Drop Down Menus - New Version Now In Use (5-Nov)

GuanYin

Hrm the drop downs stopped loading just now.
Was working fine then the vanished.

I haven't changed anything and it seems to be throughout the site.

Cloud

Seems okay now... Weird, maybe the update script was running.

Dustaz

Still gone for me

Cloud

Working on it...

Cloud

Is it working now Dusty?

celticfc

It's working fine for me today now Cloud. I'm only logged in since bout 12:20 though.

It wasn't working for me at all last night though.

I'm getting two question marks after the title of the forum in some but not all of the drop downs

using mozilla 1.5

Dustaz

looks fine now

Roller Toaster

Woah, it's just gone all funky with these nifty black arrows.

Cloud

We've upgraded our menu to the latest version, so it should be visible on even more browsers.

New feature - current location is highlighted on the menu.

Oh, I updated the boards logos as well, to enhance our eyes brand

Roller Toaster

I'm getting error reports and menu lag on the drop down boxes but only on the www.boards.ie page.

maxheadroom

Originally posted by Cloud
New feature - current location is highlighted on the menu.

Is this only in the "subbed" menu?

JustHalf

Konqueror weirdness: (v3.1.3 on KDE 3.1.3).

Doesn't seem to support the 3rd-level menus. (like boards.ie >> Bulletin Boards >> menu )

Cloud

Just as a matter of interest, did the old menu work on Konq 3?

Cloud

Originally posted by maxheadroom
Is this only in the "subbed" menu?

Nope, should work for all forums you navigate to via the menu.

Lucutus

Not so sure about the black arrows in the root, (horizontal), menu. They're great in the dropdowns tho.

Cloud

A new arrow can be designed for the root menu later on...

maxheadroom

Originally posted by Cloud
Nope, should work for all forums you navigate to via the menu.

Hmm - only getting it on the subbed menu (using Firebird 0.7). IE 6 is showing the location on all menus...

parasite

while you're rooting around in the dropdown menu, could you expand the 'for sale' entry please ?

Mercury_Tilt

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ecksor

Originally posted by JustHalf
Konqueror weirdness: (v3.1.3 on KDE 3.1.3).

Doesn't seem to support the 3rd-level menus. (like boards.ie >> Bulletin Boards >> menu )

I tested konqueror 3.1.2 earlier and the menus were a little slow to appear on first try a few times, but overall it was usable. (as in, mouse over the link, nothing happens, mouse off then on again and it would generally work).

Cloud

Maybe we need to tweak some of our settings. Currently:

_menuCloseDelay=500 // The time delay for menus to remain visible on mouse out
_menuOpenDelay=0 // The time delay before menus open on mouse over
_followSpeed=5 // Follow scrolling speed
_followRate=40 // Follow scrolling Rate
_subOffsetTop=10 // Sub menu top offset
_subOffsetLeft=-10 // Sub menu left offset
_scrollAmount=3 // Only needed for Netscape 4.x
_scrollDelay=20 // Only needed for Netcsape 4.x

celticfc

I like the new arrows, much better than the black ones.

SickBoy

The dropdowns seem to work fine from the main page but nowhere else.
I can see the titles in the other areas but they wont expand when the mouse is over them...
Using Opera;
Version information
Version 7.20
Build 3087
Platform Win32
System Windows XP

Java Sun Java Runtime Environment version 1.4

sceptre

Some of the menus aren't expanding when the mouse runs over them (under Community and Arts they do, but under Sci/Tech they don't & Education doesn't expand under Society)



Logged in: yes
Browser: Opera 7.21 and IE6 (works on neither)
Skin: smallville (but doesn't work from the front page either)
OS: win2k
example menu: run the mouse over Science under Sci/Tech


Just FYI and all that

DiscoStu

the menus wont seem to appear on the left if there is no room on the right. put your screen res up to 1280x1076 and its fine though.

Ste-

Originally posted by sceptre
Some of the menus aren't expanding when the mouse runs over them (under Community and Arts they do, but under Sci/Tech they don't & Education doesn't expand under Society)

Getting the same using Firebird and the subbed menu moves when I scroll the middle mouse down

See attached picture.

dazberry

The menus now seem to be immune to shift+ctrl+click to open in a background window in Opera (7.11 - note to self - install new release)

D.

Giblet

NO!!!!!!!!! Open in NEW TAB IS DEAD NOW!!!!!!!!!!

jd

problem on right hand menus..

PhilipMarlowe

looks good and positioned fine on safari... thanks \0/
Mozilla on the mac has the menu positioned down over the main links line in the attached gif

sunbeam

Originally posted by Ste-
Getting the same using Firebird and the subbed menu moves when I scroll the middle mouse down

Same problem with non expanding menus on Firebird here plus I can't open any of the boards from the menus I can see.

I'm using XP and the minimalist skin.

flywheel

Originally posted by parasite
while you're rooting around in the dropdown menu, could you expand the 'for sale' entry please ?

yeah - makes sense to me to just add in the dropdowns... disussed here

don't see how a tiny text para under a link makes people stop and read it in any more / less detail than they would a sticky - a more usable solution / in your face message would be a better course of action

also, the home page icon still links directly to into the For Sale forum from the homepage...

BrianG

ando

I can't get to the Broadband forum through the normal method, menu is not expanding


IE 5.5 on Win2k

Cloud

I am addressing the right pop-out issue at the moment, that seems to be the most common problem...

Cloud

Originally posted by Ste-
Getting the same using Firebird and the subbed menu moves when I scroll the middle mouse down

See attached picture.

Try the subbed menu now Ste- - I've enabled scrolling since it is the only menu that can become too long for the browser window.

Dustaz

Scrolling!!!

WOOT!!!

thx.

Terminator

When I try to get into broadband on the menu I get a javascript error line 17.

amp

That Right pop thing generates this javascript error:

Line: 17
Char: 637
Error: Invalid Argument
Code: 0
Url: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=82 (Or whatever page I'm currently on)

Ironic that I'm getting invalid argument errors while trying to pop-out the Debating chamber. Not as ironic as getting stuck in traffic when your already late. But close.

Browser details are: Ie6 sp1 with every single possible patch Microsofts minions have seen fit to release to the masses running on a similarly updated Win2k server.

ferdi

dropdowns gone at 11.54, friday 31st for me

Cloud

Yes, any menus popping out to the right when you are over near the right hand side of the browser window are throwing up that Line 17 error, not sure what it is (and the error is a bit vague because it doesn't say Line 17 of what part of the script)...

Anyway I'll turn back on the old menu for all styles except Minimalist, and see if we can get the bug checked out...

irishgeo

the sci/tech drop down menu level 2 does not appear when you you hover over any one with an arrow it seems also to cause the screen to expand on the horizontal to a huge size judging by the size of the roller bar on the bottom.

On mozilla 1.5 the question marks beside the sub menu's have now gone back to the arrows that were there before.

mm

sunbeam

The menus are popping out ok on Firebird now (thanks!) but when I try to click on any of them my curser changes to something that looks like an insert point from a wordprocessing program or two square brackets back to back.

tman

did it always show the time & date of the last post when you move the mouse over items on the subbed menu?
just noticed it now, damn handy!

Puck

Oh it scrolls! It has a scrollbar!

Ste-

Originally posted by tman
did it always show the time & date of the last post when you move the mouse over items on the subbed menu?
just noticed it now, damn handy!

Yeah I noticed it a few weeks ago.

Cloud

BTW if anyone else can figure out what the problem is with the new menu, please let us know (JavaScript kings) - www.boards.ie/vbulletin/index.php?styleid=17 (only visible on Minimalist style).

Spunog UIE

Could ya move it back under the ad and user cp etc where it was before or even below the current forum links.

Sucks way up there I think.

Gid.

Dustaz

um what?

Spunog UIE

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