Gazing into my crystal ball I observed William Hughes
I would suggest shortening it, and using submenus. That's a lot for the
user to have to wade through. You could use a breadcrumb trail so users
don't get lost.
Breadcrumbs I got - the colored bars at the top of each page. I'm
still debating whether or not to make them links, and maybe combine
them into a single bar.
As for submenus, I've thought about that as well. I'd like to avoid
using java, which limits my options. I'm also trying to avoid forcing
the user to have to click-through a number of pages; Home *click*
World at War *click* Fleet Carriers *click* Essex-class *click* CV-9
USS Essex.
Perhaps combining them in some way with the breadcrumbs...
(Some minutes later)
I have set up several ideas at
http://home.grandecom.net/~cvproj/cv09x.htm .
See
http://home.grandecom.net/~cvproj/cv09.htm for the same page
without the new sections.
Needless to say, these are rough ideas; there will be some tweaking
involved before they are finished.
Using any of these options seems to indicate the elimination of all
but the top-level (boldface) lines from the main menu, which would
also eliminate the additional scrolling area.
There also seems to be a lot of repeated code included in any of these
options, which involves the space penalty that I am trying to avoid in
the first place. How about using IFRAME for the detailed section
submenu at the bottom of the page? Also, how about moving the
background image section from the left column to the submenu?
These pages give some idea of what a completed page will look like,
with content, images & references, but without the changes under
discussion here:
http://home.grandecom.net/~cvproj/cv01.htm
http://home.grandecom.net/~cvproj/cv02class.htm
http://home.grandecom.net/~cvproj/cv02.htm
