A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Willy's Log I think it might be time to try again....

STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP - I CAN'T BREATHE!!!

alrighty then---I just thought to say that since Tina was commenting on her having firefox...........However I am so glad I could give ya all a chuckle.

BTW: MY "IE" was meant to be...Internet Explorer---

The Magical Mystery page is RIGHT HERE

The video button isn't a button, Its a cute little blue TV set, directly below Willy.

I had a minor brain fart, and I think I might know the answer... maybe...........

I'm not giving up until I'm either committed or I prove the existence of the magic buttons

I am watching Lola rock out. It works.

I went an looked to Bill... the buttons turn gold when I click on them and the banner does look like it floats to me ... I see the tv...and watched some of the videos... the list kind of covers the tv unless you close it so maybe thats why we don't see it right away as a tv...I use IE too and can see them without scrolling on both my laptop and desktop...
Nana

Everything works for me as well,, the different buttons light up to gold when I move over them,, video plays,, Shadows frame lights up to a green.
I really really like the colors you're using for that page,, terrific!

Thank you Nana!


I told you guys!

whoops....

OK Bill..... your little "TV" works great.

The buttons on the left side light up gold when I put my cursor over them-- --
BUT to see the buttons AND all of Shadow I have to scroll side to side.



not to mention some forums go really big while others stay what I consider normal.

right now, in this thread to see the whole screen I would have to scroll over about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch---but that is no big deal---- what I am missing is just the outside edge of the shout box, and what surrounds it on the right side--and not seeing that is no problem.

PS On a main page like the one showing ALL that Banter Hall has to offer things are just perfectly positioned.

Ok, Bill. I took a screen shot of what I see and I will describe what happens.
First I cut off the right side because it was too large and didn't resize like I wanted it to. So the right side has ads in a white box.

The buttons on the right do turn gold now.
The frame around Shadows gorgeous smile turns green when clicked on
But the title on the top is firmly affixed

OK THEN!!! I do NOW see the videos, and the colors!!! PHEW!

Oh, no TV but a blue camera lens?

Bill I am not as good with a computer as Tina--

but I wanted you to know this--so I brought it down here.

Usually I can use the horizontal squishit factor to make a columned page self adjust to fit any screen or resolution but in the case of the Shadow page, each column had something with a defined width (Google ad is 728 px, the TV set is 275 px etc) The only column that has any squishability is the main one. It can be any size over 728px. If you add the 4 totals together, you can plainly see that the obvious solution is for all of you to get new monitors!

Anyway... The long and short of the story is that having four columns caused some people to have to scroll. The page just can't sqhuishit itself enough. I don't feel too bad making you scroll sideways once in a while, but since this design template will be used universally on hundreds of pages throughout TGH I changed it a bit to make it more user friendly...

I value all of your input! With it I will be able to make changes as I move through my project. Please let me know how this puppy works for you....

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/blue/bluetest.html

This 'puppy', Shadow has has always pleased me to see. The page is good, Bill. It all shows. And is pleasing.

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1) Well first----gee if I could get a bigger Monitor I would--
but I am lucky to have the computer I do.--Bless my DD for that one. :ding:

2) That page is great---the pic of Shadow and all the buttons are great.
The only scrolling I have to do is if I want to see the ads on the right side.

All else is just perfectly situated.

Are you able to view the Forum Feed on the top right and Video Player... bottom center? Do they work?

Yes to both for me with no scrolling at all.

Video player works great.--Lola was her usual splendid self

the Forum feed is there--when I scroll to see it-- it is feeding donw a different post constantly but---a hand comes up when I scroll over it BUT if it is supposed to take me anywhere it does not.

I'll check that out... thank you! It should be a click link to the particular topic

Well, it will only show two topics for me. The current forum and one about composted manure. But I just figured that was because you hadn't completely set it up yet.

Try direct clicking just the feed title at the top. I may need to fix the colors to show the actual link betterer....

I think it should show 3 leads from each of 5-6 forums.... hmmmmmmmmm

My problem on checking these things initially is that my computer caches everything and then later doesn't realize that she is supposed to look for FRESH loads. Sometimes I don't know what is onsite and what is inside Babe's brain... I am glad I have this topic to find out this stuff before Papa Google looks at it...

Ok==I just checked---I can get the the forum by clicking on "The garden helper" none of the other underlined titles will take me anywhere sorry--I tried several

Each feed should park and display for 7-8 seconds before the next feed quickly slides into place. Is that roughly what you are experiencing? When you have the page up, try holding down ctrl when you hit refresh and see if there is a change.... please?

yes teh 7-8 second display is what I see

Ok I did as you asked and nope no change---I even did it a few times in case i didnt know what I was doing (which is likley the case)

now when I say no change--the page refreshes but things remain the same and it will not link me to any of the posts---except for the first one that says the garden helper

BTW: I tried one of the links on the "ads by Google" and I went right to it.

It is moving feeds up just fine and when I click on the titles it takes me to the appropriate places.

well then Bill quite stressing---apparently it is just my computer

But Carol I only got two feeds before. So something is improving. So I am reporting improvements. And I am pretty techno-challenged myself. I am easily frustrated with computer things when they don't work. I walk away often enough.

I must apologize---The feed that I can access as a link says "The Gardener's Forum" not the garden helper.


Tina you are such a sweetie....

Everything works , each Button where it goes and the buttons there in ,, the title lead,, Shadow's box, the video box,,
Colors are great,, Everything works fine from where I sit

I can't help but stress when I do things like this
... a genetic flaw in gnomes. Out of the blue I started to wonder about the calendar images and if they changed like they are supposed to and I came here just to ask if someone would please check.
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/calendar.html
On mouseover, a kitty should appear

yep a kitty appears
well all but march is a dog
and
October is a flower

AND they all link you to the proper monthly information

Yes, kitties and an October flower for me too. I only checked out one link and it worked fine.

Doggies are just giant kitties... well she was a 180# kitty but she was a sweet, gentle giant kitty...
As for the flower... well there was a kitty right behind it when I took the picture and you're just not looking at it from the right angle!

No debate necessary.

I have never had a sig line before and I figured that if was going to have one..... I'm not really crazy, I'm just a little unwell!

I just noticed that on mouseout (after the curser moves beyond the link) most of the pix revert to the text mode, but a few seem to stall and leave a kitty sitting pretty. Do you get instant on/instant off on all month buttons?

no it is not instant on every one. every time. And they don't always all revert to the month after passing by or the mouse leaving the area altogether. When I closed the page it was all cats(+1 flower)