implementing navigation bar

by mr dmc 29th June 2009, 03:09

i need help in creating a web page. check out www.shopping.com. on that page there's the 'What's Hot on Shopping.com' section which allows users to views details by hovering the mouse over the category. This illustrates the interactivity which will be very much needed for my work.

Can anyone suggest which approach i should take in creating that feature in the page? also this would mean that only that area will reload, not the whole page.. the outer template remains constant, refreshing only the content in the middle of the page.. thanks!

by mr dmc 29th June 2009, 03:13

also, i need help in writing the appropriate scripts that will be able to control the arrows which will reload the contents of the area in the page. a good example can be found at amazon.com, at the bottom of the page, there's an area which looks interesting... many thanks for your help!

by MrMario 29th June 2009, 06:10

Please wait, when someone with the answer passes, I'm sure he/she'll post it
Meanwhile, may I remind you that double/triple posting isn't tolerated unless separated by 24 hours (Use the edit button)

by Jalokim 29th June 2009, 19:37

its a spry drop down menu.

you cannot add this to your forum, but you can use a drop down on an html page you creating.

try google for some drop down tuts and scripts.

if you have Adobe Dreamweaver it can easily generate a spry menu for you in an instant... if you have the time you can downlaod a free trial of Dreamweaver and set up your page

by mr dmc 30th June 2009, 05:52

i see.. havent heard of spry before.. wil download cs3 to try it out..
just want to clarify things here. does this mean that shopping.com uses the spry menu technique for its feature at its main page?

by mr dmc 30th June 2009, 05:55

i forgot to include this. i also wonder how they can list an additional 5 products under a category.. i.e. when u mouse over flat panel tv for example, another 5 products will appear under the main description. i have tried going through the source code but can't find anything.

by mr dmc 2nd July 2009, 06:09

SOS!! help me wit how to write the script for the shopping.com tab navigation... in urgent need.. have been doing all week but still no solution.. thanks

by Jalokim 2nd July 2009, 16:38

have you got this html written up?

If so I can help you a bit with the spry.
Just pm me the html page you have so far... I'll see how much I can do

by mr dmc 7th July 2009, 04:31

i've done the tabs thingy successfully.. though still not fully understanding the codes involved in the script file. thanks anyways 4 ur help. =)

by RoNo 7th July 2009, 04:44

If you want a shopping.com-style widget... you could sign up at their site,
design a customized version of their widget & see how it's put together.
> http://developer.shopping.com/docs/Widget_Instructions

by mr dmc 7th July 2009, 04:56

oh, widget is the word!! have been trying to figure out what that's called... thanks so much for the link.. i wasn't aware of the documentation part.. will be of great help towards achieving my goals.