Recent Questions
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).
Q: I'm having difficulty understanding how to set up css drop down menus. The differences between menuStyles, itemStyles, CSS and CSSText is very unclear, and doesn't seem to be well documented.
Do you have any better documentation or writeup on using this feature?
A: No, unfortunately we don't have additional documentation. You can findall info on our site.
We have several examples of the menus using css.
You should set var cssStyle=1; parameter and then assign your stylesto the items.
var cssSubmenu is a CSS class name for all submenus. You can set, forexample, background color, background image, borders for all submenus.
var cssItem is CSS class names for all items (normal state, mouseoverstate) in the top menu and submenus.
var cssItemText is CSS class names for text of all items (normalstate, mouseover state) in the top menu and submenus.
It's possible to appoint individual CSS styles for separate elements of the menu using individual item styles and individual submenu styles.
Q: I made my own multi-users Content Management System and I'm using deluxe menu developer license to create my menu into this application.
One dhtml menu vertical constantly need to be reload to see new page created/modified or deleted by other logged users. So I just take out your code for Ajax sample to fill dynamically this submenu.
There is my .js file fort my menu : mnu_admin.zip (You'll need to extract the .js file)
In this file I'm using the same way it goe's into your example with Ajax on line : [172] ["Contenu pages","", "", "", "Gйrer les pages du site", "", "0", "0", "modules/menu/data-ajax3.js", ],
There is my : data-ajax3.js (periodically change)
var menuItems = [
["|Services", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=HMglcKWvAQklxw4uM3qHWa9pFhY432dZNIXOIlYNJO4%3D", "", "", "Services", "", "", "", ""],
["|Documentation", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=iG31PyfJ%2BswDBJPcn61IXgczwXkePaDclD6DPsxAUKE%3D", "", "", "Documentation", "", "", "", ""],
["|Soutien financier","contenu_pages_a.php?id=tIACTxYwfsey%2FBGr0ROjAXGggU3LdglWtxMTyTVINtU%3D","", "", "Soutien financier", "", "", "", ""],
["|Programmes","contenu_pages_a.php?id=A7v%2BWOmpw4syUqHRcPizZjUwh9TzxyuYm5f1yi7EiGM%3D","", "", "Programmes", "", "", "", ""],
["||ARLPHAT","contenu_pages_a.php?id=SGe4LNdC8O%2BG5eDd1fgkfkK3lKE80KZL0Pi8o3zGo3Y%3D","", "", "ARLPHAT", "", "", "", ""],
["||Association des scouts","contenu_pages_a.php?id=nZVnC9wzyyojxSJI7Lfe7FpTceVEbsdlHy9vURCyULk%3D", "","", "Association des scouts", "", "", "", ""],
["||Secondaire en spectacle","contenu_pages_a.php?id=io2hWjkLPlP%2Fcum%2FzIVoV%2FrWYskolQgvLKpc%2FJc%2FRBo%3D", "", "", "Secondaire en spectacle", "", "", "", ""],
["||Sport йtudiant","contenu_pages_a.php?id=0fY3UenTH2Rri4AD72RKj7qz8EuwBxG3K0IaXLTqyjM%3D", "","", "Sport йtudiant", "", "", "", ""],
["||Jeux du Quйbec","contenu_pages_a.php?id=lZL5TyT9RFsRE2kzAPJisP4ZAAwcfiHG3JTKS6Ey9%2BE%3D","", "", "Jeux du Quйbec", "", "", "", ""],
];
Another user just delete differents pages so the data_ajax3.js change to this (example) :
var menuItems = [
["|Services","contenu_pages_a.php?id=HMglcKWvAQklxw4uM3qHWa9pFhY432dZNIXOIlYNJO4%3D", "","", "Services", "", "", "", ""],
["|Documentation", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=iG31PyfJ%2BswDBJPcn61IXgczwXkePaDclD6DPsxAUKE%3D", "", "", "Documentation", "", "", "", ""],
["|Soutien financier", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=tIACTxYwfsey%2FBGr0ROjAXGggU3LdglWtxMTyTVINtU%3D", "", "", "Soutien financier", "", "", "", ""],
["|Programmes", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=A7v%2BWOmpw4syUqHRcPizZjUwh9TzxyuYm5f1yi7EiGM%3D", "", "", "Programmes", "", "", "", ""],
["||ARLPHAT", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=SGe4LNdC8O%2BG5eDd1fgkfkK3lKE80KZL0Pi8o3zGo3Y%3D", "", "", "ARLPHAT", "", "", "", ""],
["||Association des scouts", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=nZVnC9wzyyojxSJI7Lfe7FpTceVEbsdlHy9vURCyULk%3D", "", "", "Association des scouts", "", "", "", ""],
["||Secondaire en spectacle", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=io2hWjkLPlP%2Fcum%2FzIVoV%2FrWYskolQgvLKpc%2FJc%2FRBo%3D", "", "", "Secondaire en spectacle", "", "", "", ""],
["||Sport йtudiant", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=0fY3UenTH2Rri4AD72RKj7qz8EuwBxG3K0IaXLTqyjM%3D", "", "", "Sport йtudiant", "", "", "", ""],
["||Jeux du Quйbec", "contenu_pages_a.php?id=lZL5TyT9RFsRE2kzAPJisP4ZAAwcfiHG3JTKS6Ey9%2BE%3D", "", "", "Jeux du Quйbec", "", "", "", ""],
];
Trouble :
When I go over "Contenu pages" menu, the submenu won't reload and still show me the new submenu with upper content (With "Qui sommes-nous"). I need to completely refresh the page and sometime to delete browser CACHE.
What I want to do :
I want to get submenu completely reload everytime I pass over "Contenu pages" dhtml menu vertical with the mouse.
Tested Browser :
IE6 and FF3
A: Try to set the following parameter to reload submenus on recall:
var ajaxReload=1;
Q: Will I be able to create javascript dynamic menu on my iMac G5? or is this just PC compatible software?
A: To create your menu on MAC you can use HTML version of Deluxe Tuner (for MAC OS). You can find it here:
http://deluxe-menu.com/deluxe-tuner-info.html