So I've created a wordpress site and it's all been running fine, but I've added a banner to it and it turns out the banner is causing the navigation to disappear, but this only happens in IE9, possibly the only browser I didn't test it on. Brilliant.

 

I need to get this sorted urgently, anyone got any ideas? The site is:

 

Faces Nightclub Essex

Question; why are you using a canvas element to make some simple menu items ?

 

Léon

Ummmm... I didn't make the framework, someone else did. I've just been populating it and updating it. This is the first proper issue I've had. Any ideas how to solve this?

PS - it's based loosely on this theme: http://gorillathemes.com/wordpress-night-club-theme/

It may have something to do with javascript because IE9 with ActiveX disabled does show the menu.

 

Two suggestions:

Disable one javascript file at a time until you find the culprit (you've got hundreds of them).

Try adding z-index:5; to #menu_navigation or .out which enclose the menu.

It is indeed a javascript issue. It's the Facebook Walleria plugin. Im aware this site is a bit of a mess - it was client led, I was overseeing it and someone else built it. There's a few bodges on there but it's worked so far...

z-index I'd already tried.

Question; why are you using a canvas element to make some simple menu items ?

 

That's Cufon, an obsolete way of displaying non-websafe fonts.

 

It is indeed a javascript issue. It's the Facebook Walleria plugin. Im aware this site is a bit of a mess - it was client led, I was overseeing it and someone else built it. There's a few bodges on there but it's worked so far...

 

There's more than a few bodges in there, believe me. That homepage makes 225 HTTP requests, weighs 4.3Mb and loads more Javascript than Facebook. A load time of 7 seconds means you're looking at about 35% of visitors abandoning the page.

Check the cufon website for issues. The menu appears to be there but I suspect cufon isn't playing ball. Have a very vague idea that it could be cufon and z-indexes. Might be worth a quick try with fontsquirrel or something instead.

That's Cufon, an obsolete way of displaying non-websafe fonts.

 

Learning something every day, thanks.

Check the cufon website for issues. The menu appears to be there but I suspect cufon isn't playing ball. Have a very vague idea that it could be cufon and z-indexes. Might be worth a quick try with fontsquirrel or something instead.

 

Someone else suggested that, I'll give it a try. It was all working ok before I updated the Walleria plugin, and if I turn it off, it works fine. So that's clashing with something somewhere...

If at all possible (ie, if licence allows) use @font-face instead of Cufon.

Disabled Cufon. No joy. It's the Facebook Walleria plugin clashing with something. I just need to find out what...

That's Cufon, an obsolete way of displaying non-websafe fonts.

 

 

 

There's more than a few bodges in there, believe me. That homepage makes 225 HTTP requests, weighs 4.3Mb and loads more Javascript than Facebook. A load time of 7 seconds means you're looking at about 35% of visitors abandoning the page.

 

Yep, the main culprit is Walleria I think. I really wasn't happy with incorporating a Facebook gallery into a Wordpress page but they insisted. And it's caused nothing but bloody problems.