Mac computer can not pull up the menu

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:00 pm

Surfergirl wrote:you are kidding? how do I get rid of all the little invisible things you see - will they disappear if I save it as a txt? or do I have to start over from scratch?

Kidding? Have we ever lied to you...

They should all go away.

Hergio · Post by **Hergio** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:02 pm

You should be ok. Viewing your file, if everything looks ok and you see no funny characters, things are spaced properly and such, if you save as the text format, it should encode everything properly. Text format is doesn't use as big a character set when displaying and saving files, its not as extensive as Unicode (the text format is ASCII I believe), and thats why something came up funny in Unicode, because it was able to encode something funny when ASCII would just make it a space or nothing at all. Correct me if I am wrong here.

Surfergirl · Post by **Surfergirl** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:04 pm

it's hard being stupid, it hurts. If I save it in notepad , text there is a choice of ANSI - is that correct?

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:04 pm

Hergio wrote:Correct me if I am wrong here.

Yes, you are not wrong...

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:08 pm

Surfergirl wrote:it's hard being stupid, it hurts. If I save it in notepad , text there is a choice of ANSI - is that correct?

Yes, but note that 'choice' is the default, which is exactly what you want. The others are 2 unicode (which we just told you about), and UTF-8, which you also do NOT want.

Rule: Straight, plain-jane text for .js

Surfergirl · Post by **Surfergirl** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:08 pm

thx bunches - will let you know if it worked

Hergio · Post by **Hergio** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:08 pm

If I save it in notepad , text there is a choice of ANSI - is that correct?

Yup thats ok. But remember if you dont specify a .js on the end of the file name, it will make it a txt file. You need to make sure you force the name by saying menu_data.js or even "menu_data.js".

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:08 pm

I found that sometimes, when the menu didn't appear to change, after I restarted the computer it came up correct. Now I just close the browser and reopen, just to make sure the cache cleared or a new image reloaded.

maz

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:11 pm

maz wrote:I found that sometimes, when the menu didn't appear to change, after I restarted the computer it came up correct. Now I just close the browser and reopen, just to make sure the cache cleared or a new image reloaded.

Much easier to just hold down Shift while clicking Refresh in the browser. This forces (in browsers that behave themselves!) a reload of the page from the server.

Surfergirl · Post by **Surfergirl** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 6:48 pm

have followed the saving process to a T - he says he still can't pull up the menu.

I had him go to milonic.com - he can see that menu - hurray - so its just something wrong on my side - any more good ideas?

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 6:48 pm

Thanks for the tip, I do have it set up to reload every time, but I'll still try it.
maz

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:35 pm

maz wrote:Thanks for the tip, I do have it set up to reload every time, but I'll still try it.
maz

Mine is set that way, also, but I know for a fact it doesn't do it every time.

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:01 pm

Surfergirl wrote:have followed the saving process to a T - he says he still can't pull up the menu.

I had him go to milonic.com - he can see that menu - hurray - so its just something wrong on my side - any more good ideas?

I just pulled your data file down again, and it's still showing up as Unicode.

When you send this file to the server most ftp programs give you a choice of what format to send. Possibilities (not knowing what program you use) are automatic, binary, text, raw, etc. Again, as with the save, you must select text (it might also say ASCII or ANSI). Do NOT rely on automatic, or anything like it, to do the job. Text.

Surfergirl · Post by **Surfergirl** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:48 pm

I'm uploading through DW - I don't know if there is a setting.

Are you sure saving it as a text file will dump the bad stuff? I'm looking for the easy way of getting around retyping all that blood sweat and tears.

will try other FTP program now

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:50 pm

DW should be just fine.

Surfergirl · Post by **Surfergirl** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:56 pm

John - can you still see the Unicode ?

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:02 pm

Just sent you one via e-mail. It should work, but your e-mail program might choke because it's a .js file. Let me know.

Also, since you have DW, why are you editing in note/wordpad

Surfergirl · Post by **Surfergirl** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:08 pm

ooo, I don't know - I can't get it open in DW - its says "Unable to launch....be sure the application exists (notepad) and there is enough memory to run it" - so I use Notepad.. tell me how to do it proper ...

I have most likely messed up the src file too - as I uploaded it the same way

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:36 pm

Are you talking about the file I just sent you? That was saved in DW! Maybe the e-mail programs messed it up - should have zipped it.

Start up DW, then from the File menu select Open and try to get it that way. If it works do a Save As menu_data.js (don't forget the .js on the end!).

You can also right click on the file itself, then from the popup menu select Open With. If DW isn't already listed there then select Choose Program and select DW from there.

Surfergirl · Post by **Surfergirl** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:52 pm

ok, I have resaved as a text file in DW and reloaded -

DW does not look very friendly - its all run together...is there a secret way around that?