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General help
- Why am I getting an error?
- Are the DHTML menus completely cross-browser
compatible?
- Can I use the menu in my frames page?
- Why do I get a gray line in the menus when
viewing in Netscape?
- How do I change the link colors?
- Can I use graphics in the menu?
- Can I see some examples of how the menus work?
- Why do I get a page not found when linking?
Pop-Out Menu help
- What does "POT menu is undefined" mean?
- How do I open a page in a new window?
- How do I get a text rollover effect if a section
name is not a link?
- How do I get rid of the default help links and corresponding
pop-outs?
- How do I set up the product and category links manually?
General help
 Why am
I getting an error?
If the menu isn't working correctly the first thing to check is
that the paths are correct to the .js file and the clearpixel.gif.
Make sure that section names correspond to sub-section names. Preview
the page in a browser to check rather than HTML view in Frontpage
or Design View in Dreamweaver. Be sure the browser you are using
supports DHTML. The .js file and clearpixel.gif must be in the root
of your web.
Are the
DHTML menus completely cross-browser compatible?
The menus have been tried and tested in Netscape 4.7+ including
Netscape 7, Microsoft Explorer 4+, Firefox and Opera - this accounts
for
about 98% of the browser market.
Can I use
the menu in my frames page?
As a frameset is made up of separate pages the menu will show on
the one page it is placed on and so will not "jump" over
the frame to a different page.
Why
do I get a gray line in the menu when viewing in Netscape?
The reason here is a missing clearpixel.gif in the root of your
web or possibly the path to the image is wrong.
How
do I change the link colors?
The link colors and underlines are determined by the Stylesheet.
Changing the Hex values will change the color of the links.
Can I
use graphics in the menus?
It is possible to add a small graphic before the menu links. Some of the templates
use text such as "O" but you can make your own little graphic.
PHP Version
If the menu already uses an "O" then locate
$menuprestr = "O ";
$menupoststr = "";
and replace it with
$menuprestr = "<b>";
$menupoststr = "</b>";
...and add
mymenu.mainpreimage("images/menuimage.gif","",10,19);
mymenu.subpreimage("images/menuimage.gif","",10,19);
...just before
mymenu.netscapeadjust(3,3)
...where menuimage.gif is the the name of your small graphic and
10,19 is the width and height of the gif.
ASP Version
If the menu already uses an "O" then locate
menuprestr = "O "
menupoststr = ""
and replace it with
menuprestr = "<b>"
menupoststr = "</b>"
...and add
mymenu.mainpreimage("images/menuimage.gif","",10,19);
mymenu.subpreimage("images/menuimage.gif","",10,19);
...just before
mymenu.netscapeadjust(3,3)
...where menuimage.gif is the the name of your small graphic and
10,19 is the width and height of the gif.
Can I
see some examples of how the menus work?
We have a number of templates that incorporate the DHTML menus,
here are some examples:
http://www.ecommercetemplates.com/dwecommplus/dwvirtualbluepop/
http://www.ecommercetemplates.com/dwecommplus/dwvirtualcreampop/
http://www.ecommercetemplates.com/dwecommplus/dwvirtualwhitepop/
Why do
I get a page not found when linking?
This often happens when you have folders and subfolders and your
link is looking for a page off the root of your web. The easy way
round this is to make the links on your menu relative to the root
of your web like this:
mymenu.addSubMenu("instructions", "",
"<b>menu</b>", "/myfolder/nextfolder/menu.htm")
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DHTML Pop-Out Menu help
What does
"POT menu is undefined" mean?
This is usually caused by one of two things. It could be that the
path to the .js file is not correct or that the section headings
don't correspond to the names for the pop-outs. For example a main
heading like:
mymenu.addMenu("instructions","<b>instructions</b>",
"")
should have a corresponding section/pop-out name:
mymenu.addSubMenu("instructions", "",
"<b>menu</b>", "menu.htm")
How do I
open a page in a new window?
If you want to make the link open in a new window, look at this
example: mymenu.addSubMenu("examples", "", "<b>virtual
blue</b>", 'http://www.ecommercetemplates.com/dwpopoublue/"
target="_blank')
Be careful with the punctuation here
How do I
get a text rollover effect if a section name is not a link?
Sometimes it is not necessary to have a section linked, but the
section has a number of pop-outs - to keep things tidy instead of
having mymenu.addMenu("main","<b>main</b>",
"main.htm") where the link is to main.htm, you can change
it to mymenu.addMenu("main","<b>main</b>",
"#") so you maintain the link color but are not taken
anywhere in case anyone tries to click.
How do I get rid of the default help links and corresponding
pop-outs?
Here's an example but the theory is the same for all the templates using the
DHTML
menu.
First delete this line:
mymenu.addSubMenu("main", "", " HELP", "help.asp")
and then all the pop-outs that it spawns, which will be:
mymenu.addSubMenu("help", "faq", " FAQ", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("help", "tutorials", "
TUTORIALS", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("faq", "", " COMPATIBILITY", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("faq", "", " DHTML
MENUS", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("faq", "", " DHTML
MENUS", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("faq", "", " GRAPHICS", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("faq", "", " LICENSE", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("tutorials", "", "
TEMPLATE SET UP", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("tutorials", "", "
INCLUDE PAGES", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("tutorials", "navigation", "
NAVIGATION", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("navigation", "", "
FP NAVIGATION", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("navigation", "", "
DW NAVIGATION", "#")
mymenu.addSubMenu("navigation", "", "
GL NAVIGATION", "#")
How
do I set up the product and category links manually?
If you look in the menu script, you should see two chunks of commented
code. These will need to be removed if you want to get rid of
the dynamically generated category and product links. The chunks
of code
to delete will typically look like this
<%
' Please note, the following line of code is used to automatically create the
links for the product sections
' If you do not want to use this feature, please delete this line of code in
your Main.dwt template
' along with the corresponding section below.
%>
mymenu.addMenu("products","¤ PRODUCTS", "categories.asp")
....and
// Delete these 7 lines and the corresponding lines above if you
// don't want an automatically generated popout menu.
<
% if false then %> </script> <% end if
menuprestr = "¤ "
menupoststr = "" %>
<
!--#include file="../vsadmin/inc/incmenu.asp"-->
<
% if false then %> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <%
end if %>
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