css hover description links/passing value from cmsbuilder

3 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: January 16, 2009   (RSS)

hi there.

i'm working on a site at the moment (on my test server for now - dont worry guys i will be buying a new licence before i move it to my clients!)

i've managed to create css hover links for the description so a little more info will be displayed once a user hovers over the menu on the left hand side. however, i thought i could create a new field in cmsbuilder and pass this value to the description box. it has worked to a certain extent as the boxes pop up but it is duplicating the info for each menu item.

the site is here:
http://nikkijones.accountsupport.com/products.php

has anyone any ideas how i could get a unique value for each menu item passed from cms builder?

here's the css code:
#popup {
color: #000;
background-color: #ffffff;
font-family: arial;
}

#popup a, #popup a:visited {
position: relative;
display: block;
width: 100px;
line-height: 14px;
text-align: left;
padding: 0 0px;
margin: 0;
border: 0px solid #666;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 1em;
font-weight: bold;
}

#popup a span {display: none;}

#popup a:hover { background-color: #ffffff; }


#popup a:hover {
color: #f00; background-color: #fff;
text-indent: 0;
}

#popup a:hover span{
display: block;
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 170px;
width: 320px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 10px;
color: #335500;
font-weight: normal;
background: #ffffff;
text-align: left;
border: 1px solid #666;
}
-->


and here's the bit around the cmsbuilder code:
<div id="popup">
<?php foreach ($productsRecords as $record): ?>
<a href="<?php echo $record['_link'] ?>">
<font color="#dd4839">
<?php echo $record['title'] ?></font>
<span>
<?php echo $productsRecord['title_description'] ?></span></a>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div>
<?php if (!$productsRecords): ?>
<br/><br/>
<?php endif ?>


any help would be fab - i know its a huge ask but the client wants it so really wanted to see if it can be done!
nikki [crazy]

Re: [nikkijones] css hover description links/passing value from cmsbuilder

By Dave - January 15, 2009

Hi Nikki,

Try changing this:
$productsRecord['title_description']

To this:
$record['title_description']

Let me know if that works for you! :)
Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com