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Netscape 6,7 & dHTML

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by knowledgeseeker2003

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I have been all over the Internet trying to showcase my abilities by making my resume homepage cross browser. The page that works the way I want it in IE (http://members.aol.com/jtfresume/resume/employers.html) falls down when I try to re-write the styles AFTER the page has loaded. Has anyone gotten DHTML to work in NS6/7 or does NS even know how it works? HELP!

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by thechas

I looked at your page with both IE 6 and Mozilla 1.2 (Mozilla 1.1 is the core code of Netscape 7.2)

IE showed an abbreviated view that could be expanded to show details.

Mozilla displayed the entire information with no option to shrink or expand.

I suggest that you look over the DHTML cross platform compatibility guides at www.mozilla.org

Just search the site for DHTML

Here are 2 links from my search that might be helpful.

http://www.mozilla.org/docs/codestock99/dom1/11104.htm

http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/csspapi/tests.html

In the first link, remove the space between 11104 and .htm

In the second link, remove the space between web- and developer

Chas

by knowledgeseeker2003

I'm not entirely interested in making that page cross platform, I'm willing to compose a page that caters to the new Netscape Browsers alone. I've got a handle on how to re-direct by browser. Its the actual manipulation of the CSS that I'm having a problem with. Have you seen NS7 function in the way I'm successfully have it done in IE? I will check the links.

by knowledgeseeker2003

still need a little assistance.

With a "tip of the hat" to Macromedia (formally Allaire), the base routine that I'm attempting to update was generated by their dynamic outline wizard.

the script itself can be found at http://members.aol.com/jtfresume/scripts/outline.js

In an external stylesheet format (CSS file), the stylesheet with which it interacts is at http://members.aol.com/jtfresume/graphics/outline.css. In the Macromedia Generation of the interaction the two were in/on the same page.

The outline itself is just an unordered list with the line items (

  • )classed as oParent or oItem which can also be nested, in the original, anyway.

    Using the testing site that was given me, Hide routine does work for NS7. The base script which performs the cross platform magic to accomplish this is EXTREMELY multifunctional. Therein lies my problem. I'm, personally, overwhemed by the file's contents. Given the original script I cited above. Can anyone tell me which pieces of the script needs to be used and how to call them.
    I've placed a local copy of the test site's script here:http://members.aol.com/jtfresume/scripts/xbdhtml.js . I'll attempt to do so on my own; but, any assistance will be appreciated.

    • by knowledgeseeker2003

    Thanks to Chas's assistance, I've been able to get the dHTML to work enabling an unordered list item to appear and disapear. The only point that's weak at the moment is nesting beyond the first level. My guess is that I'll have to track either thez-index (most likely) or assign labels to each level. The goal is to only have a selected tree open at a time. I think the native routines have a clue.

    TIA

    by knowledgeseeker2003

    I've tried to replicate the scripts I referenced earlier with little success.

    Can someone assist me with a straight forward update of the "outlineAction()" script @ http://members.aol.com/jtfresume/resume/education.html. The source should have either the IE working script or a link to an external one.

    Thanks in Advance.

    PS. I am also interested in reccomendations for sources of training / certification in this field.

    by knowledgeseeker2003

    A big tip of the hat to TheChas and the developer of the scripts he led me to. The key to my solution WAS going back to the functioning script to translate it.

    The content of the pages is still be updated; but the appearing / dissappearing outline items are working.

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