you using frames? Make each page a page, with banner,
links, and all.

Jul 20 '05 #3
Quoth the raven Rob Ireland:
CSS code is @ http://www.start.ca/users/bbscentr/default.css


That is not a CSS file. It's HTML and JavaScript.

Here's a CSS of mine that does "rollovers" with no JavaScript required
at all.
http://www.fingerlakesbmw.org/style/flmenu.css

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Jul 20 '05 #4
Rob Ireland wrote:
Rob Ireland wrote:
I'm working an a page... http://www.start.ca/users/bbscentr/ and I'm
trying to get CSS set up so I can change the menu/menu options as I
change sections on the site (The whole point of CSS, of course ;) )

I can't seem to get it to work though. Can anyone tell me what I'm
missing?
Yes, the CSS!
I'm new to CSS, so please forgive my naivete(sp?)

Hmm... obviously. :-)
CSS code is @ http://www.start.ca/users/bbscentr/default.css


The only thing in that file that even looks like CSS is the first line;
and even then, it's for a non-existent HTML element!

I think you should start with some HTML and CSS tutorials to learn the
difference between HTML, CSS and then JavaScript. They are three
entirely seperate langauges, yet you seem to have mashed all three into
whatever that file is meant to be.

Try W3Schools [1] to start with. Look at the CSS and HTML tutorials,
and then take a look at some more of the HTML/CSS beginner resources
Dave Shea collected recently [2|3]. Read through all the comments, but
take note that W3 Schools does have some failings, but it's a reasonable
start for a beginner like yourself.

[1] http://www.w3schools.com/
[2] http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/20.../standards_re/
[3] http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/20...s_re/comments/

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Thank you.
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