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Subject :Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
12-05-2009 18:01:33
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<p>Jigsaw is nice. </p><p>Maybe it should be explained the max dimensions of images as when images are too large the display breaks itself. </p><p>Also, there is no positioning available. You get what is given. Maybe a plugin would be nice to be able to place within an article with positioning.</p><p> </p><p>I have drop down menus on my site but when solving a jigsaw they load up behind the component.</p><p> </p><p>What can be done? </p> |
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Subject :Re: Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
13-05-2009 08:36:37
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<p>Thanks for the suggestions - they are good ones.</p><p>When I first wrote the jigsaw puzzle component last year it was just as a bit of fun, I didn't really expect it to ever sell. But in fact it has attracted a small but enthusiastic following. So I will definitely be updating it again in the future, probably in a couple of months, and I will certainly keep any suggestions in mind.</p><p> I am quite sure that the last problem that you mention is solvable. If you want to email me with the address of your site I will take a look.</p> |
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Subject :Re: Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
13-05-2009 12:55:52
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<p>It's not in production yet, running off a slow DSL pipe but you can find it here"</p><p> http://209.77.76.177</p><p> </p><p>I put games as the second top menu item and puzzles as the first choice under it. You can see that after you start a puzzle if you click on the first menu item (weather in this case) that its drop downs are hidden behind the puzzle window. Hence the need for some sort of positioning or at least an HTML 'white space' at the top so drop down menu items wont get stuck behind the flash window. </p> |
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Subject :Re: Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
13-05-2009 13:29:42
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<p>I'm guessing that you were using Firefox to view the page. It works fine in Internet Explorer.</p><p>This problem could be avoided if the window mode could be set to transparent for the Flash object - the difficulty arises because in some versions of Firefox there is a bug which prevents Flash movies from responding to mouse-clicks if the window mode is set to transparent, so I have had to use the default Flash mode in this case. But it does mean that there are problems using DHTML with it, because the Flash movie then sits on top of the page, and covers over your DHTML menus.</p><p>I think that the only way to deal with this is to add some space at the top of the puzzle. You should be able to do this quite simply by adding some css to your template along the lines of:-</p><p>div.jigsaw{ margin-top:100px; }</p><p>You can add any other styles to this class as well.</p><p>Otherwise as I have said it would be possible to edit the puzzle template to change the Flash window mode to transparent, but then it would not work in some versions of Firefox. </p> |
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Subject :Re: Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
13-05-2009 17:23:09
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<p>You're guessing correctly...I am using FF and it does correctly display in IE</p><p>Keep in mind that I've coded on the local desktop and inter-office for over 25 years but bailed out of HTML about the time CSS was beginning to gain popularity and then I only coded in Cold Fusion doing backends for db driven websites. </p><p>Guessing that I could just place your div.jigsaw code anywhere in the template's css file, I did, placing it both with other divs with no luck and then moving it to the bottom, again with no luck in either browser. </p><p>The menu problem exists in Google's Chrome browser too.</p><p> I've been meaning to understand the css structures more lately...I'll look further and maybe you could enlighten us more </p> |
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Subject :Re: Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
14-05-2009 08:53:45
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<p>Actually a really simple thing that you could do to move it down a bit is to add some empty paragraphs to the intro text (you should see that there is a box for text in the module parameters):-</p><p><p></p></p><p><p></p></p><p>Add as many as you want. This seems to me to be the easiest way around the problem actually. </p><p>CSS is fine, but I often find it doesn't work quite as you expect it to.</p> |
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Subject :Re: Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
14-05-2009 13:49:50
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You would believe that may work and it may on other joomla templates but not on this one (I had tried a few <br> and added 3 <p> but no change. I finally wrapped it in an iframe and though it lives, it's not the best of solutions but I can live with it for a bit |
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Subject :Re: Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
14-05-2009 15:42:36
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<p>As a last resort you could try editing the template for the component, which is in views/jigsaw/tmpl/default.php and adding some line-breaks there, or may be a transparent gif.</p><p>But if it is working OK with an iframe then maybe it is best to leave well alone.</p> |
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Subject :Re: Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
15-05-2009 13:50:59
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<p>I like you fix better...I can place some 'fluff' there instead of line breaks and do away with the iframe...tested it tentatively and looks like it's a cure </p><p> </p><p>Thanks again... </p> |
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Subject :Re: Jigsaw over shadows/writes drop down menus..
15-05-2009 13:51:09
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<p>I like your fix better...I can place some 'fluff' there instead of line breaks and do away with the iframe...tested it tentatively and looks like it's a cure </p><p> </p><p>Thanks again... </p> |
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