How will code in new CMS affect our ranking

[LeeDo]

Hi, I was wondering if someone could give me some advise. We've recently gotten a new website built which is not yet live. It's in a new CMS which is built on the ASP.net platform.

I've 2 concerns that some code in it will have a bad effect on our previously good ranking position.

First is the menu. I've included the first link here:

<ul><li onmouseover='highlight(this, true);' onmouseout='highlight(this,false)' class='normal'><a h ref =default.aspx> Home</a></li><li onmouseover='highlight(this, true);' onmouseout='highlight(this,false)' class='normal'>

Will the SE's be able to read this and follow the links around the site?

Also there is a hidden field with loads of letters in it, eg:

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="/wEPDwULLTE0ODAzMDM5MDYPZBYCZg9kFgRmD2QWBAIBDxY.............

This code goes on for about 80 lines.

Will these issues affect how the search engines see our site?

Hopefully someone here will know.

Thanks in advance

 

[louie]

the javascript you listed above only helps styling the html links on the page so I don't see any issues there, as per hidden fields is something normal in .net.

Turn javascript off in your browser and see if you could still navigate through the website. If not, than there is a problem, otherwise it should be fine.