@Matt - I don't see an issue with the idea of using 'overflow:hidden' per se, although it might be a bit confusing for the end-user if they expect to see more than what appears on the screen. Sometimes the UX is more important than the UI.<br>
<br><br>Cais.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Matt Danner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@ithemes.com">matt@ithemes.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Since this has come up, thought I would go ahead and ask... Is it<br>
acceptable to have overflow:hidden on the menu? This allows the theme<br>
to maintain its styling if designed for a small number of menu items,<br>
but doesn't break other elements if the number of pages is too large.<br>
<br>
Just a thought. Wanted to see what your thoughts are.<br>
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Edward Caissie<br>
<<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I believe the aesthetic aaspect of the menu should not necessarily be an<br>
> issue for the Theme Reviewers unless it is "breaking" the theme's<br>
> navigation.<br>
><br>
> IF the menu wraps, a common effect, with large numbers of pages then as long<br>
> as each of the items are usable within the theme structure it becomes an<br>
> aesthetics only issue and not one of review. Now, if the wrapping menu<br>
> causes other items in the theme to not be usable such as other menu items<br>
> then it becomes a navigation issue and a reviewers concern.<br>
><br>
> This essentially can cause the theme to be unusable although this may be<br>
> possible to allow through provided the theme author has acknowledged this is<br>
> a known issue via a readme.txt file included with and preferably referenced<br>
> via the theme's description.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Cais.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Good morning, Theme Reviewers!<br>
>> Another discussion question: when we are reviewing Themes for<br>
>> aesthetic/display quality, one factor that seems to come up quite a bit is<br>
>> the Theme's design assumption regarding its use on a simple blog versus a<br>
>> page-driven web site. In the former case, providing room sufficient for only<br>
>> a small number of pages (e.g. "Home", "About", "Contact") may very easily<br>
>> break if a given site is more page-driven.<br>
>> I've been pointing this out in my current Theme reviews (e.g. the "Menu<br>
>> Bar" breaks into multiple rows with the given number of pages in the Theme<br>
>> Unit Test data), but, should we be?<br>
>> In other words, is it acceptable for a Theme to be designed to be used on<br>
>> a site with only a few static Pages? Or should we be requiring Theme<br>
>> developers to support page-based sites inherently in their design? (To wit:<br>
>> the Home/About/Contact construct seems to be an inherent assumption in a LOT<br>
>> of Theme screenshots and demo sites.)<br>
>> I don't think I have a preference one way or the other; more, I'm curious<br>
>> what everyone else thinks.<br>
>> Chip<br>
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