Comments on: The Quest for a Better Category List – Part the First: A Basic CSS/JavaScript Popup Menu http://ogremindes.net/blog/the-quest-for-a-better-category-list-part-the-first-a-basic-cssjavascript-popup-menu/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:42:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Michael http://ogremindes.net/blog/the-quest-for-a-better-category-list-part-the-first-a-basic-cssjavascript-popup-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Michael Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:38:16 +0000 http://ogremindes.net/the-quest-for-a-better-category-list-part-the-first-a-basic-cssjavascript-popup-menu/#comment-15 Great stuff Adam! Showing excellent problem solving skills there by figuring out how to do this on your own... This was one of the next things we're all going to look into (expanding sections using CSS and Javascript), but now I can just point everyone to your blog :) I like the way you've used the actual positioning (static or absolute) to toggle whether the sub parts are displayed. I've always used the display property instead (none or block). In case you haven't seen it, you might also enjoy <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns/" rel="nofollow">Suckerfish Dropdowns</a> (CSS-based, with Javascript for IE hack). But as for the original problem of "categorising your categories", I know how you feel... the programmer in you wants to put everying under it's rightful category :). But lately I keep finding categories too restrictive, and not very user friendly for navigating. I really like the idea of tags instead. There's some great plugins for Wordpress that will allow you to use tags instead, and even display a tag-cloud of your tags... Great stuff Adam! Showing excellent problem solving skills there by figuring out how to do this on your own… This was one of the next things we’re all going to look into (expanding sections using CSS and Javascript), but now I can just point everyone to your blog :)

I like the way you’ve used the actual positioning (static or absolute) to toggle whether the sub parts are displayed. I’ve always used the display property instead (none or block).

In case you haven’t seen it, you might also enjoy Suckerfish Dropdowns (CSS-based, with Javascript for IE hack).

But as for the original problem of “categorising your categories”, I know how you feel… the programmer in you wants to put everying under it’s rightful category :) . But lately I keep finding categories too restrictive, and not very user friendly for navigating. I really like the idea of tags instead. There’s some great plugins for Wordpress that will allow you to use tags instead, and even display a tag-cloud of your tags…

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