Editing Navigation menu

Is there a way to change the colour of the navigation menu from with iweb - without editing the html. code?

iweb nav bar is rendered by javascript widgets, so how are you with javascript?
You can come up with your own javascript widgets to do these:
1) change nav bar font style: http://home.cyclosaurus.com (changing CSS)
2) duplicate nav bar to anywhere on your page, same as above link... there is a nav bar in the bottom of the page, duplicated with my widget.
3) vertical nav bar: http://widgets.cyclosaurus.com/VertNav/Welcome.html
4) scrolling along as you scroll: http://widgets.cyclosaurus.com/ScrollingNav/ScrollingNav.html
all javascript widgets... keep this in mind: over 50% of iweb generated code depend on javascript widgets.

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Editing navigational menu items

How do i change text in a copied widget menu item? Tried double/singleright clicking...using text tool, know this is super simple but is evading me!
Also created states and when copied, states did not copy with menu bar...how do I get 4 menu item states to copy page to page? Thanks alot!

Hello,
If you are using Menu widget and created an automatic Menu then I am afraid the text labels of the Menu cannot be changed. Menu widget picks up the names of your pages and creates a Menu withe the corresponding Menu labels and links.
If you want to edit the text of the labels then I would suggest you to use Manual option of the widget. Using Manual Menu type you can configure your own Menu labels and also hyperlink them to the desired pages.
Please have a look at the screenshot on how to create a Manual menu :
The only task here is that you need to create the Menu from scratch.
And regarding the states not getting copied over, generally they should get copied over. Please try in a new test website if the Menu states are getting copied over for you or not.
You can also place Menu on your Master page so that you do not have to copy them on different pages.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Sachin

Not able to edit text or place any hyperlink in navigation menu in Muse

I am not able to select/edit text in navigation menu also not able to apply any hyperlink on the text or tabs. It is not letting me do that. I don't see any hyperlink option even when I select the tab. Is it some kind of bug? I made two sites with Adobe muse and both has same problems. I have wasted so much time in finding the problem. I don't have much time to waste any more. I read other discussions thread in Adobe but didn't find any solution yet. Could you please help me?

Hello
The menu items pick the name of the page from your site's plan mode and those text (page names) and their hyperlinks are not editable, unless you change the menu type to manual from the menu options (the blue arrow on the top right corner of the menu).
Cheers
Parikshit

Problem with jquery slide show conflict with vertical navigation menu in Firefox & Chrome

Problem with jquery slide show conflict with vertical navigation menu in Firefox & Chrome. Works in IE. This is my first time trying to post a question - so please be kind. I am also not good with code and am finding css a real challenge after learning to design based on tables. I'm using CS5.
The "test" page with the slide show is: http://www.reardanwa.com/index-slides.html   The same page without the slide show is http://www.reardanwa.com/
I realize the images are not ideally sized - I'll fix those once I get the pages to function. Maybe I need a different slide show? I would prefer a widget that I can modify to required size & postition. Again - I'm not good at building with code from scratch.
The problem is the naviagation links that are directly next to the slide show do not work in Firefox of Chrome. They do work in IE.
I've read about using jQuery.noConflict(); code but can't figure out the correct way to use it in my case or whether that's even part of the solution. I know my code is not well organized as I have cobbled together from various sources in an attempt to format the page the way the client wants it. Also, FYI, I will eventually try to make the page work in Surreal CMS.
I've spent sevaral days over the last several weeks trying to solve sth slide show/navigation conflict - so any specific light you can shed will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Reardan Area Chamber of Commerce</title>
<meta name="description" content="home page for Reardan Area Chamber of Commerce" />
<meta name="keywords" content="Reardan WA, chamber of commerce" </>
<script src="scripts/jquery-1.6.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="scripts/jquery.cycle.all.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>
<script type="text/xml">
</script>
<style type="text/css">
                              #slideshow {
                                  padding: 10px;
                                        margin:0;
                              #slideshow-caption{
                                        padding:0;
                                        margin:0;
                              #slideshow img, #slideshow div {
                                  padding: 10px;
                                  background-color: #EEE;
                                  margin: 0;
body {
          font: 100%/1.4 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
          background: #004B8D;
          margin: 0;
          padding: 0;
          color: #000;
/* ~~ Element/tag selectors ~~ */
ul, ol, dl { /* Due to variations between browsers, it's best practices to zero padding and margin on lists. For consistency, you can either specify the amounts you want here, or on the list items (LI, DT, DD) they contain. Remember that what you do here will cascade to the .nav list unless you write a more specific selector. */
          padding: 0;
          margin: 0;
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p {
          margin-top: 0;           /* removing the top margin gets around an issue where margins can escape from their containing div. The remaining bottom margin will hold it away from any elements that follow. */
           /* adding the padding to the sides of the elements within the divs, instead of the divs themselves, gets rid of any box model math. A nested div with side padding can also be used as an alternate method. */
.left
position:absolute;
left:0px;
.center
margin:auto;
width:95%;
.box
          position:relative;
          left:-90px;
          width:950px;
          height:350px;
          border-radius: 13px;
    -moz-border-radius: 13px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 13px;
          z-index:1000;
.slide{
    position:absolute;
a img { /* this selector removes the default blue border displayed in some browsers around an image when it is surrounded by a link */
          border: none;
/* ~~ Styling for your site's links must remain in this order - including the group of selectors that create the hover effect. ~~ */
a:link {
          color: #42413C;
          text-decoration: underline; /* unless you style your links to look extremely unique, it's best to provide underlines for quick visual identification */
a:visited {
          color: #6E6C64;
          text-decoration: underline;
a:hover, a:active, a:focus { /* this group of selectors will give a keyboard navigator the same hover experience as the person using a mouse. */
          text-decoration: none;
/* ~~this fixed width container surrounds the other divs~~ */
.container {
          width: 960px;
          min-height:900px;
          padding:5px 0px 0px 0px;
          background: #E8F8FF;
          margin: 0 auto; /* the auto value on the sides, coupled with the width, centers the layout */
/* ~~ the header is not given a width. It will extend the full width of your layout. It contains an image placeholder that should be replaced with your own linked logo ~~ */
.header {
          background: #E8F8FF;
          padding:10px 5px 0px 5px;
.sidebar1 {
          float: left;
          width: 225px;
          margin: 60px;
          color: #FFFF0D;
          background: #595FFF;
          border-radius: 13px;
    -moz-border-radius: 13px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 13px;
          padding: 5px 5px 0px 5px;
    border: 3px solid #F7F723;
    z-index:-1;
.sidebar2 {
          float: left;
          width: 275px;
          color: #FFFF0D;
          text-align: left;
          background: #595FFF;
          padding-bottom: 10px;
          border-radius: 13px;
    -moz-border-radius: 13px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 13px;
    border: 3px solid #F7F723;
    z-index:2;
.sidebar3 {
          float: left;
          width: 275px;
          color: #FFFF0D;
          text-align: left;
          background: #595FFF;
          padding-bottom: 10px;
          border-radius: 13px;
    -moz-border-radius: 13px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 13px;
    border: 3px solid #F7F723;
    z-index:3;
.content {
          padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
          width: 780px;
          float: left;
          background: #E8F8FF;
/* ~~ This grouped selector gives the lists in the .content area space ~~ */
.content ul, .content ol {
          padding: 0px 15px 5px 10px; /* this padding mirrors the right padding in the headings and paragraph rule above. Padding was placed on the bottom for space between other elements on the lists and on the left to create the indention. These may be adjusted as you wish. */
/* ~~ The navigation list styles (can be removed if you choose to use a premade flyout menu like Spry) ~~ */
ul.nav {
          list-style: none; /* this removes the list marker */
          border-top: 0px solid #FFFF66; /* this creates the top border for the links - all others are placed using a bottom border on the LI */
          margin-bottom: 50px; /* this creates the space between the navigation on the content below */
          font: Arial Black, Verdana, , Helvetica, sans-serif;
          font-size:1.3em;
          font-weight:bold;
          z-index:2;
ul.nav li {
          border-bottom: 0px solid #FFFF66; /* this creates the button separation */
          font: 120%/1.4 Arial Black, Verdana, , Helvetica, sans-serif;
ul.nav a, ul.nav a:visited { /* grouping these selectors makes sure that your links retain their button look even after being visited */
          padding: 3px 0px 5px 0px;
          display: block; /* this gives the link block properties causing it to fill the whole LI containing it. This causes the entire area to react to a mouse click. */
          width: 185px; /*this width makes the entire button clickable for IE6. If you don't need to support IE6, it can be removed. Calculate the proper width by subtracting the padding on this link from the width of your sidebar container. */
          text-decoration: none;
          color: #FFFF0D;
          background: #595FFF;
ul.nav a:hover, ul.nav a:active, ul.nav a:focus { /* this changes the background and text color for both mouse and keyboard navigators */
          background: #595FFF;
          font: 120%/1.4 Arial Black, Verdana, , Helvetica, sans-serif;
          color: #FFFFFF;
/* ~~ The footer ~~ */
.footer {
          padding: 10px 0;
          background: #595FFF;
          color: #FFFF0D;
          position: relative;/* this gives IE6 hasLayout to properly clear */
          clear: both; /* this clear property forces the .container to understand where the columns end and contain them */
/* ~~ miscellaneous float/clear classes ~~ */
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
          float: right;
          margin-left: 8px;
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
          float: left;
          margin-right: 8px;
.clearfloat { /* this class can be placed on a <br /> or empty div as the final element following the last floated div (within the #container) if the #footer is removed or taken out of the #container */
          clear:both;
          height:0;
          font-size: 1px;
          line-height: 0px;
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header">
<a href="#"><img src="images/Chamber-Logo-2.gif" alt="Reardan Chamber Logo" width="187" height="163" hspace="10" vspace="5" align="top" /></a><img src="images/Reardan-Chamber-Title.gif" width="476" height="204" alt="Reardan Area Chamber of Commerce, Dedicated to Preserving and Enhancing Area Businesses" /><p></p>
<p style="color: #F00">This Site is under construction! Please pardon our dust as we create!</p>
</div>
<div class="sidebar1">
    <ul class="nav">
      <li><a href="about.html">About Us</a></li>
      <li><a href="history.html">Reardan History</a></li>
      <li><a href="activities.html">Activities</a></li>
      <li><a href="business.html">Business<br />
        Directory</a></li>
      <li><a href="about.html">Join the<br />
        Chamber</a></li>
       <li><a href="links.html">Links<br />
  <span style="font-size: 85%">Tourism</span><br />
      </a></li>
    </ul>
     </div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="box" +"slide">
<script type="text/javascript">
// BeginOAWidget_Instance_2559022: #slideshow
                           slideshowAddCaption=true;
$(window).load(function() {
$('#slideshow').cycle({
                    after:                              slideshowOnCycleAfter, //the function that is triggered after each transition
                    autostop:                              false,     // true to end slideshow after X transitions (where X == slide count)
                    fx:                                        'blindX',// name of transition effect
                    pause:                              false,     // true to enable pause on hover
                    randomizeEffects:          true, // valid when multiple effects are used; true to make the effect sequence random
                    speed:                              100, // speed of the transition (any valid fx speed value)
                    sync:                              true,     // true if in/out transitions should occur simultaneously
                    timeout:                    5000, // milliseconds between slide transitions (0 to disable auto advance)
                    fit:                              true,
                    height:                       '300px',
                    width:         '525px'   // container width (if the 'fit' option is true, the slides will be set to this width as well)
function slideshowOnCycleAfter() {
          if (slideshowAddCaption==true){
                              $('#slideshow-caption').html(this.title);
// EndOAWidget_Instance_2559022
</script>
<div id="slideshow">
    
    <img src="images/100_1537.jpeg" width="600" height="450" title="caption for image1" /> <img src="images/Parade-2011-2.jpg" width="300" height="225" title="caption for image2" /> <img src="images/100_1495.jpeg" width="600" height="450" title="caption for image3" />
    <div title="sample title"> Images for slide show will need to be re-sized to fit box to avoid distortion</div>
    <img src="images/beach4.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="caption for image4" /> <img src="images/beach5.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="caption for image5" /> </div>

<div id="slideshow-caption"></div></div>
<div class="sidebar2" "anotherClass editable"><p align="center"><strong>Chamber News</strong><br />
Local News item
<br />
Another New item</p>
<p align="center">lots of news this week<br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
</div>
<div class="sidebar3" "anotherClass editable"><p align="center"><strong>Upcoming Events</strong></p>
<div align="center">    <a href="activities.html" style="color: #FFFF0D">Community wide yard sales</a><br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
</div>
</div>
<div class="content"><br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="footer">
        <p align="center"><span style="font-size: small">Reardan Area Chamber of Commerce</span><br />
          <span style="font-size: x-small">[email protected] - 509.796.2102</span><br />
        </p>
        
</div></body>
</html>

If you DO want the slideshow overlaping the navigation try the below css:
.sidebar1 {
    float: left;
    width: 225px;
    margin: 60px 0px 60px 60px;
    color: #FFFF0D;
    background: #595FFF;
    border-radius: 13px;
    -moz-border-radius: 13px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 13px;
    padding: 5px 5px 0px 5px;
    border: 3px solid #F7F723;
.box {
float: left;
margin-left:-60px;
width:700px;
height:350px;
border-radius: 13px;
-moz-border-radius: 13px;
-webkit-border-radius: 13px;

Tip: How to link to a non-iWeb page in the main navigation menu.

I've figured out an easy way to add a link to the main navigation menu which links to a URL of your choosing. For example, I have an older .Mac site using the now archaic HomePage. Instead of rebuilding all of my old pages in iWeb, I thought it would be nice to add a link to the old site from the top main navigation of the iWeb pages. Sounds easy, right? Apparently Apple has other ideas as iWeb doesn't allow you to do this.
Here's a work-a-round:
Step 1.) Open iWeb and add a new page to your iWeb site. Pick any template, it doesn't matter which one.
Step 2.) Change the page name to whatever you want using the page inspector. Whatever you choose as a name here will be reflected in the main navigation menu. For example, I named my page "Photo Archives".
Step 3.) You don't need to edit this new page at all. In fact, we're going to erase all of the content in it later. Now publish your site.
Step 4.) If you're using .Mac, mount your iDisk to your desktop. Then navigate through the folders to: Web -> Sites -> iWeb -> <Your Site Name>. If you're hosting your site somewhere else, navigate to your root directory.
Step 5.) You should now be looking at all of the files which make up your iWeb site. Open the dummy page we created in Step 2 in a text editor. I used BBEdit, but TextEdit (see note below) will work just fine. For example, my dummy page is named "Photo Archives.html".
Note: If you're going to use TextEdit, you need to select the checkbox "Ignore rich-text commands in HTML files" from the Open & Save pane of the Preferences dialog PRIOR to opening the file from your iDisk.
Step 6.) Select all of the text (Command-A) and Delete.
Step 7.) Paste the following text, substituting the URL you want to link to.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title></title><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.mydomain.com/mypage.html" /></head><body></body></html>
Step 8.) Save the file. You're done! You now have a link in the main navigation which goes to any URL you want.
Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Hi,
I'm OK to step seven but in your example can you highlight or make bold the "url address part " I'm to replace with my own?
Thanks!
Step 6.) Select all of the text (Command-A) and
Delete.
Step 7.) Paste the following text, substituting the
URL you want to link to.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.d
td"><html
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title></ti
tle><meta http-equiv="refresh"
content="0;url=http://www.mydomain.com/mypage.html"
/></head><body></body></html>
Step 8.) Save the file. You're done! You now have a
link in the main navigation which goes to any URL you
want.
Mac OS X
(10.4.4)
G4 iMac,1.25 iBook, G4 Tower Mac OS X (10.4.3)

The navigation menu does not appear when published to folder and my 12 photos are not on the site either

The navigation menu does not appear when published to a file. My 12 photos are also absent as well, just as if they wernt added.
I have tried rebuilding the site but the same problem appears. Everything else seems perfect up to tha publidhed file.
Has anyone had the same problem,
John
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How can I add a link to an external page to the iWeb created navigation menu?

I want to add a link to a Wordpress blog to my iWeb created navigation menu. Dream Host is hosting my site.

Here's a JavaScript that inserts a link in the navbar
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
Paste the code in a HTML Snippet.
Edit:
See it in action (the More and Home links are added this way) :
     http://www.wyodor.net/mfi/ipad/

Add a link to the navigation / menu bar

I would like to add a home button infront of the My Workspace button in the navigation/menu bar at the top of my Vibe page.
What jsp of file should I edit to achieve this?

I didn't look for that JSP, but used the branding for a high level "menu" AND wrote my own JSP to have a dynamic horizontal menu based on a portion of the workspace tree. The problem with changing Vibe's grey menu bar is that any upcoming updates might destroy your tweak. I have a few of those I need to keep in mind whenever an update or patch is done.
With my JSP adding, removing or modifying workspaces/folders in the identified branch automagically changes on the fly generated horizontal menu with the next refresh/visit of the landing page using the JSP. The menu can be for any branch of your workspace tree. If a visitor doesn't have access to a workspace or folder, the menu skips right over it automagically as well.
You can find this homebrewed JSP and key details at : Use this nifty JSP to make a dynamic horizontal menu from a branch of your workspace tree | Novell User Communities
It allows you to reorder the menu items and even drop some workspaces/folders from the menu with a simple trick explained in the article.
To see the JSP at work, go to CSDECSO - Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques du Sud-Ouest or any of our 30 or so school web sites being implemented within our existing Vibe instance. You won't be able to change the tree branch, but you will see the menu. Some schools have slightly different menu choices, if you poke around long enough to find these differences. I just made them accessible to the public a few weeks ago.
Don't forget to use the integrated GoogleTranslate (generally near the Vibe printer icon in upper right corner beneath the branding and grey menu) to convert the bulk of our sites' content to any one of the 60 or so languages supported by Google. I have an article explaining how this was done as well. Of course, it is an automated translation, so don't expect perfection and don't be offended if it comes out the wrong way.

Please advise: create chapters and create navigation menu

Hi,
relatively new to FCP I'm trying to create three chapters in a 1.5 hr. movie. Can someone tell me how to create 3 separate chapters, each preceded by it's owner chapter page.
I want to create a navigation menu from these chapters, that will be included on the DVD so that viewers can navigate immediately to either of these chapters.
I find the FCP manual rather confusing. Any help will be greatly appreciated !!!!
THNX
Wim
[email protected]

In FCP, you create chapter markers by first making sure that none of the clips are selected, then place the Timeline playhead where you want the chapter marker to be located, then hit the m key twice. A marker dialog window will open; give the chapter a name if you like (optional), then click the Chapter button in the dialog window.
Once you're finished with that (all editing should be completed before chapter markers are added), go to File-Export->QuickTime Movie. Include DVD Studio Pro markers in the drop-down menu.
Once in DVD Studio Pro, create the menu(s) you want to use, or import them if you created the menus in another application like Motion or Photoshop. Link to menu buttons to the chapters.
You should be able to find any number of tutorials online regarding this subject, as well as plenty of information in the DVD-SP user's manual/help files.
-DH

Spacing in the Navigation Menu

Is there any way to space (align & distribute) the text in the Navigation Menu to make it more appealing and less cluttered?

Yes there is a way to do this, but you have to edit the template XML to do it.
I've explained how to get into the XML and edit things in a handful of threads. But here's the version at my site. Some of the user comments are helpful.
http://11mystics.com/blog/2006/10/25/change-iweb-hyperlink-navbar-colors/
Once you get into the XML, search for the word orientation. That will find the area where you can set the padding between your nav bar entries. Ask questions. No need to beat your head

Hyperlinks in Navigation Menu?

I want to have a hyperlink to another website in the navigation menu on my website. How do I do this? I can't seem to find anything.

I know of one way but it is somewhat complex.
1 - create a blank page where you want the link to appear and name it whatever you want.
2 - publish the site with the blank page.
3 - go to your iDisk/Web/Sites/Site name folder and look for the blank page html file. Open it with a text editor and add the following text in front of the </head>tag:
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=http://www.the-domain-you-want-to-redirect-to.com">.
0 is the number of seconds before the viewer is redirected. The URL would be for the site you want to send the viewer to. This demo page is such a page with a 10 second delay.
As long as you don't republish the page you won't have to go back in and add the code again. What I've done is keep a copy of that page's html file on my HD and if I have to republish the entire site I just replace the new file with the edited one.
This will put the link you want into the iWeb produced navbar and the redirected page will not be displayed. HOWEVER, this will take viewers away from your site with no way to get back except for using the back button in the browser. That is unless you have a link on the other site taking you back to your original site.
I would put a text link on the pages that open the other site in a separate window so the original site is always open for the visitor. But that's just a personal preference.
OT

Navigation menu--not centered

Mac gurus,
When I transferred my site to iweb 08, many things were different, but the one thing that I can't fix is the navigation menu. After reading some posts, I am nervous about publishing it, but even before I publish it, I would like to CENTER the navigation menu. The text block itself is still centered on the page, but the hyperlinks are now lined up on the left side of the text block.
I am unable to highlight anything in the text block in order to make the hyperlinks centered.
Any thoughts?
Thanks for your help, as always!
Lara Walker
Message was edited by: Doug & Lara

I feel your pain!
The funny/worst thing is that I have added 2 new pages since I posted the original request for help: one blog and one movie page. The blog page that I added is in a different template and it centered the navigation menu with no problem. The movie page that I added is in the same template as the original website and the navigation menu is un-centered just like the rest of the pages. Bizarre!!! I thought that a new page would not have the same issues as the old pages do upon transfer.
Lara

Navigation menu on main page working yet?

I still do not have the main nav menu on the homepage working. Right now I have it marked as not displaying and have copied and pasted it onto each page which is a pain. This is really a basic function of any website and no matter how many other bells and wistles you have the basic site navigation needs to be a priority when providing a website building software.
I really love muse and have a pretty good working website for a very satisfied customer, however I accidentally discovered the missing navigation menu when trying to train an employee of the company to use their site. It was pretty embarrasing and did not impress them. It shows up fine in safari which is why I never noticed it, but when they use Explorer it is not there, and this is only on the main home page ther rest of the pages display it fine. If you click on where it is supposed to be on the home page the navigation works. It is just not displayed, which is kind of stupid looking.
Please let me know when this very important feature gets really fixed!!!

Yes. Dreamweaver Templates (DWT files) allow you to define repeatable areas on your site pages such as common #headers, #footers, #menus as well as editable regions for unique page content.
Server-Side Includes (SSIs) are also a good way of inserting commonly used code snippets using a single file. Once uploaded, the include file parses to all parent pages which contain a reference to it.
Guidance on when to use DW Templates, Library Items and SSIs -
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/ssi_lbi_template.html
More on DWTemplates and SSIs:
http://www.smartwebby.com/web_site_design/dreamweaver_template.asp
http://www.smartwebby.com/web_site_design/server_side_includes.asp
Templates Make your life easier
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2328300#2328300
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
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Changing color of Navigation menu items

I can't figure out how to change color of the navigation menu. any help?

The treatment of the navigation bar is hard-coded in XML files which control the appearance of iWeb templates. You cannot change this from within iWeb itself.
In fact, iWeb treats items on the navigation bar as images, as you'll see if you open a folder for one of your iWeb pages on your iDisk. Go to iDisk/Web/Sites/iWeb/SIteName/PageName_files and you'll find files such as navbar0normal.png, navbar0rollover.png, navbar1normal.png, navbar1rollover.png and so on. iWeb generates these based on the names you assign to your pages, using the font and colours specified in the controlling XML.
It is possible to change the appearance of the navigation bar, but only by editing the XML files within the iWeb application itself. Take a look at the 11 Mystics site, where Suzanne Boben provides a detailed description of what's involved. It's not something for the faint-hearted to tackle.
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Navigation menu - current page = HOW??

I've been pulling my hair out for days over such a simple thing as having a navigation page with page links, and wanting the current page to stand out in the navigation menu (a different style from the other links).
I created a html content layout template to achieve this. In my template (which my page link items use) I have tried to figure out what page I am on. Nothing works at all. I've googled the hell out of this forum and the internet at large, and no go. How do I get the value (url) of the current page? as in http://myserver.com/myportal/mypage/mysubpage sot hat I may compare it to the items destination url?
In my template, I have an if else construct, but since I don't know what to compare my #item.pageurl# (or some such) to, I'm getting absolutely nowhere. owa_util.get_cgi_env is not helping, nothing useful can be grabbed from those headers (just urls for individual portlets or items etc).
I do not administer this server myself, nor do I have access to it other than this one pagegroup through the navigator/builder GUI. My permissions are pretty restricted too I guess.
So is there a simple way to get the url of the page I'm on? Or has someone already done this and I've been at it for naught? Help! :(
Portal version is OracleAS Portal 10g Release 2 (10.1.4)

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by saying html content layout template, do you mean that on Navigator, you using html template (in the pageGroups tab/any-pageGroup/html templates) or a User Interface Template (within the providers tab options)?Yes, my page group -> html templates -> HTML Content Layout
I'm using this template to style the page link items in my navigation page (you know, some divs, css and so on), my template looks like this (ignore the if construct owa_util.bla_blah('BLAH'), it obviously doesn't work but it's there to illustrate exactly what I need:
<oracle>
declare
luokka varchar2(300);
begin
htp.p('page_url: #PAGE.EDITPAGE.URL#');
if owa_util.get_cgi_env('BLAH')='#ITEM.PAGENAME#' then
class:= 'active';
else
class:='nonactive';
end if;
htp.p('<div style="padding-left:15px; font-weight:bold;background-image: url(https://myportal.com/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/1911205.PNG);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position:left;" class='|| class||'>#ITEM.CONTENT#</div>');
end;
</oracle>
if you are using the first one of them, then try the following to get page_url;
- in the body section of the template, use <ORACLE> </ORACLE> tags-pair to write a plsql code;
<oracle>
declare
v_pageUrl varchar2(50):= '#PAGE.EDITPAGE.URL#';This doesn't give me anything, and #PAGE.EDITPAGE.URL# is not available in the substitution string list. I only have substittion strings that begin with #ITEM
begin
htp.p('page url = '||substr(v_page_url,1,instr(v_page_url,'?',1)-1 )||'<br>');
end;
</oracle>
this should give you the url of the page you are on.
hope that helps!Edited by: Baguette on 25-Feb-2009 09:02
Edited by: Baguette on 25-Feb-2009 09:05

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