Recent Questions
Q: However when recreating the menus after deleting all trace of the trial version and loading on the licensed version I have developed problems.
When I create menus and test using expression web on explorer it works well but when published to web the dropdown menu appear but cannot be clicked on to be diverted to the relevant links. Also since loading the licensed version when using the test browser in expression web firefox a message appears as follows “firefox dosen’t know how to open this address, because the protocol (c) isn’t associated with any program”.
Please advise I have loaded the licence in the correct way I’m sure.
A: You cannot use local paths on your website. They won't work.
["Home","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "", ],
["|Localmag Homepage","C:/Documents and Settings/ME/My Documents/localmagwebsite/index.htm", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Medway Homepage","C:/Documents and Settings/ME/My Documents/localmagwebsite/medwaytowns/medwayhomepage.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["Charity","", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", ],
["|childrens","C:/Documents and Settings/ME/My Documents/localmagwebsite/medwaytowns/charities/childrenscharities/childrens_charity_home_page.htm", "", "", "", "", "","", "", ],
["|medical","C:/Documents and Settings/ME/My Documents/localmagwebsite/medwaytowns/charities/medicalcharities/medical_charity_home_page.htm", "", "", "", "", "", "","", ],
["|religious","C:/Documents and Settings/ME/My Documents/localmagwebsite/medwaytowns/charities/religiouscharities/religious_charity_home_page.htm", "", "", "", "", "","", "", ],
You should write
["Home","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "", ],
["|Localmag Homepage","localmagwebsite/index.htm", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Medway Homepage","localmagwebsite/medwaytowns/medwayhomepage.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["Charity","", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", ],
["|childrens","localmagwebsite/medwaytowns/charities/childrenscharities/childrens_charity_home_page.htm", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|medical","localmagwebsite/medwaytowns/charities/medicalcharities/medical_charity_home_page.htm", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|religious","localmagwebsite/medwaytowns/charities/religiouscharities/religious_charity_home_page.htm", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
Q: May I can use PHP code in menu items of my dhtml website navigation menu?
A: You may generate a menu from a database or XML using any server-side script, e.g., PHP, ASP, VB, etc.
However, these scripts don't work inside of Javascript .js files, so, you should move parameters of a menu from a .js file into an html-page, e.g.:
<!-- Deluxe Menu -->
<noscript><a href="http://deluxe-menu.com">Javascript Menu by Deluxe-Menu.com</a></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript"> var dmWorkPath = "menudir/";</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="menudir/dmenu.js"></script>
<!-- (c) 2006, http://deluxe-menu.com -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">
// and describe parameters of a menu
var parameter1=value1;
var parameter2=value2;
etc.
var menuItems = [
// here you generate items using server-side scripts (php, asp, vb, etc.)
];
</script>
The example of the menu working with PHP/MYSQL you can find here:
http://deluxe-menu.com/rq-loading-bar-MySQL-support.html
Q: I need to execute some javascript first when someone clicks on the tab in the floating tabs.
A: You should paste "javascript:some_function()" into item's link field, for example:
["tab text","javascript: window.open('test.html', 'frameName')", ...],
or
["tab text","javascript: getURLForFrame()", ...],
Q: When we use dhtml menus on our pages it appears behind Flash objects.
A: You should add "opaque" parameter for <object> and <embed> tags.
See, how you should install flash on your pages.
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" height="150" width="732" name="if-header">
<param name="movie" value="images/flash/if-header.swf">
<param name="quality" value="best">
<param name="play" value="true">
<param name="wmode" value="opaque">
<embed height="150" name="if-header" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="images/flash/if-header.swf"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="732" quality="best" wmode="opaque" play="true">
</object>
