Hiding and revealing

I've investigated a bit how to have hidden lines of text (could be just
text or could be links) appear when clicking on a link in an HTML page.
Example describing what I'd like it to look like is at:
http://edmullen.net/temp/example.html

I'm perfectly willing to go read and research but I'd appreciate some
clues as to what I should look for (I've seen a variety of possibilities
after doing some Googling).

I would want to use strict HTML and CSS in whatever I finally do.

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Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
http://mozilla.edmullen.net
http://abington.edmullen.net

Ed Mullen wrote:

I've investigated a bit how to have hidden lines of text (could be
just text or could be links) appear when clicking on a link in an
HTML page. Example describing what I'd like it to look like is at:
http://edmullen.net/temp/example.html

I'm perfectly willing to go read and research but I'd appreciate some
clues as to what I should look for (I've seen a variety of
possibilities after doing some Googling).

I would want to use strict HTML and CSS in whatever I finally do.

have a look at www.friars.co.nz,

If you like that system then I can provide you with some code.

Cheers

Nicolaas

Ed Mullen wrote:

I've investigated a bit how to have hidden lines of text (could be
just text or could be links) appear when clicking on a link in an
HTML page. Example describing what I'd like it to look like is at:
http://edmullen.net/temp/example.html

I'm perfectly willing to go read and research but I'd appreciate some
clues as to what I should look for (I've seen a variety of possibilities
after doing some Googling).

You probably mean something similar to this site of mine:
http://www.fingerlakesbmw.org/

I would want to use strict HTML and CSS in whatever I finally do.

It's that, and a bunch of PHP with IF statements in the menu script, and
group identifiers for each page in the PHP. I don't know of any other
way without using unreliable JavaScript, or including a complete,
separate HTML menu with each page.

Be gentle with my 20-at-a-time free-for-nonprofits web server...

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-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

windandwaves wrote:

Ed Mullen wrote:
I've investigated a bit how to have hidden lines of text (could be
just text or could be links) appear when clicking on a link in an
HTML page. Example describing what I'd like it to look like is at:
http://edmullen.net/temp/example.html

I'm perfectly willing to go read and research but I'd appreciate some
clues as to what I should look for (I've seen a variety of
possibilities after doing some Googling).

I would want to use strict HTML and CSS in whatever I finally do.

have a look at www.friars.co.nz,

If you like that system then I can provide you with some code.

Cheers

Nicolaas

Nicolas, thanks. After a quick look I know I will need to peruse this
more in depth. It's close to what I've got in mind (although, honestly,
what I have in mind is hardly fully formed!).

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
http://mozilla.edmullen.net
http://abington.edmullen.net

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

Ed Mullen wrote:

I've investigated a bit how to have hidden lines of text (could be
just text or could be links) appear when clicking on a link in an
HTML page. Example describing what I'd like it to look like is at:
http://edmullen.net/temp/example.html

I'm perfectly willing to go read and research but I'd appreciate some
clues as to what I should look for (I've seen a variety of possibilities
after doing some Googling).

You probably mean something similar to this site of mine:
http://www.fingerlakesbmw.org/

I would want to use strict HTML and CSS in whatever I finally do.

It's that, and a bunch of PHP with IF statements in the menu script, and
group identifiers for each page in the PHP. I don't know of any other
way without using unreliable JavaScript, or including a complete,
separate HTML menu with each page.

Be gentle with my 20-at-a-time free-for-nonprofits web server...

Ooo! Beemers! ;-) How could I not like this? :-D

Seriously, this is similar to what my very sketchy notion is about.
Thank you. I'll check it out soon and when I can focus on it. Much
appreciated.

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
http://mozilla.edmullen.net
http://abington.edmullen.net

In article <0r6dnYuaDNiuvmfenZ2dnUVZ_vmdnZ2d (AT) comcast (DOT) com>,
Ed Mullen <ed (AT) edmullen (DOT) net> wrote:

I've investigated a bit how to have hidden lines of text (could be just
text or could be links) appear when clicking on a link in an HTML page.
Example describing what I'd like it to look like is at:
http://edmullen.net/temp/example.html

What you describe there isn't about hiding, nor about HTML, nor about
CSS. It's about having different content on different pages. (Well, I
suppose it is about nested lists - in that sense it is about HTML.)

If you have a lot of things to stuff into a navigation menu, and if that
stuff is tree-like organised, this apporach can work very nicely. I've
used it at <http://www.voiceandvision.nl/> for instance.

That one is generated programmatically, but that's as irrelevant as
HTML/CSS are to this. You can do this by hand just as well.

I'm perfectly willing to go read and research but I'd appreciate some
clues as to what I should look for [...]

Nothing special. Just plain HTML lists:

On the home page you have:

<UL>
<LI>home</LI>
<LI><A HREF="URL">shop</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="URL">contact</LI>
</UL>

On the shop page you might have:

<UL>
<LI><A HREF="URL">home</A></LI>
<LI>shop
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="URL">socks</LI>
<LI><A HREF="URL">candy</LI>
<LI><A HREF="URL">rice</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
<LI><A HREF="URL">contact</LI>
</UL>

Etc.

I would want to use strict HTML and CSS in whatever I finally do.

Good.

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Sander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/%7Etekelenb/>

Sander Tekelenburg wrote:

If you have a lot of things to stuff into a navigation menu, and if
that stuff is tree-like organised, this apporach can work very
nicely. I've used it at <http://www.voiceandvision.nl/> for instance.

Is that site possibly being served by a home computer? It is very slow.
There is over a third-megabyte of images on that one page, far too high
for a main page. On my fast 7Mbps cable connection, I would expect it
should load in a few seconds, but it took about two minutes.

Your images are also not the same size as the HTML height and width
attributes.

Your menu does work as you said, though.

--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

Ed Mullen wrote:

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
snippage
You probably mean something similar to this site of mine:
http://www.fingerlakesbmw.org/

I would want to use strict HTML and CSS in whatever I finally do.

Ooo! Beemers! ;-) How could I not like this? :-D

Do you ride one?

Seriously, this is similar to what my very sketchy notion is about.
Thank you. I'll check it out soon and when I can focus on it. Much
appreciated.

Ok, have a look. Do you do any server-side scripting?

--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

Sander Tekelenburg wrote:

If you have a lot of things to stuff into a navigation menu, and if
that stuff is tree-like organised, this apporach can work very
nicely. I've used it at <http://www.voiceandvision.nl/> for
instance.

Is that site possibly being served by a home computer? It is very
slow. There is over a third-megabyte of images on that one page, far
too high for a main page. On my fast 7Mbps cable connection, I would
expect it should load in a few seconds, but it took about two minutes.

I have about 900k DSL and it pops right up for me (2-3 seconds).

Rick Brandt wrote:

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
Is that site possibly being served by a home computer? It is very
slow. There is over a third-megabyte of images on that one page, far
too high for a main page. On my fast 7Mbps cable connection, I would
expect it should load in a few seconds, but it took about two
minutes.

I have about 900k DSL and it pops right up for me (2-3 seconds).

Hmm. Now nine hours later and it is up to speed. Must have been a
problem with his host or a backbone somewhere last night.

--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer