Need some quick help...

iAmGen3ric · 29-04-2004, 01:46 AM

Well I'm not sure where I went wrong, i've been looking staring at my source for a while and can't figure it out:

http://www.ouranthem.com/new/main.html

The icons on the right, when you click the last one (the little mouse) it is supposed to bring up a layer with links like the quick contact layer but I can't get it to work! Maybe someone will see something I'm missing...

tyrsal · 30-04-2004, 12:59 AM

did you code that javascript? cause it's hella hard to read!! Clean it up a bit, you'll probably find your error.

If you know anythign about coding... you'll know that in the function you have to set your arguments. If you'll notice, in your javascript function showHideLayers you never set any functions. My bet would be, thats where your problem is.

I dont code jscript much, or know much about it, but I do know enough about coding in general to say that the problem is probably with the name of the layer. It's not dynamic, and therefore is only keyed to work with the first one set... the contact, in this case.

hope that helped

iAmGen3ric · 30-04-2004, 02:34 AM

Well the code is a from some dreamweaver extensions i've found around the web and then other code i had from various experiments, everything is thrown together at the moment as this is just another experiment, but the problem is it works for every other layer, it's just that one... I'll keep looking around see what I can find

And the code is nice and clean for me, all the formatting is to standard, sure you don't have word wrap on when you view the source?

tyrsal · 30-04-2004, 11:02 PM

No, the coding isnt clean.. Clean means easy to read, spaced out, thoroughly commented, etc.

That code there is jumbled and packed together.

for example, put spaces between operators, between functions, things like that.

If it was a dreamweaver code you threw in there.. well good luck to ya. From personal experience, i've found that anything dreamweaver codes is shit. It's all ugly and non-standard syntax-wise.

Good luck, hope ya figure it out.

malachi · 02-05-2004, 02:17 PM

i think its the javascript. i used to know it fluently.... last night... morning after i forgot it all.

iAmGen3ric · 02-05-2004, 09:21 PM

Nope had nothing to do with the javascript, the javascript all works fine. I had mispelled the layer id, I knew it was something stupid like that, where the longer you stare the harder it is to notice it.

tyrsal · 02-05-2004, 09:45 PM

hahahahhahahhaha. god i know how that feels. gla du figured it out tho

29-04-2004, 01:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
iAmGen3ric Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 175	Need some quick help... Well I'm not sure where I went wrong, i've been looking staring at my source for a while and can't figure it out: http://www.ouranthem.com/new/main.html The icons on the right, when you click the last one (the little mouse) it is supposed to bring up a layer with links like the quick contact layer but I can't get it to work! Maybe someone will see something I'm missing...

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30-04-2004, 12:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
tyrsal Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 59	did you code that javascript? cause it's hella hard to read!! Clean it up a bit, you'll probably find your error. If you know anythign about coding... you'll know that in the function you have to set your arguments. If you'll notice, in your javascript function showHideLayers you never set any functions. My bet would be, thats where your problem is. I dont code jscript much, or know much about it, but I do know enough about coding in general to say that the problem is probably with the name of the layer. It's not dynamic, and therefore is only keyed to work with the first one set... the contact, in this case. hope that helped

30-04-2004, 02:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
iAmGen3ric Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 175	Well the code is a from some dreamweaver extensions i've found around the web and then other code i had from various experiments, everything is thrown together at the moment as this is just another experiment, but the problem is it works for every other layer, it's just that one... I'll keep looking around see what I can find And the code is nice and clean for me, all the formatting is to standard, sure you don't have word wrap on when you view the source?

30-04-2004, 11:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
tyrsal Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 59	No, the coding isnt clean.. Clean means easy to read, spaced out, thoroughly commented, etc. That code there is jumbled and packed together. for example, put spaces between operators, between functions, things like that. If it was a dreamweaver code you threw in there.. well good luck to ya. From personal experience, i've found that anything dreamweaver codes is shit. It's all ugly and non-standard syntax-wise. Good luck, hope ya figure it out.

02-05-2004, 02:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
malachi Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 17	i think its the javascript. i used to know it fluently.... last night... morning after i forgot it all.

02-05-2004, 09:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
iAmGen3ric Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 175	Nope had nothing to do with the javascript, the javascript all works fine. I had mispelled the layer id, I knew it was something stupid like that, where the longer you stare the harder it is to notice it.

02-05-2004, 09:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
tyrsal Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 59	hahahahhahahhaha. god i know how that feels. gla du figured it out tho