Thu, 2004-09-02 03:25
I built a site using a directory specific left nav server-side include. The idea was so that every time the client makes a change I only have to change the nav once for all pages within the given directory. Now the client wants the page their on to have the respective link in the nav be bold so the user gets a sense as to where they are in the site ( make sense?)
is there a way using CSS, perhaps in conjunction with javascript to have the links in the left nav go bold when on the page they link to?
(typically I just bold it using static HTML but I am trying to avoid that as it becomes a maintenance nightmare)
Thu, 2004-09-02 15:55
#1
bolding page specific links on a shared navigation ssi
If the navigation uses a list, give each item an id, eg
<li id="home"> Home </li>
<li id="page2">Page 2</li>
Then use body id's, eg:
<body id="home"> for the homepage.
In the css, use something like:
#home ul id#home, #page2 ul li #page2 {
font-weight: bold; }
See alistapart.com if you don't understand (the 'Sliding Doors' article.)
Thu, 2004-09-02 22:18
#2
bolding page specific links on a shared navigation ssi
If you are already using server sides can you maybe change to using php scripting as there are some nice scripts that will achieve the required results as an inlclude file, if so this article may be of interest;
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/keepingcurrent/
Hugo.