modify where comments appear?

[kriepl]

Hi,
Very new here to pixelpost...only my second post on the boards and I am still working on switching over to pixelpost, and MANY questions are arising.

is there a way to change where the comments appear?
right now I am using the horizon template, where the comments appear from the top,
http://gatheringofpixels.com/pixelpost/index.php

I would love to keep this template, as I have added and customized a few things already, but would love to know if I can get the comments to appear like this:
http://graphics.ucsd.edu/~wjarosz/ph...?showimage=103

i am really not asking HOW, more or less asking if it CAN be done. If it can, I will some how try and figure it out.

Thanks All!
Kevin

[EcoSee]

Of course it can. You proved it...

[kriepl]

HAH! ok... you are correct.
i think i phrased my question wrong.
I "think" i meant to say....can it be done with out using another template?
I am happy with the horizon template..and would love the comments to appear over the photo like in the 2nd link i posted.

Is this possible without changing to a new template?
OK maybe I need to ask 'how' rather than 'can'.
Would it just be a matter of looking at the contents of a *.css file that displays comments like i want, and incorporating that into my horizon.css file?

Sorry for the confusion. :-P

-kevin

[EcoSee]

Again... of course it can be done. All a template is is a collection of code. As for how, CSS effects display, but that functionality you speak of comes from javascript. So you would simply need to observe how the other template has embedded a combination of xhtml and css to display text, fonts and colors to look and how the javascript creates the functionality that you like. Hint: look at the meta tag link referances and simply disect the template you like. (Its a lot of work if you don't really understand what you are looking at but can be done in minutes if you do.)

[kriepl]

thank you for the clarification!
I have some experience with html but not very knowledgeable with with css or xhtml, so it's probably going to take some time to figure it out :-P
I am surprised I have gotten as far as I have, with what I know.

Thanks again...I am sure I will be able to figure something out.

[kriepl]

i have not been able to figure this out. Spent a lot of time trying to figure out the templates that contain this effect, so i can insert the same code in my template/css or whatever.
So if someone can point me in the right direction...
well....it would be appreciated.

I have done plenty of reading on this site http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp, and that has helped me immensely on the edits i have performed, but for this comment effect i want to apply, i just cant wrap my head around it

[austriaka+]

This is quite complicated because the Scriptaculous library is used for that effect. This is a JavaScript Package based on prototype framework which comes with the horizon template. It contains a lot of effects and of course all those specials can be used in your template if you know how it works.
You'll have to read the Scriptaculous documentation to see what is possible with that and what to use to achieve the effect you want. Find it here: http://script.aculo.us/
Jarosz is using the BlindUp function as far as I can see. He combined the Effect.BlindUp() with the Effect.toggle() where the Horizon template uses only the Effect.toggle.