Recent Questions
Q: I am trying to install a search engine on my site and am having trouble due to my use of your tree-menu system, which I love by the way. I really need to find a compatible script that will search your javascript menu system, or at the very least search another file with mirrored links. I DO NOT want to add the links to each page, this is why I love your menu's, there is one central location to change navigation statewide.
Do you know if there is a search script that can do this( js, php) or is there a way to make your javascript tree menus accessible to the search engine?
A: You can generate search engine friendly code.
Deluxe Tree is a search engine friendly menu since v2.4.
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: How do you specify different number of sub menu columns for each menu heading in the dhtml menu bar?
When I put var smColumns = 5; it changed it for both my multicolumn headings.
A: You should use Individual Submenu Styles, for example:
var menuStyles = [
["smColumns=3"],// 0 style
["smColumns=2"],// 1 style
];
var menuItems = [
["Home","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "", "", "", ],
["Product Info","", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Features","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", "", ], // 0 style
["|Installation","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["||Description of Files","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["||How To Setup","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Parameters Info","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Dynamic Functions","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Supported Browsers","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["||Windows OS","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["||Internet Explorer","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["||Firefox","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["||Mozilla","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["||Netscape","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["||Opera","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["Samples","", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Sample 1","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "1", "", "", "", ], // 1 style
["|Sample 2 is Disabled","testlink.html", "", "", "", "_", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Sample 3","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Sample 4","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Sample 5","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Sample 6","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Sample 7","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Sample 8","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["|Sample 9","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["Purchase","http://deluxe-menu.com/order-purchase.html", "", "", "", "_blank", "0", "", "", "", "", ],
["Contact Us","testlink.htm", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", "", "", ],
];
Q: How do I disable the menu link for the page that is currently being displayed? I don’t the menu item removed, I just want the link to be inactive and possibly a different color.
A: To disable items you should set the target parameter to "_".
Unfortunately, Deluxe Menu doesn't have such a feature.
You should write your own code, for example, on PHP.
You can try to use the following function
function disable() {
dm_ext_changeItem(1, 1, 1, ["", "", "", "", "", "_"]);
}
to disable your items.
The example you can find on our site
http://www.deluxe-menu.com/dynamic-functions-sample.html
Q: Can I use drop down navigation menu using subfolders? I am trying to build amenu system but the website contains a lot of subfolders.
A: Yes, you can use deluxe-menu on the site with a lot of subfolders.
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.