Button Banner/Header Field

  • lkhlearning

    (@lkhlearning)


    6 years, 12 months ago

    We are looking at adding a banner above our current header slider to incorporate some direct link buttons – a mock-up jpg of this can be found at http://lutherkinghouse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Website-Button-banner-addition-3.jpg
    The problem is I don’t know if this is a widget, a plug-in; what the actual name of something like this is… Because of the latter, I’m not even sure what to search for.
    The buttons (although fixed in their layout) would need to be linked to different pages across the site and with titles and links that can be changed/updated on a semi-regular basis). There has also been discussions with management about the possibility of a small box appearing as you hover over the active buttons with a brief description of the linked page content.
    Can anyone help – or guide me in the right direction?

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    6 years, 12 months ago

    I know you’ve come here for pragmatic advice, but I think you shouldn’t go through with this because doing ‘masonry‘ layouts well is time consuming and expensive.

    That’s the keyword you want. It sounds like once you have the plugin, you’ll still need a custom job to implement it.

    I must ask why you need this particular design of links above the content. It’s essentially an odd looking navigation menu that is difficult to navigate sequentially. That’s why you can’t find a name for it.

    Thread Starter lkhlearning

    (@lkhlearning)

    6 years, 12 months ago

    @anevins Thank you for your advice. I’m afriad I’m an intermediary – I tend to do a lot of the day-to-day ‘caretaking’ of the website and the management have seen examples of these ‘masonry’ layouts on other sites (for example – https://www.cliffcollege.ac.uk/ underneath their header slider), and feel that the inclusion of something similar on ours would be beneficial for the user (accesing information directly from keyword-titled buttons rather than going through the drop-down menu header we currently have).

    If it’s okay, I can use your recommendation when I feedback to them and see how they feel.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    6 years, 12 months ago

    That’s an example of something that’s implemented nicely on a particular size but doesn’t work in responsive Web development and acts as poor content for people with screen readers and search engines. That’s what I mean by it’s difficult and expensive to implement correctly.

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