Hi
A brief look from me: Win98, IE 5.00. The text loads into the centre fine - in
fact it all looks *very* nice. The rollovers and buttons work OK (they are
meant to _remain_ depressed, I take it), and new text segments load into the
centre perfectly well.
Only one problem, and it doesn't actually seem to affect the performance: IE
tells me "Object doesn't support this property or method" for line 35, char 2.
I've not the time to peek at your code, but maybe this is of some use.
Dan
www.mcld.co.uk
>===== Original Message From "Jim Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>Hello all!
>
>My name is Jim, and I am a web site developer who has used DynAPI since its
original inception by Dan as DynDuo.
>
>This is a request for fellow developers in help to determine bug issues for a
100% DynAPI site, especially Windows 98.
>
>The site in question is at http://www.ethicsplan.com/stage/
>
>
>Backdrop:
>--------------------------------------------
>I have always used components of DynAPI as needed for support of particular
dynamic behavior of a site, but never a full-fledged site based entirely on
it...at least until now.
>
>I have a client who's site I originally did some two years ago. He recently
requested a full revamp, and, since his site has a business focus of
healthcare corporations involved with Medicare, his site is highly text
intensive, meaning that he has a lot of articles relating to compliance with
Medicare protocols. So as a developer, the underlying architectural motif is
navigation of a lot of text, and how to make this an enjoyable experience for
the user.
>
>I took this as an opportunity to use DynAPI as the base infrastructure in
which to facilitate navigation on a text-intensive site. I would do this by
slicing and dicing the text-intensive articles into small pieces that could be
pulled in easily by setURL, and by dividing the screen real-estate into layers
that could be manipulated to show this content at the user's discretion and
choice.
>
>To the unknowing, you would think that you are looking at a frames-based
site, but in reality there are no frames. However, the architectural outline
of the site is a frames-like layout structure as follows:
>
>-------------------------------------------------
> Top Layer
>-------------------------------------------------
>Menu | Content | Page Menu
>Layer | Layer | Layer
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>where
>
>- Top Layer is made up of DynAPI layers positioning the site title, logo,
etc. and remains constant.
>- Menu Layer is a button menu stucture in a layer based on a button widget I
developed, and remains constant.
>- Content layer is where the dynamic body of text appears, as pulled in via
setURL.
>- Page Menu layer is a button stucture layer that dynamically changes
according to the button pressed in the Menu layer.
>
>Each of the layers are DynAPI layers with the specific purpose as outlined
above .
>
>The idea here is that the user may make a menu selection from the Menu Layer
which does the setURL action to bring in the selection's first page content
into Content Layer, and the selection's submenu into the Page Menu Layer. This
submenu in the Page Menu Layer enables the user to select sibling content
topics which also does the setURL action for displaying content in the Content
Layer.
>
>This is a single screen navigational scheme to display on one screen a
three-level nested text outline such as
>
>Topic 1 (Menu Layer)
> Subtopic 1.1 (Page Menu Layer)
> Content 1 (Content Layer)
> Content 2
> Content 3
> Subtopic 1.2
> Content 1
> Content 2
> Content 3
>
>Topic 2
> Subtopic 2.1
> Content 1
> Content 2
> Content 3
> ...
>...
>Topic 3
>...
>Topic 4
>...
>
>What is needed:
>--------------------------------------------
>With this background, here is where I can use some help. It should be noted
here that I have no interest in pre-version 5 browser support, be it Netscape
or IE.
>
>This was developed on an NT 4.0 machine using IE5.5, and works as designed.
It also works perfectly whether I access it via my ISP or by AOL.
>
>The problem is that my client is saying that
>
>"There is no text at all on the first page and when I log on, the computer
freezes up then I have to reboot."
>
>This client's system profile includes Windows 98 and IE5.5 accessing the
Internet via AOL.
>
>I do not have Windows 98 on any of my systems here, which is why I need some
help. Is there someone out there who has access to Windows 98 and who could
spend a few minutes to help me analyze what is going on? My client is not a
technically-oriented person, so trying to get a technical assessment is
impossible. I need someone who has the technical where-with-all who knows
DynAPI, and who is comfortable talking architecture as I have above.
>
>Any assist would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jim Foster
>IS Manager, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Total Medical Transcription Solutions, http://www.tmtsaz.com
>Web-Site Design Services
>2030 East Broadway Road #2096
>Tempe, AZ 85282
>480-966-4734
>480-966-8339 (fax)
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