HarvestmanMan
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Well, good...now I know for certain that I can't contribute much to this.
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Sorry it's such a mess. It seems like the only way it will currently display properly is in Safari on a Mac. Which is what I used to design it.
I had no idea that these things would look radically different on each and every different browser. There are ways around this, but I'm not expert enough to solve them myself. Aaron is currently 30,000 feet above the middle east on his way to London....
Meanwhile, this is the way it looks in Safari, and the way it should look. I don't know if Aaron will be able to make it look like this on all browsers, or if he will have to redesign it with less custom styles. I have noted the suggestions above, but there's no point adding them just yet.
I had no idea that these things would look radically different on each and every different browser. There are ways around this, but I'm not expert enough to solve them myself. Aaron is currently 30,000 feet above the middle east on his way to London....
Meanwhile, this is the way it looks in Safari, and the way it should look. I don't know if Aaron will be able to make it look like this on all browsers, or if he will have to redesign it with less custom styles. I have noted the suggestions above, but there's no point adding them just yet.
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I'm thinking about changing track completely, and using jQuery. I've set up a small test, and I would appreciate it if people using Firefox, on Macs and PCs, also Google Chrome, Internet explorer etc., could let me know if this drop-down "accordion" style works properly. Before I go to all the trouble of marking it up for real...
Mr.Segment
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Works on Chrome
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Drop downs work properly on Firefox (my version is not the up to date one, however...)
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Here's the latest test version of the Data Entry Console. It's is based on the jQuery accordion. I have transferred all the fields from the original form into the accordion. The Javascript and php is not working yet. However all the drop=downs and radio buttons should be operational.
Does it look right on your browser? If so, I can start the next stage of making it actually work for data entry.
http://www.g45central.com/Gtest/nutest4.html
Does it look right on your browser? If so, I can start the next stage of making it actually work for data entry.
http://www.g45central.com/Gtest/nutest4.html
Hicksville Hogwash
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That looks very sexy.
Frantic
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But kinda bright. Always liked bright colors but I prefer a dark background with white/light gray letters. But that's just me.
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I agree. But styling things black means changing all the default settings. Changing defaults causes problems with different browsers, by far the worst offender is
Firefox
which piece of shit basically just wasted one week of my life.
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That's right Mike, no required fields.
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No offence Firefox users, but don't you get tired of everything being F*'ed up in your browser? For example the logo on this forum, and the text entry as well? Maybe Firefox users are just used to everything being crazy, and don't notice...
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The logo and the scrolling labels work fine in Firefox. Pages load faster. I tried Google chrome and did not like it. Pages hang. I do not have a brand new PC (no Mac for me) ,and many of these browsers will not operate like they should. My version of Firefox works like a charm. The only problems I have come across seem to be in this forum? 
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I'm just cranky with Firefox for causing me so many headaches. If I had more experience with web designing, it wouldn't be a problem.
Frantic
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But just think how much more learned you are for it
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That is quite right.But just think how much more learned you are for it
From what I have read, on-screen forms are the worst things to try to program. There are more browser compatibility problems for applying styling to forms than for any other type of web coding. So hopefully there will be less problems with the rest of the project.
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