[geeklog-devel] [geeklog-cvs] Geeklog-1.x/public_html/layout/professional droplinemenu.css, 1.1, 1.2

[Blaine Lang]

Dirk,

I think that may be the way to go - use the left block area.

As you suggest, we could use a left block to pick the component (core or 
plugin) and second menu that displays the component. This would 
eliminate the menu issue completely.

The other idea is a leftblock area menu like this one:  
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/slide_fly.html
Which presents the dual menu idea into a single menu.

Blaine

Dirk Haun wrote:

> Dirk Haun wrote:

>

>   

>> I think we just need something that wraps around nicely.

>>     

>

> I had a look at the Wordpress "Dashboard", but that doesn't provide any

> solution that would help us. Effectively, they have a simple two-row

> menu bar and both rows wrap around on small windows. It works, but if

> you assume the top row is used for the plugins and you have a lot of

> them you'll end up with a row that wraps around twice or more.

>

>

> Another idea, but that could be a lot of work: I had a look at the web

> interface my hosting service provides. When you think domain == plugin,

> this is something that could work:

>

> First you get a list of all plugins. When you select one, you get a

> bunch of side blocks for the various things you can configure there.

>

> Consider what we now have as the contents of a tab, e.g. for the

> "Stories and Trackback" tab, we have:

>

> - Trackback

> - Pingback

> - Story

>

> Now we put those in a block and when you click on "Trackback", you get

> only the Trackback settings in the center area. I.e. only one fieldset

> at a time. And what is now a tab would be a side block.

>

> Let me try some ASCII art ...

>

> [Stories & TB]  +-[Trackback]-------------------------------+

> |Trackback   |  |            Trackback? [True]              |

> |Pingback    |  |     Trackback Default [Trackback Enabled] |

> |Story       |  |   Multiple Trackbacks [Reject]            |

>                 | Trackback Speed Limit [300]               |

> [Topics & DD ]  |      Check Trackbacks [Check full URL]    |

> |Topic       |  +-------------------------------------------+

> |Who's Online|

> |Daily Digest|

> |What's New  |

>

>

> This would have the added bonus of being able to see all the available

> options (or option groups, really) at once without having to hunt

> through the menu. And it should be very extensible.

>

> But, as I said, it's probably a lot of work ...

>

> bye, Dirk

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