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Page with issues is:
http://bookkarma.bravehost.com/testing.html
Ok, I have a few issues with this:
1/ At the moment, the drop down background is semi-transparent. It is coloured but you can see the page writing through it, which obscures the link text. How do I change this, so the page text is not visible under the drop down box?
2/Most of my links don't exist yet, because I want to get the code right first, but some of my links lead to existing bravenet services and these don't seem to be working either. The links are:
What Did I Think? (should go to blog)
Free To Roam (should go to catalogue)
Places I Enjoy (should go to freelinks)
Cartoon (should go to cartoon page)
Today In History (should go to This Day in History)
Divination (should go to horoscopes)
Vote here (should go to vote poll - the single poll with multiple questions one)
Where Are You? (should go to guest map)
Compliments (should go to guestbook)
Karma Calendar (should go to calendar)
FAQ (should go to free faq page)
3/I want the main buttons to be links as well. How do I do this?
You can view the page at:
http://bookkarma.bravehost.com/testing.html
I haven't added the code to my index page yet, as I want to get it right first.
Thanks in advance.
Nurture
You don't ask for much, do you? I guess we will just start at the top.
It may appear that the menu is transparent, and that you are seeing the text through it, but that is not the case. The text is really in front of the menu. Web page objects are sensitive to the order they are defined. On your page, you define the header section first. You follow that with the menu Javascript, the main menu, and then the
The problems you report seem to be an Explorer thing. In my browser, there is no transparency, and the links work (well, the first 3 or 4 you mentioned, anyway, didn't test all).
This may not have anything to do with the problem, but I noticed one more thing wrong with your site in Explorer. There is a user-hostile script turning my cursor into something else (yes, the cursor is mine. Page is yours, but the cursor isn't part of it) Try taking that down, and see if the problem is related. Either you have solved the problem, or you have only improved your page.
I fully agree with Corwings on that one. Except for the fact that I still see the transparency, in all browsers.
That cursor manipulation only works for Internet Explorer. Firefox and Netscape, I am glad to say, simply ignores it. I understand that it's an affiliate link, and you probably get some credits for clicks, but all it does is drive away visitors. There are more subtle ways of doing that kind of thing.
Get one thing fixed, before you start cluttering it up with other things.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
I know it was a lot to ask and your time is valuable, so I do appreciate your help.
I just copy and pasted the code they gave me after they generated my menu. It worked fine on their example and I had no idea what code was supposed to be there and what wasn't. Thank you for clearing that up for me.
I had meant to acknowledge the website with a link at the bottom of my page. I obviously forgot to save it, though. Thank you for pointing that out to me, it has been rectified.
That annoying mouse thing has been removed, too. I don't want to drive my visitors away!
Thanks again for all of your help. Now that my page design is perfect, I can finally get started on my content.