Hello everyone,
First, I hope this post isn’t too long – I’ve done lots
of troubleshooting on this so I documented it. Hope it helps. Thank you, in
advance, for your patience.
I’m a site planner and designer - no expert in Javascript.
Nevertheless, I’m able to poke around and get the gist of things.
Sorry I won’t be able to be very active in the forum – too
many irons in the fire. But I hope my issue will help someone else. I've
dutifully read through many of the support resources, but suspect this isn't a beginner question.
For the Milonic folk: In 2000, I went walking, solo in the Lake District for
four days and absolutely loved it. The youth hostels were charming and
everyone I met treated me kindly. mBaaaa! I want to go back!
My Problem
I guess the simplest way to start is by asking this: does any part of the
milonic_src file affect how the root of a URL is determined? Has anyone ever had problems
with the menus in relation to one URL pointing to another on a (windows) server?
(I’m using Menu Version 5.71, testing on IE 6.0 and Netscape 7.0
for starters. Please see FYI at the bottom of the post)
If you go to http://www.miltoncatused.com (the main company site is
http://www.miltoncat.com ) you’ll see that most of the main menu items
you click (About Us, Parts, etc.) returns a “page not found”
error. The strange thing is that a “phantom” directory
called “contact” gets stuck in there, so the links break.
http://www.miltoncat.com/contact/parts/index.html
One odd exception is the Machines link, which does nothing except add a
hash mark (#) to the URL http://www.miltoncatused.com/index.html#.
Once you’ve clicked that, all those top-level menus are frozen. You
have to delete the # to get the 404 error again.
Originally menu_dataMAIN.js “Machines” link had a hash
mark. I corrected it and the link in menu_data.js to mdivision/main.html
and uploaded them. It’s been more than a day since then so the
server must have refreshed (I refreshed my FTP windows and cleared my
browser History). This is the code I have in both menu files:
Code: Select all
aI("text= Machines ;showmenu=machines;url=/mdivision/main.html;
separatorsize=1")
aI("text=Used;url=http://www.miltoncatused.com/index.html;
showmenu=;separatorsize=1")
that’s the cause of the problem. They assure me that there is no
such “contact” directory (besides the one that should be
there). I can’t see this phantom directory via my FTP client either.
For that matter, I can’t see the index.html file for
miltoncatused.com.
I really don’t think it’s the Milonic code, but rather has to
do with the server file structure. Our menu_data files are correct –
they work everywhere else on the site.
Hostway thought the breadcrumbs code might also be the problem. I see a
breadcrumb function on the pages but I don’t think they are
enabled – at least if they are I couldn’t see where the
function gets called.
FYI
* All the .js files are located in a folder called js off the root.
* I’m using Menu Version 5.71, testing on IE 6.0 and Netscape 7.0
for starters.
* Someone else built the site. I think they owe Milonic a fee for the DHTML
menus, which I’d be happy to discuss with the support folk.
* When I log in to either URL with an FTP client, the path is exactly the
same: /home/www/miltoncat/
