Suggestion: Menu Download

Poster: pieter53
Dated: Sunday February 25 2007 - 14:18:42 GMT

In the beginners section you have a post Menu updates with a link to the menu download, but you forgot to tell that (as far as I know) you need an other download page when you are using a vertical menu.

Poster: John
Dated: Tuesday February 27 2007 - 15:17:10 GMT

Not really. This is simply a 'basic' menu that we use for downloading. However, you can do one of two things...

1. Modify the setting in this download to make it a vertical menu.

2. Download a different example from the DHTML Menu/DHTML Menu Samples menu on that page. Any example can be made to do anything just by changing the parameters.

Poster: pieter53
Dated: Tuesday February 27 2007 - 15:36:17 GMT

Thanks for the answer.

It's simple when you know how.
At first I didn't know that you can't use the horizontal-menu-files for the vertical menu.

Poster: Ruth
Dated: Thursday March 1 2007 - 23:09:33 GMT

Hi,

Sure you can, unless they have particular images that need to be horizontal.

In order to have a horizontal menu be vertical, either remove the orientation="horizontal"; this will put the menu back to the default which is vertical, or if you want to have the orientation noted then change it to orientation="vertical";

Except for design consideration when using images that were designed for a horizontal or vertical menu, you can make the orientation whatever you want.

Ruth

Poster: pieter53
Dated: Friday March 2 2007 - 8:21:55 GMT

And where can 'orientation=' be found?
(I'm using the vertical menu and I didn't find it in the files.)

Poster: John
Dated: Friday March 2 2007 - 15:33:38 GMT

Orientation is in the menu statements; e.g., orientation="horizontal"; or orientation="vertical";.

With all due respect, I suggest you make use of the links found in Ruth's signature above. You need to digest some of the menu basics.

Poster: pieter53
Dated: Friday March 2 2007 - 15:46:21 GMT


You are absolut right!
Sorry.

Poster: John
Dated: Friday March 2 2007 - 16:02:33 GMT



Apology not necessary (although accepted!).

After you do just a little reading I think you'll be amazed at everything this system can actually do.

Enjoy!

Poster: pieter53
Dated: Friday March 2 2007 - 16:08:53 GMT

I am amazed already.
It's wonderful.

The main reason I didn't read everything (or did I forgot the most of what I read?) is time. I'm too busy with my site.

Another reason:
English isn't my native language and altough I can read it, it doesn't mean I understand everything

Poster: John
Dated: Friday March 2 2007 - 17:00:03 GMT

We're always here to help, but... we do expect our users to understand at least the basics of the system.

You'll do just fine.

Poster: pieter53
Dated: Friday March 2 2007 - 18:10:04 GMT


For me that was the main reason to choose Milonic (That was before I discovered how great it was.)


I read all the beginner files more then once (just did it again)
The only thing is: I keep forgetting things.

It's a great menu and it's very easy to work with (I knew nothing about javascript before I discovered this menu) and you have to know very little to build a nice looking menu, but that makes that you will have a lot of problems finding out what is wrong, when something isn't working the way you think it should work.

(I do hope you'll understand my English )

Again: Thanks ALL of you.

Poster: John
Dated: Friday March 2 2007 - 18:46:59 GMT

There's a lot to this menu, so it's easy to forget things (I do, but I'm old, so I'm allowed to forget!).

Ruth is great for support - she always has the right answer.

Don't worry about Javascript - that's not what you're writing. The system happens to be written in JS, but you're just writing configuration statements to make it do what you want.

As for your English - no problems at all.

Now - go make a menu

Poster: pieter53
Dated: Friday March 2 2007 - 19:49:10 GMT

Press the WWW button.
(Only one thing: I'm still using the old milonic files, because I got a problem with the new ones )