The action is applied to a table and makes the Google Map appear, whilst pushing everything else down.
Problem is, now I’m using FW6 it appears the action is no longer compatible (or at least I need to reinstall it).
The FW6 Actions panel states: Cannot use this action. Embedded Action. This action cannot continue without discreet installation. See version summary for contact info.
Ideally I don’t want to install the outdated action, so can anyone recommend another way to achieve the effect I currently have?
Thanks for the reply. I initially tried ScriptyAccordion when I was first building the site back in 2011, and couldn’t achieve the end result you see in my link example. I had particular problems getting one map to close again when any other opened, and this was a feature of sFX Accordion that fixed that.
ScriptyAccordion has had the option to only show one segment open at a time since very early on in its development cycle. That problem may have been true at one time, but it’s so long ago that I don’t remember it ever being that way. The only thing that sFX allows you to do is mix content types between headers and bodies, since it is a clicky-clicky-click one-thing-at-a-time approach. SA lets you set and forget on one parent element, and then you just need to be rigorous about your construction internally. Choose a particular content element for your headers, and a different content element for your bodies, and repeat. Every other difference between them can be overcome with enough CSS.
Walter
On Sep 16, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Neil wrote:
Hi David,
Thanks for the reply. I initially tried ScriptyAccordion when I was first building the site back in 2011, and couldn’t achieve the end result you see in my link example. I had particular problems getting one map to close again when any other opened, and this was a feature of sFX Accordion that fixed that.
Many thanks for the reply. So am I able to achieve exactly the same as in my link (http://www.mindful-taichi.co.uk/barnsley.html) with SA? It contains a mix of tables, graphic buttons and Google maps (as well as a maps marker), so I was a bit confused as to the build method when using anything but normal headers and paragraphs.
I’ll take a look and see if I can figure it out - I might be back to ask a couple of questions along the way!
If you use the DIV element as your body, and maybe the h2 or h3 as the header, you can do almost anything you want. Use nested construction:
Type a header, press return
Insert / HTML Item press return
Type another header
Insert another HTML Item
continue until done.
Then go back and triple-click your headers and style them all with h2 or h3 (depending on the overall structure of your page). Finally make your body content as inline elements within each of the inline HTML items (divs). This lets you put all sorts of mixed content into the bodies, as long as it can be done inline.
Walter
On Sep 16, 2013, at 2:46 PM, Neil wrote:
Hi Walt,
Many thanks for the reply. So am I able to achieve exactly the same as in my link (http://www.mindful-taichi.co.uk/barnsley.html) with SA? It contains a mix of tables, graphic buttons and Google maps (as well as a maps marker), so I was a bit confused as to the build method when using anything but normal headers and paragraphs.
I’ll take a look and see if I can figure it out - I might be back to ask a couple of questions along the way!
This has nothing whatsoever to do with your issue, but I LOVE Tai Chi. Used to practice the Taoist version and was quite good. Then age creeped up on me, plus a move years ago to a place that doesn’t offer it. Bummer.
Oh. I like the way your site looks as well. Might try some of the techniques you employed for your accordion. I have one, but it doesn’t incorporate images or maps. Way cool.
Thanks for the info, I’ll give it a try and see how I get on. Typical that I have too much work on now to sit quietly and have a stab at it, but I’ll make some time somewhere! I’ll keep you updated here.
Laura - thank you for your comments. I must confess to knowing very little about Tai Chi apart from what I’ve included on the site for my client. I’ve attended classes but only for photo shoots for the site - can’t claim to of had a go!
I’ll let you know how I get on with the accordion.
However, when the map opens up only a small section of it is shown (about an inch on the left). The marker does not appear either. If the map is placed on the page directly (ie, out of the accordion) it displays fine. Any ideas?
The issue seems to be that the map is setting itself up while it is in the hidden state. I’m not sure how to patch this. I haven’t looked at how the sFX Accordion works on the inside, but it may use a different model for “hidden” than mine, one that isn’t confusing GMap so much.
However, when the map opens up only a small section of it is shown (about an inch on the left). The marker does not appear either. If the map is placed on the page directly (ie, out of the accordion) it displays fine. Any ideas?
