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09-04-2006, 06:31 AM #1Aspiring Evangelist
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Whats the best navigation technique?
Its possible create a rollover image navigation using images, javascript and even purely CSS... but whats the preferred method?
Should i use javascript to create image rollovers for my navigation? if so whats the cleanest code that will work cross platform? alternatively should i use CSS and run the risk of the navigation loading a lot quicker but also possibly not appearing properly cross browser?
Whats the (or your) preferred choice?
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09-04-2006, 08:50 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Personally I prefer good old text links, they're clean, and guaranteed to be cross browser compatible.
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09-04-2006, 09:06 AM #3Aspiring Evangelist
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Originally Posted by bluedreamer
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09-04-2006, 09:33 AM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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SEO should be a big consideration when designing navigation so personally I would avoid JS as much as possible.
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09-04-2006, 10:28 AM #5Newbie
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I agree with Aradorn. Search engines crawlers "don't understand" Java script, so using JS for navigation may hamper indexing of the site.
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09-04-2006, 08:21 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by sabian1982
http://www.ssi-developer.net/css/men...r-effect.shtml
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/cs...y/category/C1/
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/cs...y/category/C2/
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09-05-2006, 02:15 AM #7Aspiring Evangelist
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I think perhaps i examine CSS in more detail, i tried to create a menu with rollover images using css which was rather fiddley and although it worked in IE had some cross browser problems. Ill take a closer look at your suggestions.
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09-05-2006, 09:34 AM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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http://wellstyled.com/css-nopreload-rollovers.html
text with background image rollovers
http://www.christianmontoya.com/2006...mage-rollover/
pure css image rollovers
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09-08-2006, 12:20 AM #9Newbie
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image rollovers are the way to go, clean and neat
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09-10-2006, 03:28 PM #10New Member
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CSS is definately the way to go when styling your navigation links.
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09-10-2006, 08:26 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Paloma