Customized menu not showing up correctly.

[wilowisp.]

My friend has made a customized menu for a skin, and while it shows up fine on her computer, the menu is crooked on mine. She's put the positioning as relative in the css, which means it should show up the same on every computer, but this is evidently not the case because i'm getting a crooked menu.

What it looks like on my computer:
i42.tinypic.com/zjjpyt.png

The live example:
kayaoti.proboards.com/index.cgi

We're not sure what could be going wrong, so if we could get some feedback, that'd be ace.

[SubDevo]

Not only is it crooked in IE for me, but the position changes if you resize your browser window horizontally!

That is a lot of code for just using images for your menu.
Just curious...
Did you try just putting your menu images on the "Customize Images" page for that skin?

SubDevo

[wilowisp.]

Thanks for the reply.

We're not using IE and we're also aware that it doesn't work in IE. We've made it clear on our actual site that those using IE will have difficulty viewing things. At this point it's too much trouble to deal with.

However, what we're using it for would not work if we put it in the customized images. Our menus drop down, as you can see if you hover over them.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

[SubDevo]

May 13, 2010 15:46:52 GMT -8 wilowisp. said:

Thanks for the reply.

We're not using IE and we're also aware that it doesn't work in IE. We've made it clear on our actual site that those using IE will have difficulty viewing things. At this point it's too much trouble to deal with.

However, what we're using it for would not work if we put it in the customized images. Our menus drop down, as you can see if you hover over them.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

This is not the help you are looking for but...
Two things:
The menu's position still moves if you resize your browser width (in IE and FF).
And you are right, the dropdown menu items do not work in IE.
That alone is a good reason to not use it. IE users will not have any menu options at all.
And even though you don't use IE, about 85% of visitors will be.

If you are stuck on using the dropdown menus, you should find a different compatible method.
A javascript driven menu would be a better option.
Also, use a test site and try your new code out there until you get the bugs worked out, so it doesn't affect your visitors using IE.

Regards,
SubDevo

[wilowisp.]

Well the direction we were going in was that if somebody used IE, they wouldn't join because a good percentage of the css/codes we use are not IE friendly. 99% of our members use firefox.

That is our test site. We have already launched our site, which has upwards of 200 members so we're not looking to attract people but rather to make the site better navigational.

In any case, we've gone a different route with the menus and have found something that better suits all computers/browsers. Thanks for your help, though.

[SubDevo]

May 13, 2010 17:17:58 GMT -8 wilowisp. said:

In any case, we've gone a different route with the menus and have found something that better suits all computers/browsers. Thanks for your help, though.

You are welcome. (For whatever help I gave ya! lol)

I saw the new menu. Looks workable! And it works in IE. cool

Good Luck wilowisp!
SubDevo