Recent Questions
Q: I have built a new website to replace a dated version and the menu work fine everywhere, except I just found out the site needs to be accessed from a remote sever and the Client cannot enable scripting as it would compromise their security settings.
A: When your security settings doesn't allow Javascript onpages you load you can't see a dynamic page content.
There is no way to enable these preferences automatically, in othercase there are no reasons to create security preferences.
Please, try to use search engine friendly code you'll see all yourlinks.
You can generate search engine friendly code.
Deluxe Menu is a search engine friendly menu since v1.12.
To create a search engine friendly menu you should add additional html code within your html page:
<div id="dmlinks">
<a href="http://deluxe-menu.com">menu_item_text1</a>
<a href="http://deluxe-tree.com">menu_item_text2</a>
...etc.
</div>
To generate such a code use Deluxe Tuner application.
You can find this GUI in the trial package.
Run Tuner, load your menu and click Tools/Generate SE-friendly Code (F3).
Q: I have tried various different ways, but I cannot get a separator image I have specified in the Separators section of javascript menu builder to display. I have verified that the image exists, but still nothing. The rest of the menu works perfectly. Any help will be appreciated.
A: To add a separator you should
//--- Separators
var separatorImage=""; //for subitems (top items in vertical menu)
var separatorWidth="100%";
var separatorHeight="3px";
var separatorAlignment="right";
var separatorVImage="separator.gif"; //for the top items (subitems items in vertical menu)
var separatorVWidth="100%";
var separatorVHeight="2px";
var separatorPadding="";
You can create separators using menuItems (you can do it in DeluxeTuner, use "Add separator" button), for example:
["||All Images","gallery_all.html", , , , "_self", , , , ],
["||-"],
["||Pricing & Ordering Info","gallery_pricing.html", , , ,"_self", , , , ],
Try that. You can also send us a copy of your html page (including .js files) ora direct link to your website, so we can check it.
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: Is there anyway of selecting index location of the dhtml tab according to what webpage you are on ?
A: Deluxe Tabs doesn't support API functions which can return theselected tab aslo.
You can set "bselectedItem" and " var bselectedSmItem" parametersbased on your link before you call your data file.
For example, move " var bselectedItem" and " var bselectedSmItem" parametersfrom your data file to your code.
<TD vAlign=top align=left>
/* Select Tab */
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">
var bselectedItem=<?php echo $seltabs; ?>;
var bselectedSmItem=<?php echo $selsmtabs; ?&g5t;;
</script>
<SCRIPT src="data.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
</TD>
You should define seltabs and selsmtabs using server side script.
You can also set it on every page before you call data.js file, forexample:
<TD vAlign=top align=left>
/* Select Tab */
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">
var bselectedItem=4;
var bselectedSmItem=3;
</script>
<SCRIPT src="data.js" type=text/javascript>
</TD>
