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squee
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Ok. Now that it's up: I need some help.

My page is at http://liquid2k.net/meschoses ... yes, I know you already know this...now it's time to beg for help...

First off, the blocks on the right are menu options for navigation. I want to have each one be a clickable area but just setting A tags around the DIV and /DIV doesn't quite work. Is there a way to do this short of making 64x64 transparent gifs and just placing those in there?

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one thing youre missing is a 'title' attribute in the divisioins, which will give tool tips. (maybe you left them out intentionally, i dont know)

use the ONCLICK handler for the link:

code:
<DIV TITLE="Hi There" onCLICK="document.location='somepage.html'">

or better yet, create a function in the document head

code:
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript" TYPE="text/javascript">
	function goTo(where) {
		document.location = where;
	}

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<DIV TITLE="Hi There" onCLICK="goTo('somepage.html')">

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Dingle
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also you can add: cursor:hand; to the div styles and the cursor will change to a hand like a normal link. (in IE only)

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squee
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Ok...since you mention jabbascript...
I already know basics of structured script design, which I learned by trial and error over like four years of writing games on my TI during math class. Set your variables, this refers attributes to this function, all very organized. But I do not know any of the basic syntax for javascript...any idea how I can learn it short of paying O'Reilly sixty bucks for a book with an exotic bird on the cover? I mean, is there some free tutorial you know of? Google reveals none like I need :\

Thanks tons for the help tho!

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these sites all have tutorials, not sure if theyre any good.
http://www.wsabstract.com/
http://www.irt.org/
http://www.devshed.com/

this is a good reference if you need an example of a certain functions syntax:
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/dom_shortIX.html

also, the javascript FAQs at irt.org give alot of examples of how to do specific things.

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Updated.

Just a few changes. Now I have the blocking info for the DIVs all contained in the stylesheet, versus in the html document itself. I also went about the layout slightly differently but it looks about the same.

The poem is there so you can see how I want it all to work: content in the iframe in the center, pertinent info on the left. Navigation on the bar on the right, and that little void will have popups and other whiz-bang stuff for additional navigation.

The site is going to be basically a forum, a reference library, and a sort of rolling zine where people can submit articles. I need a more efficient way to handle the reference materials (everything from poetry to articles to books to photos) other than going in and manually setting up all the links. It would be convenient, I guess, if I could just have a database pointing to the right documents and managing the links...is this what is commonly done? Seems so...

Anyway, take a look. I haven't futzed around with the resizing scriptage (like Asylum's front page has) yet so it's still only 1024x768. Tell me watcha think.

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dig the poem. which collection did you get it from?
also, let me say, it kicks ass all over my site already, even if i do have more content.

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SLH: I can't remember where I first read it, but it's one of my favorite of all Kipling's works.

Thanks--and I will gladly share everything I'm learning as I build the site...everything that goes into it is sort of a necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention sort of deal.

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