Recent Questions
Q: Thank you for the information and especially for your good explaination of the ways DHTML and Java work with menus. I want to get a menu because I was asked to base a new web site on one that used 'showpage.asp' calls to createtheir menus. Can you throw some light on how I would go about doing that?
A: Deluxe Menu and Java Menus work on aclient side only and they don't depend on the server which you'reusing and they don't work on a server side as ASP.NET script.So, you can create the menu using standard html page and them movemenu code within .asp page.
Please, try the trial version of the menu. You can use GUI to createyour menu. You can find it in the trial package.
Q: Can I put two popup windows in one HTML file?
One popup for example after 1 second, and disappear after 10
The second one after 15 second and disappear after 30 seconds.
Can you help me?
A: You should set the following parameters for the first window:
winID:"window1",
openAfter:1,
closeAfter:10,
for the second window:
winID:"window2",
openAfter:15,
closeAfter:30,
See also how should you install popup windows on your page:
<head>
<!-- Deluxe Popup Window -->
<noscript><a href="http://deluxepopupwindow.com">DHTML Window Script by DeluxePopupWindow.com</a></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript"> var dmWorkPath="deluxe-popup-window.files/";</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="deluxe-popup-window.files/dpopupwindow.js"></script>
<!-- (c) 2009, http://deluxepopupwindow.com -->
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<script type="text/javascript" src="deluxe-popup-window.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="deluxe-popup-window2.js"></script>
</body>
Q: It appears that this product only supports IE (on the PC and Mac). It does not support Safari or Netscape on any platform. Is that correct?
I ask because I like the product and would like to purchase the developer\'s license but our users represent a wide range of platforms and browsers.
A: DHTML products support a major part of modern browsers:
IE 5+
Opera 5+
Mozilla/Firefox
NS 6+
Also they support MAC browsers: Safari, IE, Firefox.
But DHTML Menu has some problems on this browsers with a submenuspositioning in some cases.
If you can't see Tree Menu in Firefox you should set these parameters:
Try to specify units in "px".
var tmenuWidth = "280px";
It's necessary to specify exact value for Mozilla browsers. It helpsto position menus correctly.
You should set this parameter:
var tmenuHeight = "auto";
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).