[AccessD] New look for Colby Consulting

Klos, Susan Susan.Klos at fldoe.org
Thu Feb 20 09:22:01 CST 2003


John, I took a course in web design and was told that tables are the key.
Everything should go into a table or cascading tables.  'Course I was also
told to stay away from frames.  If you want some help, let me know.

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	John W. Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] 
> Sent:	Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:51 AM
> To:	accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject:	RE: [AccessD] New look for Colby Consulting
> 
> Susan,
> 
> Nope, not in a table AFAICT.  
> 
> I have gone in and looked at the html.  Understand that I am not a web
> head so...
> 
> However I don't see anything amiss.  I was expecting to see weird old code
> left hanging around these buttons (flash objects) but the code looks very
> clean, very symmetrical, identical from button to button.  Sizes of the
> button are the same.  
> 
> I don't get it.
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Klos, Susan
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:37 AM
> To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] New look for Colby Consulting
> 
> 
> John, are you putting them in a table?  Each in its own cell?  What sizes
> have you designated for the cells and the table? 
> 
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: 	John W. Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] 
> > Sent:	Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:36 AM
> > To:	accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject:	RE: [AccessD] New look for Colby Consulting
> > 
> > >One other thing John. In NS 6.2, there are some pretty funky things
> > happening with the navigation buttons. The second from the bottom
> > (C2dbBEBuild) overlaps the majority of the bottom one(C2DbsysVars)
> > 
> > Yea, and unfortunately I don't even know how to fix this.  When it comes
> > to the web I am a drag n drop kinda guy.  It looks fine in IE6.  Where
> do
> > I go to discover why it would be overlaid as you describe?  And why
> would
> > it do that?
> > 
> > John W. Colby
> > Colby Consulting
> > www.ColbyConsulting.com
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell
> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:25 AM
> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] New look for Colby Consulting
> > 
> > 
> > On 19 Feb 2003 at 13:00, Brett Barabash wrote:
> > 
> > > You could probably shrink the left frame a bit, since the buttons are
> > > smaller than before.  This would give more navigation room on the
> > > right.  A nice touch for those with lower resolution screens!
> > 
> > Nope. He can't. In NS 6.2 and NS 4.7 there is a scroll bar in the 
> > nav frame and if the nav frame is shrunk anymore, there would not 
> > be enough room for the scroll bar and the buttons.
> > 
> > I also get a horizontal scroll bar in the nav frame in IE6 SP1 if the 
> > IE window is not maximized. So if anything it needs to be nudged a 
> > bit wider, maybe 10 px.
> > 
> > One other thing John. In NS 6.2, there are some pretty funky things 
> > happening with the navigation buttons. The second from the bottom 
> > (C2dbBEBuild) overlaps the majority of the bottom 
> > one(C2DbsysVars)
> > 
> > I'll send a screen shot off-line, so you can see what I mean.
> > 
> > > Overall, looks good, loads fast, no broken links, got a great beat and
> > > I can dance to it...
> > 
> > Other than that, I'll agree with the rest of the comments
> > 
> > Other browsers tested in and look fine.
> > 
> > Mozilla 1.2.1
> > K-Melon 0.7 (Mozilla based)
> > 
> > --
> > Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca
> > If you never fail, you're not trying hard enough.
> > 
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