kvnmcwebn wrote:
My big concerns: how to make these jump menus standards and seo friendly?
<form name="nav">
<select name="link"
onChange="location=document.nav.link.options[document.nav.link.selectedIndex
].value;"
value="GO">
<option selected>Choose a Destination</option>
<option value="http://www.mySite.com/default.asp";>Home</option>
<option value="http://www.mySite.com/contact.asp";>Contact Us</option>
<option value="http://www.mySite.com/help.asp";>mySite.com Help
Center</option>
</select>
</form>
A few issues:
a) the menu functionality relies completely on javascript; if
javascsript is unavailable or disabled, nothing works. Better to back it
up with a proper form action which executes a redirection server-side.
In addition, using onchange can cause problem for users browsing via the
keyboard (including screen reader users). The most consistent solution
is not to use any javascript at all, add a discrete submit button, and
handle it all server-side.
b) since you're not actually using any link to those pages, search
engine spiders won't follow those URLs; unless you do provide some other
form of navigation that links to those pages, you're effectively hiding
your pages from search engines.
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