positioning problem

Poster: jgbull
Dated: Tuesday November 4 2003 - 5:12:46 GMT

I am trying to make a centred webpage with a vertical menu embeded on the left hand side. I have attempted to implement a centred menu, given it the appropriate top offset. I then try to give it a negative left offset so it will reside in the proper place, but it doenst change the positioning. Forgive me if this is a teribly noob question, but I just cant figure it out.

Thanks

Justin

Poster: Hergio
Dated: Tuesday November 4 2003 - 5:27:26 GMT

Please post a URL or your menu_data code so we can see how you are doing this, and more quickly figure out the problem.

Also Andy, this reminds me, your sample at http://www.milonic.com/menusample.php?sampleid=23 does not allow negative offsets in the example. If I make a menu middle centered, and then give it a -50 for top offset it won't take it, I think its because you are looking for integers only. But the negative numbers can't be used in the example then. Just FYI.

Poster: jgbull
Dated: Tuesday November 4 2003 - 7:03:54 GMT

I am attemtpting to do precisely what you said to Andy, have a centred menu with a negative offset. So, I'm not sure what good my non-working code would do anyways. Perhaps its just something endogenous to the script.

Justin

Poster: Hergio
Dated: Tuesday November 4 2003 - 21:42:42 GMT

Looking at Andy's code in the example, he is specifically only using the value if it is positive. Its not the menu in this case, its his checking of the value before it gets into the menu...he only sets the offset if its positive.
But regarding your problem, I am unsure...are you using left="offset=-5"; way of doing? As I said, post your menu_data or a URL so we can help. Can't go any farther, dont have anything else to go on.