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CynthiaM
Aug-06-2008, 09:33 AM
Updated my smugmug account and have some questions on customization. Have been able to figure a lot out on my own, but there are a few things that are baffling me.

Here is my homepage as it now stands:
http://http://www.cynthiamerzerphotography.com/

And here are my questions:
(By the way, if someone can tell me how to cut and paste text into the message so that it shows up the way this is, light grey on dark grey instead of black on dark grey; very hard to read, then I will gladly repost this!
1 - How do I get rid of the thumbnails on the homepage slideshow?

and

2 - I want the banner that says Cynthia Merzer Photography to appear the way it does in www.moonriverphotography.com (http://www.dgrin.com/www.moonriverphotography.com). I followed the instructions in the tutorial at #7 on the FAQ page (customization) but it’s not showing up the way I want it to. This is the contents of my CSS Box:
#navcontainer ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
text-align: center;
}

#navcontainer ul li {
display: inline;
}

#navcontainer ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
padding: .2em 1em;
color: #fff;
background-color: #000;
}

#navcontainer ul li a:hover {
color: #fff;
background-color: #369;
}

.smuglogo {

width: 200px !important;

height: 25px !important;

filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(enabled=true,

sizingMethod=image src='http://www.smugmug.com/photos/346327612_a9pHz-O.png') !important;

}

.smuglogo[class] {

background-image: url(http://www.smugmug.com/photos/346327612_a9pHz-O.png) !important;

}

/* this part hides the your photos/home, login and help links */

#toolbar a.nav {display: none;}

#feeds {
display:none;
}

/* hides your name (including any 's) */
#userName {
display: none;
}

/* hides the word home */
#userHome {
display: none;
}

#categoriesBox .boxTop {
display: none;
}

.homepage #galleryTitle {
display: none;
}

.homepage #galleriesBox,
.homepage #categoriesBox,
.homepage #featuredBox {
display: none;
}

.galleries #bioBox {
display: none;
}

.galleries #galleriesBox,
.galleries #categoriesBox,
.galleries #featuredBox {
display: block;
}

#bioBox .photo {
display: none;
}
and my Header javascript:
// change the link on the SmugMug Logo

YE.onAvailable('homelink', function(e) {

this.href = "http://CynthiaM.smugmug.com/";

this.firstChild.alt = "Cynthia Merzer Photography";

this.firstChild.title = "Cynthia Merzer Photography";

});

// removes the pipes characters in the toolbar header

YE.onAvailable('toolbar', function(e) {

this.innerHTML = this.innerHTML.replace(new RegExp(/\|/g),"");

});

// removes the pipes characters in the toolbar header

YE.onAvailable('toolbar', function(e) {

this.innerHTML = this.innerHTML.replace(new RegExp(/\|/g),"");

});

// fix the pesky pipes

YE.onAvailable("cobrand_footer", function() {this.innerHTML = this.innerHTML.replace(/\||what are feeds\?/gi, '');});

function ModifyText ()
{
if (YD.hasClass(document.body, "gallery_Guestbook comments"))
{
var objElement = YD.get("comment")
if (objElement != null)
{
var str = new String(objElement.innerHTML);
str = str.replace(/\gallery/gi, 'guestbook');
objElement.innerHTML = str;
}
}
}

YE.onAvailable("comment", ModifyText);

Allen
Aug-06-2008, 10:09 AM
Updated my smugmug account and have some questions on customization. Have been able to figure a lot out on my own, but there are a few things that are baffling me.

Here is my homepage as it now stands:
http://http://www.cynthiamerzerphotography.com/

And here are my questions:
(By the way, if someone can tell me how to cut and paste text into the message so that it shows up the way this is, light grey on dark grey instead of black on dark grey; very hard to read, then I will gladly repost this!

1 - How do I get rid of the thumbnails on the homepage slideshow?

and

2 - I want the banner that says Cynthia Merzer Photography to appear the way it does in www.moonriverphotography.com (http://www.moonriverphotography.com). I followed the instructions in the tutorial at #7 on the FAQ page (customization) but it’s not showing up the way I want it to.
This is the contents of my CSS Box:
...
and my Header javascript:
...

Paste your code into notepad first, then copy from there into reply box between
code tags. It's the # in the toolbar. paste between these

Change this to false in your bio show code.
showThumbs: 'true',

Your nav is very long and doesn't really fit across page with the banner. So
this puts it on two lines. See if you like this. Many other ways to do it
though. Make the red changes in your header.

<div id="myHeader">Cynthia Merzer Photography</div>

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cynthiam.smugmug.com/Fine%20Art%20Photography">Fine Art Photography</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cynthiam.smugmug.com/Infrared">Infrared</a></li>
<li><a href="http://CynthiaM.smugmug.com/Travel">Travel</a></li>
<br />
<li><a href="/gallery/XXXXXXX_YYYYY">About Me</a></li>
<li><a href="/galleries">Galleries</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/XXXXXXX_YYYYY">Information</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/5634777_EmXyJ">Guestbook</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="spacer"></div>
Make the red changes in your CSS

#myHeader {
font-size: 200%;
margin: 10px 0 0 60px; /* top right bottom left */
}

#navcontainer {
float: right;
margin: -30px 60px 20px 0; /* top right bottom left */
}

#navcontainer ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
padding: .2em 1em;
color: #fff;
background-color: #000;
font-size: 120%;
line-height: 25px; /* space between nav rows */
}

CynthiaM
Aug-06-2008, 10:54 AM
Allen:
I'm sorry, but i don't understand your answer. Where is the bio show code?
Is that in the CSS box?
Am i supposed to see something in there that says showThumbs: 'true',
because i don't.

Don't despair! At least I corrected the black text.

As for the banner, I think I did what you suggested; no change. I'm going to "quote what is now in all of my boxes. If I left out a box, it is because it is empty. It would be most helpful if you could upload an entire box as corected so that i don't paste something into the wrong place. Then I can just cut and paste into each box (thanks!):

CSS
#navcontainer ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
text-align: center;
}

#navcontainer ul li {
display: inline;
}
#myHeader {
font-size: 200%;
margin: 10px 0 0 60px; /* top right bottom left */
}

#navcontainer {
float: right;
margin: -30px 60px 20px 0; /* top right bottom left */
}

#navcontainer ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
padding: .2em 1em;
color: #fff;
background-color: #000;
font-size: 120%;
line-height: 25px; /* space between nav rows */
}

#navcontainer ul li a:hover {
color: #fff;
background-color: #369;
}

.smuglogo {

width: 200px !important;

height: 25px !important;

filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(enabled=true,

sizingMethod=image src='http://www.smugmug.com/photos/346327612_a9pHz-O.png') !important;

}

.smuglogo[class] {

background-image: url(http://www.smugmug.com/photos/346327612_a9pHz-O.png) !important;

}

/* this part hides the your photos/home, login and help links */

#toolbar a.nav {display: none;}

#feeds {
display:none;
}

/* hides your name (including any 's) */
#userName {
display: none;
}

/* hides the word home */
#userHome {
display: none;
}

#categoriesBox .boxTop {
display: none;
}

.homepage #galleryTitle {
display: none;
}

.homepage #galleriesBox,
.homepage #categoriesBox,
.homepage #featuredBox {
display: none;
}

.galleries #bioBox {
display: none;
}

.galleries #galleriesBox,
.galleries #categoriesBox,
.galleries #featuredBox {
display: block;
}

#bioBox .photo {
display: none;
}


HEADER JAVASCRIPT
// change the link on the SmugMug Logo

YE.onAvailable('homelink', function(e) {

this.href = "http://CynthiaM.smugmug.com/";

this.firstChild.alt = "Cynthia Merzer Photography";

this.firstChild.title = "Cynthia Merzer Photography";

});

// removes the pipes characters in the toolbar header

YE.onAvailable('toolbar', function(e) {

this.innerHTML = this.innerHTML.replace(new RegExp(/\|/g),"");

});

// removes the pipes characters in the toolbar header

YE.onAvailable('toolbar', function(e) {

this.innerHTML = this.innerHTML.replace(new RegExp(/\|/g),"");

});

// fix the pesky pipes

YE.onAvailable("cobrand_footer", function() {this.innerHTML = this.innerHTML.replace(/\||what are feeds\?/gi, '');});

function ModifyText ()
{
if (YD.hasClass(document.body, "gallery_Guestbook comments"))
{
var objElement = YD.get("comment")
if (objElement != null)
{
var str = new String(objElement.innerHTML);
str = str.replace(/\gallery/gi, 'guestbook');
objElement.innerHTML = str;
}
}
}

YE.onAvailable("comment", ModifyText);


HEADER
<div id="myHeader">Cynthia Merzer Photography</div>

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cynthiam.smugmug.com/Fine%20Art%20Photography">Fine Art Photography</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cynthiam.smugmug.com/Infrared">Infrared</a></li>
<li><a href="http://CynthiaM.smugmug.com/Travel">Travel</a></li>
<br />
<li><a href="/gallery/XXXXXXX_YYYYY">About Me</a></li>
<li><a href="/galleries">Galleries</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/XXXXXXX_YYYYY">Information</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/5634777_EmXyJ">Guestbook</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="spacer"></div>

FOOTER JAVASCRIPT
function hasPath(sPath)
{
re = new RegExp("\/" + sPath + "(\/|$)");
return re.test(window.location)
}

if (hasPath("galleries"))
YD.addClass(document.body, "galleries");

Allen
Aug-06-2008, 11:03 AM
Allen:
I'm sorry, but i don't understand your answer. Where is the bio show code?
Is that in the CSS box?
Am i supposed to see something in there that says showThumbs: 'true',
because i don't.

Don't despair! At least I corrected the black text.

As for the banner, I think I did what you suggested; no change. I'm going to "quote what is now in all of my boxes. If I left out a box, it is because it is empty. It would be most helpful if you could upload an entire box as corected so that i don't paste something into the wrong place. Then I can just cut and paste into each box (thanks!):
...
You have to click "edit" on your bio box. showThumbs: 'true', is part of the
slideshow code.

Looks like your banner is acting like it should after the changes.:scratch Looks
the same in Firefox2 and IE6. You see something different?

btw, no reason to post whole code, most that can help use WebDev to see your code.

CynthiaM
Aug-06-2008, 11:39 AM
ok. Now I got the thumbnails to disappear.

As for the rest of the homepage, I really would like it to look like the one at www.moonriverphotography.com, where justified to the left it would say Cynthia Merzer Photography and then then nav bar would be justified to the right. I eliminated some of the tabs in the navbar so there would be more room, but I'm having trouble getting Cynthia Merzer Photography to look like the one on Moon River. Larger text than the navbar justified to the left, Cynthia Merzer Photography and the navbar all on one line and underlined in a contrasting color. Can you help me with this?

Also, why are the photos in the slideshow in the biobox no longer centered?

Allen
Aug-06-2008, 11:56 AM
ok. Now I got the thumbnails to disappear.

As for the rest of the homepage, I really would like it to look like the one at www.moonriverphotography.com (http://www.moonriverphotography.com), where justified to the left it would say Cynthia Merzer Photography and then then nav bar would be justified to the right. I eliminated some of the tabs in the navbar so there would be more room, but I'm having trouble getting Cynthia Merzer Photography to look like the one on Moon River. Larger text than the navbar justified to the left, Cynthia Merzer Photography and the navbar all on one line and underlined in a contrasting color. Can you help me with this?

Also, why are the photos in the slideshow in the biobox no longer centered?
Try this, think this is closer to what you want.
Replace your header with this.

<div id="myHeaderContainer">

<div id="myHeader">Cynthia Merzer Photography</div>

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/Fine%20Art%20Photography">Fine Art Photography</a></li>
<li><a href="/Infrared">Infrared</a></li>
<li><a href="/Travel">Travel</a></li>
<li><a href="/galleries">Galleries</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/5634777_EmXyJ">Guestbook</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

</div> <!-- closes myHeaderContainer -->

<div class="spacer"></div>

Add this to the top of your CSS

#myHeaderContainer {
height: 40px;
margin: 0 40px 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}

#myHeader {
font-size: 220%;
margin: 10px 0 0 10px; /* top right bottom left */
}

#navcontainer {
float: right;
margin-top: -15px;
}

#userBio {text-align: center !important;}

CynthiaM
Aug-06-2008, 08:03 PM
It's looking better, but still not quite the way I want it. I tried following the tutorial in the customization FAQs re: how to make a no=banner custom header, but it's not recognizing the font (papyrus).

How do I get this to display in a particular font?

Allen
Aug-06-2008, 08:44 PM
It's looking better, but still not quite the way I want it. I tried following the tutorial in the customization FAQs re: how to make a no=banner custom header, but it's not recognizing the font (papyrus).

How do I get this to display in a particular font?
Isn't papyrus a mac font? You on a mac?

http://www.typetester.org/

Ifv you want to use an exotic font make it into an image.

CynthiaM
Aug-07-2008, 06:26 AM
I don't know where I got the font from but I have it on 2 windows systems. I've tried making an image. It is uploaded onto smugmug. I had it unlisted, but made it public so you could see it. Here is the gallery link: http://CynthiaM.smugmug.com/gallery/5631938_UgFX6/1/346327612_a9pHz and the image id: http://CynthiaM.smugmug.com/photos/346327612_a9pHz-L-2.png.

Could you help me get this looking the way I want? Also, the problem with the dashes in the navbar and I've notice that the image boxes don't have the same alignment from tab to tab. They look fine on ones that were essentially created by smugmug; notice that on the home page and the galleries tab, that the image box is lower than in the other tabs. Can this be corrected?

One other thing. Is there any way that I can remove/hide the Fine Art , travel and Infrared galleries from the Galleries page but have them appear if you click into the respective tabs? I tried removing them from the galleries page but then when you clicked into the tab, nothing was there.

Thanks

Allen
Aug-07-2008, 07:50 AM
I don't know where I got the font from but I have it on 2 windows systems. I've tried making an image. It is uploaded onto smugmug. I had it unlisted, but made it public so you could see it. Here is the gallery link: http://CynthiaM.smugmug.com/gallery/5631938_UgFX6/1/346327612_a9pHz and the image id: http://CynthiaM.smugmug.com/photos/346327612_a9pHz-L-2.png.

Could you help me get this looking the way I want? Also, the problem with the dashes in the navbar and I've notice that the image boxes don't have the same alignment from tab to tab. They look fine on ones that were essentially created by smugmug; notice that on the home page and the galleries tab, that the image box is lower than in the other tabs. Can this be corrected?

One other thing. Is there any way that I can remove/hide the Fine Art , travel and Infrared galleries from the Galleries page but have them appear if you click into the respective tabs? I tried removing them from the galleries page but then when you clicked into the tab, nothing was there.

Thanks Quick post, remove the red at the top of your CSS, it's messing your CSS.

CSS
#navcontainer ul {
...

or add the comment tags around it.

/* CSS */
#navcontainer ul {


Crop the image to about 390x40 to get rid of all the blank area on
all sides. Would make it much easier to work with. And turn originals
on in it's gallery.

Allen
Aug-07-2008, 08:05 AM
...
One other thing. Is there any way that I can remove/hide the Fine Art , travel and Infrared galleries from the Galleries page but have them appear if you click into the respective tabs? I tried removing them from the galleries page but then when you clicked into the tab, nothing was there.

Thanks
To hide those categories.

Put this in footer javascript

<!-- Hide Categories -->
function delCategory() {
re = /\/(Fine%20Art%20Photography|Infrared|Travel)$/;

var oList = YD.getElementsByClassName('miniBox', 'div', this);

for (i = 0; i < oList.length; i++) {
if (re.test(oList[i].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href))
oList[i].parentNode.removeChild(oList[i]);
}
}
YE.onContentReady('categoriesBox', delCategory);
<!-- End Hide Categories -->

Reference this thread
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=48082&page=2

CynthiaM
Aug-07-2008, 12:45 PM
Removing CSS worked for Firefox and safari, but still a problem in Internet Explorer.

I re-did the image as you suggested uploaded it and changed the viewable size to original. Is that supposed to make it appear as i wanted or did you just need for me to do that so we could go onto the next step?

More questions. How can I get the header and footer to be consistent on all pages, including when you click into view a gallery? All galleries seem to have the smugmug header and large footer, despite the personalized header and small footer that you see on my home page. And is there a way to eliminate the ability to place gallery comments; I'd rather people use the Guestbook. And in the guestbook, instead of it saying Gallery comments, I would prefer it to say Guestbook Comments. There is info about this in the FAQs for pro-customization as follows but it doesn't say what to substitute for the Xs:
function ModifyText ()
{
if (YD.hasClass(document.body, "gallery_XXXXXXX"))
{
var objElement = YD.get("comment")
if (objElement != null)
{
var str = new String(objElement.innerHTML);
str = str.replace(/\gallery/gi, 'guestbook');
objElement.innerHTML = str;
}
}
}

YE.onAvailable("comment", ModifyText);

Thanks. your help is greatly appreciated.

Allen
Aug-07-2008, 05:06 PM
Removing CSS worked for Firefox and safari, but still a problem in Internet Explorer.

I re-did the image as you suggested uploaded it and changed the viewable size to original. Is that supposed to make it appear as i wanted or did you just need for me to do that so we could go onto the next step?

More questions. How can I get the header and footer to be consistent on all pages, including when you click into view a gallery? All galleries seem to have the smugmug header and large footer, despite the personalized header and small footer that you see on my home page. And is there a way to eliminate the ability to place gallery comments; I'd rather people use the Guestbook. And in the guestbook, instead of it saying Gallery comments, I would prefer it to say Guestbook Comments. There is info about this in the FAQs for pro-customization as follows but it doesn't say what to substitute for the Xs:
function ModifyText ()
{
if (YD.hasClass(document.body, "gallery_XXXXXXX"))
{
var objElement = YD.get("comment")
if (objElement != null)
{
var str = new String(objElement.innerHTML);
str = str.replace(/\gallery/gi, 'guestbook');
objElement.innerHTML = str;
}
}
}

YE.onAvailable("comment", ModifyText);

Thanks. your help is greatly appreciated.
The XXXXXXX is the guestbook gallery number. 5634777

You have hide owner checked for the guestbook gallery. Also make sure
that appearance is set to custom. Either of these will disable your CSS.
Looks like a bunch of your galleries are set wrong for CSS it be active.

Under customize gallery you can check comments off.

You banner and nav looks identical here with Firefox and IE6.

This adds in your new header photo.
Replace your header with this.

<div id="myHeaderContainer">

<div id="myHeader">
<ing src="/photos/346327612_a9pHz-O.png" />
</div>

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/Fine%20Art%20Photography">Fine Art Photography</a></li>
<li><a href="/Infrared">Infrared</a></li>
<li><a href="/Travel">Travel</a></li>
<li><a href="/galleries">Galleries</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/5634777_EmXyJ">Guestbook</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

</div> <!-- closes myHeaderContainer -->

<div class="spacer"></div>

Here is your whole CSS with the changes incorporated.

#myHeaderContainer {
height: 80px;
margin: -10px 40px 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}

#myHeader {
width: 400px;
height: 65px;
background: url(/photos/346327612_a9pHz-O.png) no-repeat;
_background: none; _filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader (enabled=true,
sizingmethod=image, src='/photos/346327612_a9pHz-O.png');
}

#navcontainer {
float: right;
margin-top: -30px;
}

#navcontainer ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}

#navcontainer ul li {
display: inline;
}

#navcontainer ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
padding: .2em 1em;
color: #fff;
background-color: #000;
}

#navcontainer ul li a:hover {
color: #fff;
background-color: #369;
}

/* this part hides the your photos/home, login and help links */

#toolbar a.nav {display: none;}

#feeds {
display:none;
}

/* hides your name (including any 's) */
#userName {
display: none;
}

/* hides the word home */
#userHome {
display: none;
}

#categoriesBox .boxTop {
display: none;
}

.homepage #galleryTitle {
display: none;
}

.homepage #galleriesBox,
.homepage #categoriesBox,
.homepage #featuredBox {
display: none;
}

.galleries #bioBox {
display: none;
}

.galleries #galleriesBox,
.galleries #categoriesBox,
.galleries #featuredBox {
display: block;
}

#bioBox .photo {
display: none;
}

#userBio {text-align: center !important;}

/* turn map this button off */
.map_this {
display: none;
}

#photoKeywords {
display: none;
}

btw, your new banner image has an extra 50px total on the top and bottom. Had
to twizzle the CSS to fit just right.

CynthiaM
Aug-08-2008, 09:45 PM
Allen:

I really feel like I'm getting somewhere. Need just a few more tweaks. Take a look at what I have done.

See how I managed to get the navbar to turn the same color as the banner when you hover over each word on the bar? Is there a way to get every link to do the same thing when hovering?

Notice that when you enter each link from the navbar, how the border box goes right up to the top section with no space, but when you go into "Galleries" there is a definite division? I'd like each of these gallery category pages to do the same thing - they need the division.

I created a gallery called About the Artist, with a tab on the nav bar and an email link. How can I get rid of the warning message that
This is a brand new gallery with no photos.

Have a nice weekend.
Regards

Allen
Aug-08-2008, 10:14 PM
Allen:

I really feel like I'm getting somewhere. Need just a few more tweaks. Take a look at what I have done.

See how I managed to get the navbar to turn the same color as the banner when you hover over each word on the bar? Is there a way to get every link to do the same thing when hovering?

Notice that when you enter each link from the navbar, how the border box goes right up to the top section with no space, but when you go into "Galleries" there is a definite division? I'd like each of these gallery category pages to do the same thing - they need the division.

I created a gallery called About the Artist, with a tab on the nav bar and an email link. How can I get rid of the warning message that
This is a brand new gallery with no photos.

Have a nice weekend.
Regards
Readjusted everything for your new trimmed banner and added some space below
header line with 10px of bottom margin in myHeaderContainer.

#myHeaderContainer {
height: 55px;
margin: 5px 40px 10px; /* top right/left bottom */
border-bottom: 1px solid #388E8E;
}

#myHeader {
width: 400px;
height: 47px;
background: url(/photos/347620355_J4ft7-O.png) no-repeat;
_background: none;
_filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader (enabled=true,
sizingmethod=image, src='/347620355_J4ft7-O.png');
}

#navcontainer {
float: right;
margin-top: -25px;
}

#navcontainer ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
padding: .2em 1em;
color: #ccc;
background-color: none;
}

#navcontainer ul li a:hover {
color: #388E8E;
background-color: none;
}

Add this for about gallery to CSS.

/* about gallery */
.gallery_5652524 .nophotos h3 {display: none;}
.gallery_5652524 #breadcrumb {visibility: hidden;}
.gallery_5652524 .loggedIn #breadcrumb {visibility: visible;}

CynthiaM
Aug-11-2008, 12:08 PM
Allen:

Tried your last set of suggestions for the Header and navbar. It ended up bulletted, in the upper right corner and the navbar was in a vertical position rather than horizontal. I prefer the general layout that it is currently in. It would be terrific if we could work on the fine tuning this format.

I went back and as per your original directions, re-created the banner with dimension even less than the suggested 390x40 pixels. It's uploaded into this gallery: http://cynthiam.smugmug.com/gallery/5631938_UgFX6/1/349595408_yCeBH and is image number #4: http://cynthiam.smugmug.com/photos/349595408_yCeBH-X3-1.png

Also, it was pointed out to me that the header goes right up to the top of the web page; can we get that lowered? Perhaps get it centered, vertically within that entire "my header container;" right now it looks like it is top aligned.

A few more things that I would like to clean up include:
For each navbar tab, when you click into the respective page, I would like the (I think it's called) categoriesBox to line up the way it does when you click into Galleries; it's lower. In the other links, the categoriesBox looks flush with the header. I would like them to appear the way the Galleries page appears. The same thing happens when you click into each gallery and subcategories page; they line up flush with the navbar
With regard to the right click message, is there a way to get the title bar in the message box to refer to CynthiaMerzerPhotography.com rather than CynthiaM.smugmug.com?
In the breadcrumb trail, can it lead back to "Home" rather than "CynthiaM?"Thanks,

Allen
Aug-11-2008, 12:27 PM
Allen:

Tried your last set of suggestions for the Header and navbar. It ended up bulletted, in the upper right corner and the navbar was in a vertical position rather than horizontal. I prefer the general layout that it is currently in. It would be terrific if we could work on the fine tuning this format.

I went back and as per your original directions, re-created the banner with dimension even less than the suggested 390x40 pixels. It's uploaded into this gallery: http://cynthiam.smugmug.com/gallery/5631938_UgFX6/1/349595408_yCeBH and is image number #4: http://cynthiam.smugmug.com/photos/349595408_yCeBH-X3-1.png

Also, it was pointed out to me that the header goes right up to the top of the web page; can we get that lowered? Perhaps get it centered, vertically within that entire "my header container;" right now it looks like it is top aligned.

A few more things that I would like to clean up include:
For each navbar tab, when you click into the respective page, I would like the (I think it's called) categoriesBox to line up the way it does when you click into Galleries; it's lower. In the other links, the categoriesBox looks flush with the header. I would like them to appear the way the Galleries page appears. The same thing happens when you click into each gallery and subcategories page; they line up flush with the navbar
With regard to the right click message, is there a way to get the title bar in the message box to refer to CynthiaMerzerPhotography.com rather than CynthiaM.smugmug.com?
In the breadcrumb trail, can it lead back to "Home" rather than "CynthiaM?"Thanks, Try these numbers, edit these existing items.
Chnage your header to this. It removes the img cecause it's defined in your CSS.

<div id="myHeaderContainer">
<div id="myHeader"></div>
<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/Fine%20Art%20Photography">Fine Art Photography</a></li>
<li><a href="/Infrared">Infrared</a></li>
<li><a href="/galleries">Galleries</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/5634777_EmXyJ">Guestbook</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/5652524_AV5Fe">About the Artist</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div> <!-- closes myHeaderContainer -->
<div class="spacer"></div>
CSS changes, edit these.

#myHeaderContainer {
height: 60px;
margin: 10px 40px 20px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}

#myHeader {
width: 374px;
height: 40px;
background: url(/photos/347620355_J4ft7-O.png) no-repeat;
_background: none; _filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader (enabled=true,
sizingmethod=image, src='/347620355_J4ft7-O.png');
}

#navcontainer {
float: right;
margin-top: -20px;
}

CynthiaM
Aug-11-2008, 06:30 PM
Allen:

I implemented your changes and the following need correction:

In the header,the "y" in Photography has been cut off.
The lower case "y," "g," and "p" in Photography are cutting out; not fully visible
The spacing between the header and the gallery pages is not uniform. Click into Infrared and then into Galleries; you'll see what I mean. I prefer the spacing of infrared.
In the breadcrumb, is it possible to get it to read Home>XXXXXX>XXXXXXX with the x's replaced by the gallery categories and gallery names?Thanks so much

Allen
Aug-11-2008, 07:42 PM
Allen:

I implemented your changes and the following need correction:
In the header,the "y" in Photography has been cut off.
The lower case "y," "g," and "p" in Photography are cutting out; not fully visible
The spacing between the header and the gallery pages is not uniform. Click into Infrared and then into Galleries; you'll see what I mean. I prefer the spacing of infrared.
In the breadcrumb, is it possible to get it to read Home>XXXXXX>XXXXXXX with the x's replaced by the gallery categories and gallery names?Thanks so much
Fudge it just a bit larger.

#myHeader {
width: 390px;
height: 50px;
background: url(/photos/347620355_J4ft7-O.png) no-repeat;
_background: none; _filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader (enabled=true,
sizingmethod=image, src='/347620355_J4ft7-O.png');
}

Specify bottom margin on homepages different then other pages.

#myHeaderContainer {
margin: 10px 40px 60px; /* top right/left bottom */
}

.homepage #myHeaderContainer,
.galleries #myHeaderContainer {
height: 60px;
margin: 10px 40px 20px; /* top right/left bottom */
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}

Don't think the breadcrumb can be chagned that way.

CynthiaM
Aug-11-2008, 08:12 PM
Now I've lost the underline in everything except the Home and Galleries pages!

Can you fix that?

Thanks,

Allen
Aug-11-2008, 08:39 PM
Now I've lost the underline in everything except the Home and Galleries pages!

Can you fix that?

Thanks,
Have to define all params in general one, then only differences in specific ones that follow.

#myHeaderContainer {
height: 60px;
margin: 10px 40px 60px; /* top right/left bottom */
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}

.homepage #myHeaderContainer,
.galleries #myHeaderContainer {
margin: 10px 40px 20px; /* top right/left bottom */
}

CynthiaM
Aug-12-2008, 07:22 AM
Allen:

You are wonderful! Thank you ever so much for all of your help and patience. This photography stuff is a never ending learning process; I never thought it would include html code, at least not for me. Even downloaded webdev and it did help to an extent but there still remained things about which I was admittedly clueless.

I think I'm good to go, at least for awhile. If I notice any other quirks, I will post the problem.

Best regards