Page "flashes" after inserting Active Buttons in Include page

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Diana O

Hi:
I've got several includes in my newest Web site, for the header, a nav bar
with FP active buttons, and a footer.

Since I added the active buttons (I was using a Xara navigation bar before),
the page "flashes" when I click the navigation and open another page.

Does anyone know *why* this is happening? Is there any way to fix it?

See the Web at natureschef.com.

Thanks a million in advance!!

Diana O
 
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fido

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:27:02 -0700, "Diana O" <Diana
Hi:
I've got several includes in my newest Web site, for the header, a nav bar
with FP active buttons, and a footer.

Since I added the active buttons (I was using a Xara navigation bar before),
the page "flashes" when I click the navigation and open another page.

Does anyone know *why* this is happening? Is there any way to fix it?
Click to expand...

It seems more pronounced than on other sites I've seen. No ideas as to
why it might be doing that unless it's your choice of colours.

One thing you might try, though. It's not so much a solution as a way
of possibly masking the problem.

Insert these two lines in the <head> ... </head> section of a couple
of your pages and see if they have any effect when you click from one
to the other. May only work with MSIE...

<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="blendTrans(Duration=1.0)">
<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="blendTrans(Duration=1.0)">

If it works, you can vary the duration of the dissolve effect by
entering another value for Duration=**

fido
 
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Diana O

Fido, thank you! I tried this, and it definitely takes care of the "flashing"
problem. This looks much better, and is a great workaround until I can figure
out another way.

Have a great weekend.
Diana O.
 
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Trevor L.

Hi, I just re-read this thread, and it brought up a couple of questions

1. How does one set up a dissolve ?
Currently, I have a slide show which uses JS to place a new image in a
specified place on the page. What do I do to get the fade effect ?

2. What are the possible values of
<meta http-equiv="" content=""> ?
In fact, what does this statement do?
 
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fido

Fido, thank you! I tried this, and it definitely takes care of the "flashing"
problem. This looks much better, and is a great workaround until I can figure
out another way.
Click to expand...

Hi, Diana
A workaround is all it was intended to be but it is quite an effective
effect, and so simple to implement! No doubt there will be other
suggestions but meanwhile I'm glad to have helped in some small way. I
shall have a good weekend now! :)

fido
 
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fido

Hi, I just re-read this thread, and it brought up a couple of questions

1. How does one set up a dissolve ?
Currently, I have a slide show which uses JS to place a new image in a
specified place on the page. What do I do to get the fade effect ?
Click to expand...

Hi, Trevor
If you take a look at www.dynamicdrive.com you will find numerous
examples of cross-browser slideshow scripts, some of which incorporate
a dissolve from one to the next. You can probably find one there that
suits your purpose.

fido
 
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JCO

This is not for pictures or slide shows.
It is a built in feature on FrontPage that changes the way a new page gets
displayed. There's a whole list of displays and with in each display you
can set the time frame you want. These get displayed when you click a link
to go to another page on the website. You can choose "Box in or Box out",
set the time for 2. Then each new page you click on will take 2-seconds to
appear and it will begin from the center and Box out or it will begin with
the outside edges and Box-In.

It is a transition from one page to another. You must go to each page then
from the Menu select Format | Page Tranitions. The code is added to that
page autmatically. You don't have to do anything else.
 
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Trevor L.

fido,

Thanks for the reference.

I downloaded one of the scripts and made a few changes and now I have it
working fine in OE.

It would be nice if I could find a script that does the same in other
browsers, e.g. Firefox, but maybe that's life :))
 

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