Recent Questions
Q: Thanks for getting back with me but how do you build the menu?
I opened Deluxe Tuner program to build a menu and there are categories titled common, dimensions, font, appearance etc. and I have NO IDEA what to do?
Can you walk me through the development of a menu?
A: First of all you should add items.
Please, click "Add item" and "Add subitem".
In the "Item parameters" window you can set text, link, target, iconsfor the menu items. You can also assign different style for each menuitem (item style and submenu style).
But at first you should create this style. Click "Edit IndividualStyle/Add Style" and set different parameters for the style.
Try to set different parameters of the menu.
In the "Preview window" you can see all your changes.
First of all you should choose menu orientation:
var isHorizontal = 1; Menu orientation: 0 - vertical, 1 - horizontal.
You can set exact width and height of the menu in the "Dimension"category.
You should set
var absolutePos=1;
if you want to have absolute positioning menu.
Font style you can set in the "Font" category.
To set color of the menu you should set the following parameters:
var menuBackColor="#FCEEB0";
var menuBorderColor="#C0AF62";
var itemBackColor=["#FCEEB0","#65BDDC"];
var itemBorderColor=["#FCEEB0","#4C99AB"];
Try also to change these parameters:
var itemSpacing=3;
var itemPadding="3px";
Arrows for main items and subitems you can set here:
var arrowImageMain=["default.files/arrowmain.gif","default.files/arrowmaino.gif"];
var arrowImageSub=["default.files/arrowsub.gif","default.files/arrowsubo.gif"];
If want to have floatable or movable menu you should set the followingparameters:
var floatable=0;
var movable=0;
You can also try to change any template.
Q: Can you please write me, as I have the active menu button in the drop down menu software different color display?
A: The 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">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>
<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: Then it is a bit annoying now that the menu bars in java does not work for
- Firefoxs
- Safari
For either Windows nor Mac.
According to your browser support this should work.
A: Links in your menu bars in java don't work in Firefox.
Now you have:
["Butiken","http://www.wexthuset.com/default.asp?sp_pid=8&sp_text=8"],
["|Tillbehцr","http://www.wexthuset.com/default.asp?ct=859&sp_pid=2&sp_page=1&sp_psort=22&
sp_sortfield=product_name&sp_sortorder=1&sp_pname=&sp_type=0&select_method=1"],
["||Belysning","http://www.wexthuset.com/default.asp?ct=859&sp_pid=2&sp_page=1&sp_psort=22&
sp_sortfield=product_name&sp_sortorder=1&sp_pname=&sp_type=5&select_method=1"],
["||Bevattning","http://www.wexthuset.com/default.asp?ct=859&sp_pid=2&sp_page=1&sp_psort=22&
sp_sortfield=product_name&sp_sortorder=1&sp_pname=&sp_type=11&select_method=1"],
....
try to write & instead of &.
["Butiken","http://www.wexthuset.com/default.asp?sp_pid=8&sp_text=8"],
["|Tillbehцr","http://www.wexthuset.com/default.asp?ct=859&sp_pid=2&sp_page=1&sp_psort=22&sp_sortfield=product_name&
sp_sortorder=1&sp_pname=&sp_type=0&select_method=1"],
["||Belysning","http://www.wexthuset.com/default.asp?ct=859&sp_pid=2&sp_page=1&sp_psort=22&sp_sortfield=product_name&
sp_sortorder=1&sp_pname=&sp_type=5&select_method=1"],
["||Bevattning","http://www.wexthuset.com/default.asp?ct=859&sp_pid=2&sp_page=1&sp_psort=22&sp_sortfield=product_name&
sp_sortorder=1&sp_pname=&sp_type=11&select_method=1"],
....
Q: I created a test page with your product. I have a frame page consisting of a header and content.
The drop down menus are in the header and cross nicely into the content frame when they drop down. This part is working as planned! The first time I open the test page in my browser any link in any drop down menu will work the first time just fine.
Then, if I pick another link in any drop down menu, it appends the address of the first link to the address of the second link and the URL fails.
It is acting like it writes the url for the first link into some variable, then forgets to null it on select, and then appends the url for the second link to the variable. As I click links in different drop down menus it keeps doing this append feature until I have a very long worthless URL path. If I close the browser and start over then the first thing I click on will work properly, but that is all that will work.
I tried this test page on two different PCs, just in case there was a problem on my browsers. MS IE.6.0
A: You can use additional parameters to make 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.