standard menu not working

kgp43 · Post by **kgp43** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 5:53 pm

Hi all,

I just downloaded this menu, created a empty html page with the code and uploaded the additional 4 files. I get a blank page, any suggestions?

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HTML page
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<p>1231 </p>
<p>
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="milonic_src.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
<script language=JavaScript>
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="menu_data.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
</p>
<p>123 </p>
</body>
</html>

Post by **Ruth** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 6:16 pm

The page looks fine, so giving the test url you are using would be of great help so that anyone checking can see what's happening.

Ruth

kgp43 · Post by **kgp43** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 6:19 pm

sure

http://www.fedtm.com/testing/menu2.htm

bobwill · Post by **bobwill** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:12 pm

It appears that you files in are a sub-directory "testing"

You did not address where the "js" files are located. I assume they also are in "testing".

Should be:

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="/testing/milonic_src.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
<script language=JavaScript>
if(ns4)_d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=/testing/mmenuns4.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");
else _d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=/testing/mmenudom.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");
</script>
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="/testing/menu_data.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>

Post by **Ruth** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:16 pm

For some reason the menu_data.js file doesn't have the actual main horizontal menu, it's only got all the submenus listed so of course nothing shows. This part is missing

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with(milonic=new menuname("Main Menu")){
style=menuStyle;
top=10;
left=10;
alwaysvisible=1;
orientation="horizontal";
aI("text=Home;url=http://milonic.com/;status=Back To Home Page;");
aI("text=Menu Samples;showmenu=Samples;");
aI("text=Milonic;showmenu=Milonic;");
aI("text=Partners;showmenu=Partners;");
aI("text=Links;showmenu=Links;");
aI("text=My Milonic;showmenu=My Milonic;");
}

Without the main menu which is alwayvisible=1 nothing will show.
Ruth

kgp43 · Post by **kgp43** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:20 pm

bobwill wrote:It appears that you files in are a sub-directory "testing"

You did not address where the "js" files are located. I assume they also are in "testing".

Should be:

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="/testing/milonic_src.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
<script language=JavaScript>
if(ns4)_d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=/testing/mmenuns4.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");
else _d.write("<scr"+"ipt language=JavaScript src=/testing/mmenudom.js><\/scr"+"ipt>");
</script>
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="/testing/menu_data.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>

Still the same problem - nothing showing

kgp43 · Post by **kgp43** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:21 pm

innkeeper9 wrote:For some reason the menu_data.js file doesn't have the actual main horizontal menu, it's only got all the submenus listed so of course nothing shows. This part is missing
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with(milonic=new menuname("Main Menu")){
style=menuStyle;
top=10;
left=10;
alwaysvisible=1;
orientation="horizontal";
aI("text=Home;url=http://milonic.com/;status=Back To Home Page;");
aI("text=Menu Samples;showmenu=Samples;");
aI("text=Milonic;showmenu=Milonic;");
aI("text=Partners;showmenu=Partners;");
aI("text=Links;showmenu=Links;");
aI("text=My Milonic;showmenu=My Milonic;");
}
Without the main menu which is alwayvisible=1 nothing will show.
Ruth

Where should I add it?
I have just downloaded the file, and did not even open it.

kgp43 · Post by **kgp43** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:24 pm

I added it second on the page, still same problem.

bobwill · Post by **bobwill** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:25 pm

Since you are just testing, do another download of a sample file and take the "menu_data.js" and upload it to replace your exisitng.

Then you will see where things are suppose to fit.

kgp43 · Post by **kgp43** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:30 pm

that worked

weird.

Nb. I used example 9, so there must be a error in the file.

Post by **Ruth** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:30 pm

It's first on the page, meaning it's before the style definitions. It goes after this part.

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with(menuStyle=new mm_style()){
onbgcolor="#4F8EB6";
oncolor="#ffffff";
offbgcolor="#DCE9F0";
offcolor="#515151";
 etc.

after the full section of this menu style definition and before the

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with(milonic=new menuname("Samples")){
style=menuStyle;
overflow="scroll";
etc.

kgp43 · Post by **kgp43** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:34 pm

innkeeper9 wrote:It's first on the page, meaning it's before the style definitions. It goes after this part.
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with(menuStyle=new mm_style()){
onbgcolor="#4F8EB6";
oncolor="#ffffff";
offbgcolor="#DCE9F0";
offcolor="#515151";
 etc.  
after the full section of this menu style definition and before the
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with(milonic=new menuname("Samples")){
style=menuStyle;
overflow="scroll";
etc. 

That worked too

kevin3442 · Post by **kevin3442** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:34 pm

kgp43 wrote:...Nb. I used example 9, so there must be a error in the file.

Just to clarify... Sample 9 is the "table bound" example. In that example, and that one only, the js code for the Main Menu appears in the table in menu.htm, rather than in the menu_data.js file. So it was just a matter of luck (bad in this case) that the sample you tried didn't have the main menu defined in menu_data.js!

Kevin