I’m still not 100% happy with the layout in the popup, but I can tweak that later if I get inspired. Meantime I think I’ve got the Florida contest schedule looking about how I’d like it to look:
- The general style fits the rest of the site.
- The number of clicks required to navigate has gone way down.
- It’s easier to look at.
- The ability to sort by column is at least as easy to use as running separate database queries.
- The upcoming contests (now next three) are easier to find in the sidebar.
- The contests that are already done are greyed out.
- The page automatically scrolls so that the first upcoming contest is near the top.
- The popups are attractive, fit in with the site style, and the maps work.
I’ve also made a minor update to the overall site style, which is working in current IE and Firefox, broken in Opera and untested in Chrome. One of these days I need to give the site a good checkup in Chrome…
Anyway. I learned a lot doing this little project, and the usual hat-tips to the creators and maintainers of code libraries everywhere– I could never have things running this quickly if I’d had to code and test it all piece by piece. Enjoy and let me know if you have comments or suggestions.