Recent Questions
Q: I have the dynamic dropdown menu working perfectly on the main page of the website, but when I try to install it onto html files that appear in subfolders of the site, the images do not appear. I have put ../ before all the links I can find and have the following codes placed in my file, what am I doing wrong?
A: You can use additional parameters to make dynamic dropdown menu paths absolute:
var pathPrefix_img = "http://domain.com/images/";
var pathPrefix_link = "http://domain.com/pages/";
These parameters allow to make images and links paths absolute.For example:
var pathPrefix_img = "http://domain.com/images/";
var pathPrefix_link = "http://domain.com/pages/";
var menuItems = [
["text", "index.html", "icon1.gif", "icon2.gif"],
];
So, link path will be look so:
http://domain.com/pages/index.html
Images paths will be look so:
http://domain.com/images/icon1.gif
http://domain.com/images/icon2.gif
Please, try to use these parameters.
Q: The pop-up windows are loading as the page loads, as well as when you click the appropriate object.
How can we prevent the pre-loading of html popups so that they only load onclick?
A: In that case you shouldn't set openAfter and closeAfter parameters.
So, you'll have:
deluxePopupWindow.attachToEvent(win,',,,,,')
or
deluxePopupWindow.attachToEvent(win,'openAfter=,closeAfter=,,,,')
See the following example:
http://deluxepopupwindow.com/html-popup-dialog-vista-graphite.htmlQ: I am intersted in a horizontal drop down menu.
I need the rollover and selected color of each section in the onmouseover drop down menu to be a different color.
Here is my scenario
link1 link2 link3
All links are white.
On rollover, link1 turns red, and the drop down below is red (if possible can each individual link in the the dropdown rollover to a diffrent color, say pink?)
When you click a link in the link1 dropdown, and go to that page, link1 will now be red (highlighted) while on that page, and link2 and link3 are still white.
Now, On rollover, link2 turns blue, and the drop down below is blue(if possible can each individual link in the the dropdown rollover to a diffrent color, say light blue?)
When you click a link in the link2 dropdown, and go to that page, link2 will now be blue, and link2 and link3 are still white. I also need the flyout menus to be able to be different widths. Say the drop down menu under link1 has short links, then it only needs to be 100 pixels wide. If the sublinks under link 2 are longer, its dropdown menu might need to be 200 pixels wide. In other words, the flyout width needs to be flexible to fit the length of the text in the link.
I have tried other programs, but have found none that can do this. The problem seems to be they cant have different width flyout menus (often this is the case if they are css based).
OR
It is not possible to show a 'up' or highlighted color on a main link when you are on a page that is a sublink)
Does this make sense, and is it possible with your builder?
A: Yes, you can create such a menu using Deluxe Menu.
To use different font colors for the main items you should useIndividual Item styles. And to cerate different color and differentwidth of the submenus you should use Individual Item/Submenu styles.
See the attached example.zip. See how you should use styles.
> I also need the flyout menus to be able to be different widths.
Actually the submenu width is depend on the item's size. You can alsowrap item's text. Set var noWrap=0; or use standard <br> tagsinside items' text:
["|very long text <br> in Item 14","", "", "", "", "", "3", "1", "", "", "", ],
You can set exact width for each submenu using IndividualSubmenu Styles.
> When you click a link in the link1 dropdown, and go to that
> page, link1 will now be red (highlighted) while on that page, and
> link2 and link3 are still white.
You can find more info here:
http://www.deluxe-menu.com/highlighted-items-sample.html
Deluxe Menu has only two states normal and mouseover.
Try to do the following things:
- delete var pressedItem=1; parameter from your data file
- set correct parameter on each page before you call data file, forexample:
<noscript><a href="http://deluxe-menu.com">onmouseover drop down menu by Deluxe-Menu.com</a></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript"> var dmWorkPath = "menudir/";</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="menudir/dmenu.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"> var pressedItem=3;</script>
...
<script type="text/javascript" src="menudir/data.js"></script>
You can also set a pressed item using Javascript API:
function dm_ext_setPressedItem (menuInd, submenuInd, itemInd, recursion)
Sets a current pressed item.
menuInd - index of a menu on a page, >= 0.
submenuInd - index of a submenu, >= 0.
itemInd - index of an item, >=0.
recursion = true/false - highlight parent items.
But notice, to use dm_ext_setPressedItem() you should know ID of selected item and subitem.
You can't get this ID after you reload your page. That is why you should write your own code on PHP.
Q: I am totally confused by this now but I have 2 data files - one for a menu bar going horizontal and one going vertical both containing the same information. But even though the content is the same, the layout is different.
You will see that on the horizontal menu,
Fleet
Financce
CPC Cards
Cashire
These are listed correctly under each other but on the vertical one, the layout differs.
A: You should write your parameters more carefully.
See, now you have
menuItems = [
["About us","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,0 , , , ],
["|||Organisation Chart","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,1, , , ],
First you have the 1-st level of menu items then at once 4-th. It isnot right. You should write the number of your Individual Style in ""also.
See, how you should write your menuItems:
menuItems = [
["About us","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0" , , , ],
["|Organisation Chart","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"","1", , , ],
["|Who's Who?","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Who's Who?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|Contact Details","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["How To?","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0", , , ],
["|Fleet","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Hire a Vehicle","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Hire a Vehicle?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Report an Accident","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/How to report an accident?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Report a Breakdown","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Report a Breakdown?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|Finance Admin","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Capitalise an Asset","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/capitalise an asset?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Pay your Personal Calls on Mobile Phone Bills","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Pay your personal calls on mobile phone bills?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Request a credit to be raised","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|CPC Cards","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Request a new CPC user","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/request a new cpc user?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Report a Lost/Stolen CPC Card","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Report a lost or stolen card?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Enquire about a general CPC query","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/enquire about a general cpc query?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|Cashier","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Request a Cashbook Manual Payment","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Request a Cashbook Manual Payment?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Request a Cashbook BACS Payment","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Request a cashbook Bacs payment?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["Useful Information","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0" , , , ],
["|Month End Timetable 2007","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|Month End Year to Date Results","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Coming Soon...","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["Finance Focus","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0" , , , ],
["|Coming Soon...","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["Coming Soon","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0", , , ],
];
dm_init();
