Recent Questions
Q: Once more I have a small question about Deluxe Menu.
I have rewritten my homepage (still off-line) to use stylesheets instead of frames. But for some reason the drop down menu templates won't appear anymore.
Does DM need frames or can it also work without frames? I would suppose that it can also work on a page with no frames. But for some reason I can't seem to get it to work.
A: If you don't use frames there is no need to write your init functionin the following way:
dm_initFrame("lower", 0, 1, 1);
That is way you cannot see your menu.
Please, write:
dm_init();
Q: You know how you can drag sub-menus? Well I was wondering if it is possible to drag individual items off of the sub-menu?
A: No, it is not possible to drag items from submenu.
Q: We have a question and a problem.
This is a link to our website with your menue:
http://domain.bon.at/philosophie.html
Down the navigation point "FAQґs" is a submenue like darm, diverses, einlagen etc....)
If you click on a link in this submenue a new window open _BLANK!
Is it possible to open the new site in a popup in dhtml drop down menu, like 800 x 600 or something?
A: You should paste the following code inside 'Link' field of menuItems (you can do it inDeluxe Tuner):
javascript:window.open('http://www.google.com','_blank','height=600,width=800, status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no');
Q: Compliments on your product, I particularly enjoy the complete set of gui and java, that allows for the quick changes.
After a couple of months of using the trial, I have now purchased it and installed the license.
My question however regards the performance of the menu. Using firebug I note that my deluxe menu .js are the performance bottlenecks, It appears as if they are not being cached and it appears that collecting them is taking longer then the other .js files. What can I do to optimize the load time of the javascript multi level menu and prevent, reloading it from the server with every page reload. The apache has set the expiry correct I believe, as I understand from the header.
A: You can try to use AJAX technology.
AJAX-like technology: data for submenus can be loaded "on-the-fly" from the server.
New parameter:
var tajax = 0/1; - disables/enables AJAX-like support
Current syntax for item parameters ( var tmenuItems):
[text, link, iconNormal, iconOver, iconExpanded, tip, target, itemStyleInd, itemXPStyleInd, jsFileName]
Where jsFileName - .js filename on the server with submenu items ( var tmenuItems).