sub-menu positioning

pbyrne · Post by **pbyrne** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:22 am

Hello...

It has been some time since I worked with my Milonic menu, and I am rusty. I have a test page at:

http://www.dracoblu.com/testindex.html

My issues are twofold:
- In IE the sub-menus do not appear
- In Firefox the sub-menus appear but are some distance lower than the main menu items

Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks.

Post by **Ruth** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:57 am

Hi,

You need to put the menu in the div/table using the correct method. The newest method is to put _buildAfterLoad=true; in the data file up in the _subOffset properties area. Then you put the call for all the menu files in the div/table. If that causes problems then the old method seems to work fine.

Cut the main menu from the data file, put it in its own data file, place a drawMenus(); at the end of that file. You will now have two data files both of which have a drawMenus(); at the end

On the page, call the file you have now up with the other program files, and put the new main menu file where you have the file now.

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<SCRIPT language=javascript src="milonic_src.js" 
type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>

<SCRIPT language=javascript type=text/javascript> 
//<![CDATA[ 
if(ns4)_d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenuns4.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");     
  else _d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenudom.js><\/scr"+"ipt>"); 
//]]> 
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT language=javascript src="bonesingermenu_data.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
<DIV class="page_wrap clearfix">
<DIV class=header_text>
<H1>Bone Singer</H1></DIV>
<DIV class=topnav id=nav>
<SCRIPT language=javascript src="bonesingermain_data.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
</DIV>

Ruth

pbyrne · Post by **pbyrne** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:48 pm

Thanks for your reply, Ruth.

I have placed the code as such, by following your suggestion of a second .js file that includes only the menu data portion. It is in the file called embed_main.js:

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<body>
<script language="javascript" src="milonic_src.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> 
//<![CDATA[ 
if(ns4)_d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenuns4.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");     
  else _d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=mmenudom.js><\/scr"+"ipt>"); 
//]]> 
</script>
<script language="javascript" src="bonesingermenu_data.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<div class="page_wrap clearfix">
  <div class="header_text"><h1>Bone Singer</h1></div>
  <div class="topnav" id="nav"><script language="javascript" src="embed_main.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

The sub-menus still appear detached in FF, and in IE they do not appear at all. I tried the _buildAfterLoad=true; approach but could not position the menu where I wanted it.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Pat

Post by **Ruth** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:32 pm

Hi,

Only the main menu plus a drawMenus(); at the end of it goes in the embed_main.js file, all the style and subs go in the other file called with the program files.

When the menu is in a table like this the submenus have to be built first.

Ruth

pbyrne · Post by **pbyrne** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:48 pm

Thanks Ruth. I have it working now.

Enjoy a great day!