Design a Wall

[stlewis]

I want to build a 'design a wall' tool for my web site. The mockup below shows, on the left, a wall in sections. The middle and right panels would allow the user to choose a colour and then apply it to a section of wall. So, you might have a blue ceiling, white coving, orange frieze, purple wall, and a sick coloured dado. Ideally I want the user to be able to adjust the RGB values, but first things first...

My 'best' idea was to set the background color of each section in a table cell. BUT Netscape 4 does not support it.

Does anyone have a better idea? My technology preferences are JavaScript/DHTML, and then Flash or Java a long way down the scale as I have no experience/tools for either.

Very many thanks...

www.thelondonhouse.co.uk

[stlewis]

I want to build a 'design a wall' tool for my web site. The mockup below shows, on the left, a wall in sections. The middle and right panels would allow the user to choose a colour and then apply it to a section of wall. So, you might have a blue ceiling, white coving, orange frieze, purple wall, and a sick coloured dado. Ideally I want the user to be able to adjust the RGB values, but first things first...

My 'best' idea was to set the background color of each section in a table cell. BUT Netscape 4 does not support it.

Does anyone have a better idea? My technology preferences are JavaScript/DHTML, and then Flash or Java a long way down the scale as I have no experience/tools for either.

Very many thanks...

www.thelondonhouse.co.uk

[Jen Worden]

Hi Simon ...

On first thought you could do this using frames instead of table cells that way you don't have any compatibility problems using document.bgcolor.

Or.

You could do a mouseover timeout, as I assume you want the colour combinations to remain.

Alternatively, I'm sure you could do this with DHTML (the differences between NN/IE layer interpretation notwithstanding) but unfortunately, I don't have enough expertise to guide you.

www.webreference.com, however, is always a good place to start : http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/

Good luck!

cfn ... Jen
Jen Worden
Web Developer
www.meadoworks.com

[stlewis]

I'm already using frames - so I could add another frameset inside! Or I'll think about your other ideas.

I'll share my conclusions.

www.thelondonhouse.co.uk