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Princeton · #7 11-11-2006, 02:56 PM

LOL ... I knew you would go for the green - Paul.

I like the icons myself but in the end .. not a good idea.

I previously was using an image map to display the navigation - this made it easy for members to replace the image. But, it caused a usability problem ... when a section (eg. blog) is disabled by homepage owner the tab would still be accessible. eg. Viewers would click on the tab and be directed to a "Not enabled... yada yada" message.

Now, the tab doesn't display if section is disabled by admin or homepage owner.

Another problem that came about with the image map was that...
the image map code and image needed to change if a new section (feature) was added. Anyway ... yes, image map made it easy for members to replace image; but, it ends up causing more headaches in the long run - for admins and members.

lesson learned

by the way ... each style element can be changed by admin or member (homepage owner); thus, a homepage owner can have a completely unique homepage

thank you ... appreciate the feedback :up:

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