Pop-up menu - Arrow Image for submenu doesn't appear in DW/IE

Question

Hello all,
I created a pop-up menu with submenus in Fireworks MX 2004
=> this is displayed fine in a preview in FW.
I then exported this image and html files to a subdir within
my website. I then used the following to insert it into my template
file:
Insert => Image => Fireworks HTML => selected the
html file exported in FW.
My problem is, when I try to preview the page in IE (via DW
MX 2004), the pop-up menu and submenus are all ok....BUT...
the small arrow (image) to link between the First menu level
and the second submenu doesn't appear -> instead the generic
image appears (as in file not found). Looking at the code on the
template page, the file is "arrows.gif" and the path looks ok in
the file.
Note that MM_menu.js and the arrows.gif and all other
exported files (from FW) are in the same directory.
mm_menu_0510135640_0.childMenuIcon="../images/photogallery/arrows.gif";
It seems as though the path for the arrows.gif isn't right -
any ideas where?
Thanks & Regards,
SM

Answer 1

If you are going to use these menus, you need to know
something about them.
Please read this -
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
There are MUCH better ways -
Check the uberlink and MacFly tutorials at PVII -
http://www.projectseven.com/
and the Navbar tutorial/articles at Thierry's place
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/
Or this one (more recent article):
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/Pure_CSS_Dropdown_Menus.asp
Or to get it done fast, go here -
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/index.htm
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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"srmistry" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello all,
>
> I created a pop-up menu with submenus in Fireworks MX
2004 => this is
> displayed fine in a preview in FW.
>
> I then exported this image and html files to a subdir
within my website. I
> then used the following to insert it into my template
file:
> Insert => Image => Fireworks HTML => selected
the html file exported in
> FW.
>
> My problem is, when I try to preview the page in IE (via
DW MX 2004), the
> pop-up menu and submenus are all ok....BUT...
>
> the small arrow (image) to link between the First menu
level and the
> second
> submenu doesn't appear -> instead the generic image
appears (as in file
> not
> found). Looking at the code on the template page, the
file is "arrows.gif"
> and
> the path looks ok in the file.
>
> Note that MM_menu.js and the arrows.gif and all other
exported files (from
> FW)
> are in the same directory.
>
mm_menu_0510135640_0.childMenuIcon="../images/photogallery/arrows.gif";
>
> It seems as though the path for the arrows.gif isn't
right - any ideas
> where?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> SM
>