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JohnH
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Oct 23, 2003, 9:24 AM

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I have been playing with making a dynamic menu for AM. It is dynamically populated as the code is contained within the category_list.html file. Have only tested it on IE as of now. I have attached the category_list.html file along with three GIF files needed. Copy the GIF files into the publish folder and the category_list.html file into the templates folder. Be sure to backup your original category_list.html file as always. The menu will float on the left side of the page, as the customer browses the page it will always be accessible for when they are ready to make their next choice. It is also nice in that it keeps the menu items clutter to a minimum. Thought I would share it to anyone who may want to play with it.

JohnH


(This post was edited by JohnH on Oct 23, 2003, 9:26 AM)
Attachments: category_list.html (5.65 KB)
  menu.gif (0.97 KB)
  menub.gif (0.97 KB)
  top.gif (0.92 KB)


Donna
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Oct 23, 2003, 3:30 PM

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Hi John!

Very cool little menu. :) Do you happen to have a test site up where we can see it in action?

Donna

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JohnH
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Oct 23, 2003, 7:10 PM

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Unfortunately I do all my playing on a development server inside the firewall so it is not accessible from outside. I did however place the code inside a default Category_list.html file. This way it can be tested without much work....just copy the images to the publish folder and replace the Category_list.html file in the templates folder. Of course after backing it up.....learned that leason the hard way even while testing......will never forget that word backup...backup...backup



JohnH


webdesignpro
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Nov 12, 2003, 2:12 PM

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John,

I downloaded the files and gave it a try, but when I view an article or any other page, the menu doesn't show up. Is there anything besides backup and uploading the files required to make the menu appear? On which page should I see the menu? I even republished all articles from the admin area, but it didn't make a difference.

Thanks!

-Harold


JohnH
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Nov 12, 2003, 5:33 PM

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Re: [webdesignpro] Dynamic DHTML Floating Menu [In reply to] Can't Post
Harold,

Pretty much that was everything to it. The category_list file should pretty much be standard issue with the exception of the added code and the images placed in the annotated folders.

The menu should show in the upper left hand corner on any page using the category list for the menu. All of this is based off of the standard installation files......

Has anyone else tried this successfully?



JohnH


webdesignpro
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Nov 12, 2003, 9:03 PM

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Well.... I just installed AM yesterday, and besides adding a couple of test articles, everything else is the default installation. Try a link (below) to take a look at the pages, and you can let me know if I've done something wrong.

http://www.technocoatings.com/articles/publish/index.shtml

I noticed that in the source code for this page, there are calls to two includes:

<!-- INCLUDE CATEGORY LIST -->
<!--#include virtual="/articles/publish/category_list.shtml" -->

<!-- INCLUDE SEARCH FORM -->
<!--#include virtual="/articles/publish/search_form.shtml" -->

However, neither of these shows up on the page for some reason. I checked the articles/publish folder, and both files are present. What's going on here?


webdesignpro
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Nov 12, 2003, 10:00 PM

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OK. Nevermind. After some research, I figured out that SSI was not active on the server. I turned it on, restarted Apache... and BAM! The menu and everything else was working like a charm. Thanks!