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CTM
April 25th, 2006, 02:44 AM
Having nothing to do with the title of the topic, I've been working on a small layout for the past hour. I'm stumped right now, though...Suggestions greatly appreciated :)

I'm trying to keep the layout simple, without many graphics ( most of the things will be done using CSS, not graphics ). Also, on the right nav, the darker link is onMouseHover ( when you hover the link ).

On the top nav, the lighter link is the active page, the current selected tab. For the right navigation blocks, you can click on the -/+ to open/close blocks. ( there's one example of a opened and of a closed block ).

The box saying there'll be a description of the link you're hovering on only works for tabbed links ( the upper navigation ). Green text in the information box means it's an hyperlink. Also, the affiliates ( not true ones...those are random buttons ), are meant to be a ticker. Might become topsites or something else depending on the direction of the site. Or it might never happen too for all we know XD

As I said, I'm blocked right now, I have no idea how to layout the main content area on the left side. I want to keep it simple, yet sexy. >_<

I'm tired, it's 2:47 AM, can't think, blagh.

http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/2328/preview1qx.th.jpg (http://img270.imageshack.us/my.php?image=preview1qx.jpg)

Seraphy
April 25th, 2006, 10:51 AM
I like it, its clean and simple, yet cool.

Kanarazu
April 25th, 2006, 03:47 PM
CSS and AJAX FTW!

CTM
April 25th, 2006, 03:59 PM
There's no AJAX built in this one yet ( well didn't plan any so far ), but yeah, lots and lots of CSS will go into making this a graphic-less layout :p

Kanarazu
April 25th, 2006, 04:03 PM
You just have to check cross compatibility with different browsers when using CSS, as they don't parse it the same. DAMN YOU IE! -_-

CTM
April 25th, 2006, 04:05 PM
Shouldn't be much of a problem. I still keep my CSS fairly simple ( no rounded rectangles or anything ;) ), and the only big piece ( the tabbed browsing ), works for both with a little tweak.

I'm still stumped though. I have no idea how to lay out the left side for a content area.

Koruto
May 1st, 2006, 02:47 PM
whats AJAX? AND CSS?

O_o

CTM
May 1st, 2006, 06:16 PM
Asynchroneous Javascript And XML
Cascading StyleSheets

Various "languages" ( they aren't really programming languages, but could be considered as pseudo-code ) used for web developpement ( mainly client stuff ).