Need help SOON! (Please read)

Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:13 am

I want to make a site that will have two drop down menus: one in which you choose your internet connection type, and the other in which you choose your screen resolution, then click "go". Depending on the combination of answers, I would like it to take the user to a version of my site that is appropriate for their speed and screen size.

How would I do this?

Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:42 am

Well, I'm no expert on this, and so I can't give you any actual coding, but I'd do a PHP or JavaScript thing. Something like:

If firstdropdownbox.value = 56k && seconddropdownbox.value = 600x800 {
(Go to 56k 600x800 page)
}
elseif firstdropdownbox.value = 300k && seconddropdownbox.value = 1024x768 {
(Go to 300k 1024x768 page)
}

But I have no idea how to put that into action, or even if that's the best way to go. It would be quite a bit of code to write for all of the options.

Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:46 pm

Or don't code in that way that a choice is needed. Bad but very good advice, at the same time

What I mean is that if you code in a smart way, you shouldn't need two versions of the page, depending on screen resolution etc.

Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:24 pm

You can do dropdown menus. They're actually kind of easy to get working. You'll actually need four different pages (56k, 800x600; 56k 1024x786; 300k 800x600, and 300k 1024x768).

I'm not quite sure how to do the form submit line, but I'm sure there's somebody else here who can.

Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:00 pm

http://paul.lost-thoughts.net/entry.html

Code:: <html> <head> </head> <body><form name="form1"> <select name="compability" onChange="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)"> <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/mac.1024x768.300k.html">Macintosh: 1024x768: 56k</option> <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/mac.1024x768.56k.html">Macintosh: 1024x768: 56k</option> <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/mac.800x600.300k.html">Macintosh: 800x600: 300k</option> <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/mac.1024x768.56k.html">Macintosh: 800x600: 56k</option> <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/mac.1024x768.300k.html">Windows: 1024x768: 300k</option> <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/mac.1024x768.56k.html">Windows: 1024x768: 56k</option> <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/mac.800x600.300k.html">Windows: 800x600: 300k</option> <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/mac.1024x768.56k.html">Windows: 800x600: 56k</option> </select> </body> </form></html>

A rather blunt coding of it. I also added a basic OS option, but this could be replaced with IE & Firefox, seeing as they seem to be the most popular browsers at the moment.

You could also keep your website as image-free as possible, and this would make the need of having internet connection speed choice uneccessary. (It would load relatively quickly in both).

Going back to operating systems, making sure it's compatible in Internet Explorer, Firefox (and maybe Safari) in the one go would get rid of the option of OS, thus making the list neater and smaller, so it'd really be just monitor resolution.

Code:: <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/1024x768.html">1024x768</option> <option value="http://yourwebsite.com/800x600.html">800x600</option>

Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:45 pm

You can also go all javascript crazy (found this one a few minutes ago...behind schedule...)
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/linking ... p_114.html

Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:28 pm

shapu wrote:You can also go all javascript crazy (found this one a few minutes ago...behind schedule...)
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/linking ... p_114.html

I wouldn't advise that though, seeing as some browsers sometimes aren't fully javascript compatible.

Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:02 pm

Paul wrote:
shapu wrote:You can also go all javascript crazy (found this one a few minutes ago...behind schedule...)
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/linking ... p_114.html

I wouldn't advise that though, seeing as some browsers sometimes aren't fully javascript compatible.

You can always try this:

Code:: <noscript> This page requires javascript to work. </noscript>

Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:31 pm

shapu wrote:
Paul wrote:
shapu wrote:You can also go all javascript crazy (found this one a few minutes ago...behind schedule...)
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/linking ... p_114.html

I wouldn't advise that though, seeing as some browsers sometimes aren't fully javascript compatible.

You can always try this:
Code:
<noscript> This page requires javascript to work. </noscript>

Fiddelysquat wants a website that's as compatible as possible. Going crazy with javascript. A no no.

Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:06 pm

Wait - wouldn't it just be quicker to do four hyperlinks? I recognize that you want dropdown menus, but you could always do the "Welcome! Please choose your screen resolution and connection speed below!" in an aesthetically-pleasing way.

Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:16 pm

shapu wrote:Wait - wouldn't it just be quicker to do four hyperlinks? I recognize that you want dropdown menus, but you could always do the "Welcome! Please choose your screen resolution and connection speed below!" in an aesthetically-pleasing way.

Heh, yeah. But she said drop downs, and it'd still have to be "1024x768: 56k", "1024x768:300k" and so on.