Relative paths and milonic

[yes2work1]

I’ve just configured Milonic for use on our intranet site and am having some problems in getting the scripts to work. The scripts work fine as long as the page on which the script block is placed is in the same directory as the .js (JavaScript) files. However if try to use Milonic on a page which is in a subdirectory then all I see is a link to the milonic site.

My question is simple, what is the syntax for calling milonic from a page which is in a subdirectory?

Regards,





Neall McLaren
ICT Assistant


Yes2work Ltd.
The Acorn Centre
51 High Street
Grimethorpe
Barnsley
S 72 7BB


Website: http://www.yes2work.org.uk
Email: nmclaren@yes2work.org.uk

[Andy]

Hi,

You should always use the full path to the menu files just in case you want to move into a sub directory.

You can either declare the domain name as in: http://milonic.com/milonic_src.js or remove the domain name and replace with (for example) /milonic_src.js - note that the filename is always prefeixed with a / to denote the main (root) directory.

Hope this helps,
Andy

[yes2work1]

Hi Andy,

Putting the full path worked although it doesn’t look too elegant it'll do nicely

Cheers

[yes2work1]

Hi

What is the correct syntax to use when specifying the URL’s for the different menu items within the menu_data.js file?

Cheers

[Ruth]

Hi,

Not sure I understand what you're asking, but if you mean how do you do the 'links' in the aI url section, you'd do the same as you would for an a href= but without the quotes. For example:

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url=http://www.whatever.com/help/html/page.htm

If I didn't understand what you really wanted please post back

Ruth

[yes2work1]

Thanks.

That's fine, but is there no way of doing this using relative paths?

Cheers

[Ruth]

Hi,

Well, I would guess so, but I always use full paths. If you unzip all the files in the menu download and then go to the extras folder and listbased folder, for example, and open the index.htm page the code to call the menu files is

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<script type="text/javascript" src="../../milonic_src.js"></script>	
<a class=milonic href="https://milonic.com/">JavaScript Menu, DHTML Menu Powered By Milonic</a>
<script type="text/javascript">
if(ns4)_d.write("<scr"+"ipt type=text/javascript src=../../mmenuns4.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");		
  else _d.write("<scr"+"ipt type=text/javascript src=../../mmenudom.js><\/scr"+"ipt>"); 
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="listmenus.js"></script>

Isn't that a relative path, referring back to the main folder in which the menu program files are located? So, the index page for the listmenu is in mainFolder/extras/listbased/ and the program files are in the main folder. As you can tell paths are not my thing! It has just always been easier for me to use full path and I always know the files are found

Ruth

[yes2work1]

Thanks for the replay but I was actually hoping that I could use relative paths within the menu_data.js file so that all the menu item URL’s are relative to the site root - I’ve tried using ./foldername/file.htm and ../foldername/file.htm but this doesn't appear to be working on some of my pages.

In short I want to avoid hard coding the absolute path to a file in the menus as I see this as messy coding

Cheers

[Ruth]

Hi,


I'm going to post for someone else to help you, as I said paths are the bain of my existence so I use full or absolute.


Hopefully someone can answer your question.

Ruth

[kevin3442]

Thanks for the replay but I was actually hoping that I could use relative paths within the menu_data.js file so that all the menu item URL’s are relative to the site root - I’ve tried using ./foldername/file.htm and ../foldername/file.htm but this doesn't appear to be working on some of my pages.

In short I want to avoid hard coding the absolute path to a file in the menus as I see this as messy coding

Cheers

Hi Neall,

Yes, you can use relative paths. But the paths you've given as examples are relative to the currently-displayed page, not relative to the site's root. E.g., let's say you're currently looking at:

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http://www.yourdomain.com/products/widget.htm

A single "." at the beginning of the path refers to the folder that the currently-displayed page came from. So, in your example, ./foldername/file.htm, tells the server to get:

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http://www.yourdomain.com/products/foldername/file.htm

A ".." at the beginning of the path refers to the parent directory of the one containing the currently-displayed page. So, keeping in mind our assumed starting point of widget.htm, your example of ../foldername/file.htm, tells the server to get:

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http://www.yourdomain.com/foldername/file.htm

You can use these approaches -- "." and ".." -- but you must keep in mind that they are relative to the location of the currently-displayed page. Of course, that can have unexpected results if your site is arranged into several folders. Such a path used from one page can resolve to a completely different location as the same exact relative path used in a different page. The problem is clear if you hope to use the same menu code on each page.

If you want to use paths relative to the site's root, then start each url with a "/" (no dots) to refer to the root directory. This would be independent of the location of the current page.

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aI("text=Item Text;url=/foldername/subfoldername/file.htm;");

Give that a try and see if it gets you where you need to be (pun intended).

Hope that helps,

Kevin

[yes2work1]

Hi Kevin,

I’ve tried what you suggested i.e. using / as opposed to ../ or ./ and this isn’t working as / takes me to the IIS Server root (this is not the same as the root directory of the website which uses the miloic menu).

I’ve tried to solve the problem by using HTML Base tags on each of the pages but this doesn’t help matters as the Base tags only work on HTML and not JavaScript.

I’ve considered reconfiguring IIS but am unsure if it is possible to change the relative path for the entire site at server level.

Any further assistance would be great, as I’m reluctant to hard-c0ode absolute URL’s into the site.

Cheers

Neall

[John]

In the URL you left in your first message, I do not find any calls to, or use of, the Milonic menu. Kevin's explanation was, of course, right on, so we'll need to see the site to figure out what's wrong.