Pop up menus - network links

Hello.
I am working on an intranet site. On this particular page,
that would have a lot of links, I decided to use pop ups. Some of
the links will go to other intranet pages, so I can type in the url
(the url links are working). I want some of the links to pull up
documents [that will be stored with the web files in the network
folder, in subfolders...].
I found a post on here with a similar issue:
my pop up menu links are failing. If I place an existing web
address like www.google.com or com other website I can get them to
work but when I place the directory and file name of a page on my
site ( X:\directory1\subdirectory\filename.htm) I can't seem to get
them to work. Is there a specific format the file name has to be in
to get the menus to work? It's driving me crazy.
and this was the reply
are you using a template? I had the same problem and had to do
this:
instead of this folder/file.html
I had to do this ../folder/fole.html
if you are using a template it is thinking that your files
are in the template directory, so you actuall have to back out of
the directory in order to access the files
which I found insightful. I have tried "backing out" and see
the difference ( instead of getting nothing or error on page. I now
can tell the the computer is looking for the file in the link, the
results are "page cannot be displayed").I think I am headed in the
right direction, but I haven't figured out how to fill in the
location so that my links work.
FYI, I am using fireworks and dreamweaver. So instead working
on the graphics (fw) file, I decided to just experiment with the
code directly using dw.
Can any add more?
Thanks

I'm afraid of using layers for browser-compatibility reasons.
I'm already seeing signficant differences between the way IE,
Safari and Mozilla treat the same page (the home page of the site,
which uses layers).
However, thank you for the suggestion. I may end up going
that route, or may just design the form elements to appear lower on
the page.
Also, it turns out that the form elements that are causing
problems contain ASP code - I think that may be the real issue -
Microsoft is trying to appear on top of DW! Ha.

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How do I have Blu-Ray pop up menus linked together if I'm using multiple timelines?

I have a 6 timeline project that I put in pop up menus for. Each timeline asks for it's own pop up menu to use. The pop up menus seemed to need to be created with the multiple chapter option to work for me, I couldn't create stand alones and link them together because the timeline asks for ONE pop up menu associated with it. I then created 6 separate pop up menus (each one ended up with about 3 pages) one for each timeline. I tried to link POP UP MENU1 to POP UP MENU2 with a NEXT button at the end of the last page of POP UP MENU1. When I drag the whip to link it to the proper pop up menu when I actually look at the button the link is the current pop up menu not the one I want it linked to, so I am unable to do this. The pop up menus function properly on my Blu-Ray player- If I am viewing material from timeline 1, I can pull up POP UP MENU1 and arrow back and forth to the three pages on this, POP UP MENU2 functions the same way for timeline 2. etc.
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First of all, the pop up menus can not be linked to each other.
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I want to select a preset.
What I did is create 2 pop-up menus. The first with the preset folders and the second with the presets from that folder.
Each pop-up group has a pop-up and a static field with the current choise.
After selecting a different value from the first pop-up menu I want to have the second popup menu filled with the new, right presets of that folder.
The first time everything works correct.
However when selecting a different folder I see that the "preset table" is filled with the correct new preset of that folder. Also the static field below the second pop-up menu shows the first value of the correct new presets. But the second pop-up menu itself still contains the presets of the first folder and not the new folder.
Yet in the Observer I see that the preset table contains the right and new presets.
My code is below.
I based it on the sample in the SDK manual.
Question: How can I update the second pop-up menu so that the pop-up menu shows the right presets.
Code below
local LrApplication = import 'LrApplication'
local LrPathUtils = import 'LrPathUtils'
local LrFileUtils = import 'LrFileUtils'
local LrBinding = import "LrBinding"
local LrDialogs = import "LrDialogs"local LrFunctionContext = import "LrFunctionContext"
local LrView = import "LrView"
local bind = LrView.bind -- shortcut for bind() method
--     https://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua
local inspect = require 'inspect'
local logFilename = 'PresetList'
local myLogger = import 'LrLogger'( logFilename )
myLogger:enable( "logfile" )
local logPath
Name          emptyLogFile
Purpose          Clears the existing log file.
From cookbook: http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Clearing_your_logfile_automatically-19677.html
function emptyLogFile()
--local myLogger = import 'LrLogger'( 'Stash' )
myLogger:disable()
logPath = LrPathUtils.child(LrPathUtils.getStandardFilePath('documents'), logFilename .. ".log")
if LrFileUtils.exists( logPath ) then
local success, reason = LrFileUtils.delete( logPath )
if not success then
logger:error("Error deleting existing logfile!" .. reason)
end
end
myLogger:enable( "logfile" )
end
Name          getLocationLogFile.
Purpose          Returns the full path of the current log file.
function getLocationLogFile()
return logPath
end
local function getPresetFolders()
-- Get all folders with presets
    local lrPresetFolders = LrApplication.developPresetFolders()
    local presetFolderCache = {}
local record = {}
    for i, fo in ipairs( lrPresetFolders ) do
record = {title = fo:getName(), value = fo }
--record = {title = fo:getName(), value = fo:getName() }
--myLogger:info( "folder name = " .. fo:getName() )
table.insert ( presetFolderCache, record )
end
--     myLogger:info("Voor de listing")
--     myLogger:info("preset Folders : " .. inspect ( presetFolderCache ) )
return presetFolderCache
end
local function getPresets ( folderObject )
local presets = folderObject:getDevelopPresets()
local presetCache = {}
local record = {}
for j, p in ipairs( presets ) do
record = {title = p:getName(), value = p:getName() }
--record = {title = p:getName(), value = p:getName() }
myLogger:info( "getPresets = " .. p:getName() )
table.insert ( presetCache, record )
end
myLogger:info("presets : " .. inspect ( presetCache ) )
return presetCache
end
local function ChoosePreset()
emptyLogFile()
local presetFolders = getPresetFolders()
local currentPresetFolder = presetFolders[1]["value"]
local presets = getPresets ( currentPresetFolder )
myLogger:info(presets)
--     myLogger:info("preset Folders : " .. inspect ( presetFolders ) )
LrFunctionContext.callWithContext( 'Pop-up example', function( context )
local f = LrView.osFactory() -- obtain view factory
local properties = LrBinding.makePropertyTable( context ) -- make prop table
-- create some keys with initial values
properties.presetFolder = presetFolders[1]["value"] -- for radio buttons and pop-up menu
properties.preset = presets[1]["value"]
properties:addObserver( 'presetFolder', function( properties, key, newValue )
myLogger:info("Observer - get preset list" )
currentPresetFolder = properties.presetFolder
presets = getPresets ( currentPresetFolder )
myLogger:info(presets)
myLogger:info("Observer - Preset table: " .. inspect ( presets ) )
--     Set the new value
properties.preset = presets[1]["value"]
myLogger:info("Observer: " .. presets[1]["title"] )
end )
--     myLogger:info("presetFolder = " .. properties.presetFolder )
--     myLogger:info("preset = " .. properties.preset )
local contents = f:column { -- create view hierarchy
fill_horizontal = 1,
spacing = f:control_spacing(),
bind_to_object = properties, -- default bound table is the one we made
f:group_box {
title = "Preset folders",
fill_horizontal = 1,
spacing = f:control_spacing(),
f:popup_menu {
value = bind 'presetFolder', -- current value bound to same key as static text
items = presetFolders
f:static_text {
fill_horizontal = 1,
title = bind 'presetFolder', -- bound to same key as current selection
f:group_box {
title = "Presets",
fill_horizontal = 1,
spacing = f:control_spacing(),
f:popup_menu {
value = bind 'preset', -- current value bound to same key as static text
items = presets
--     items = getPresets ( currentPresetFolder )
f:static_text {
fill_horizontal = 1,
title = bind 'preset', -- bound to same key as current selection
local result = LrDialogs.presentModalDialog( -- invoke the dialog
title = "Select preset",
contents = contents,
end
end
-- Now display the dialogs
ChoosePreset()

That should work because you are likely to be creating a new table each time computeNewItems() executes..
Sometime the bind function doesn't recognise whether the contents of a table bound to a property changes. So if you use something like this:
local myItems = computeNewItems() -- compute array of tables with title and value members
properties['myPresetItems'] = myItems -- assign to bound member of property table.
it will work the first time. If you then do this:
myItems = computeNewItems() -- compute array of tables with title and value members but using existing variable
properties['myPresetItems'] = myItems -- assign to bound member of property table. Change might not be noticed by bind.
In this instance you would need to reassign the same value again. i.e.
properties['myPresetItems'] = myItems -- assign to bound member of property table again to force bind to check for table values.
Setting a property with the same value twice seems to trick bind into checking to see whether you have bound a table. I'm not sure whether this trick is only required on some versions of LR (e.g. LR 2) or only on one of the platforms, but even if it isn't required in LR 5 it will help improve your backwards compatibility and it shouldn't cause any harm to continue using it in LR 5.
Matt

How to edit DW 8 pop-up menus in DW CS5?

Hello,
Yes, I understand about Spry menu bar in CS5 and will use it in the future for creating new pop-up menus.
However, I have already created many pop-up menus using DW 8 for multiple web sites and standalone web pages - about 100 web pages total - for my employer.
Is it possible to edit these DW 8 pop-up menus from within DW CS5?
I did try the only instructions I found, which I thought were to choose ~ Deprecated from the Behaviors menu, and then choose the Pop-up menu. However, even when I have open a web page in CS5 containing an existing pop-up menu I created in DW 8, I do not see anything about Deprecated on the Behaviors menu.
I tried positioning my cursor on the URL and then also on a graphic item associated with the pop-up menu behavior I applied in DW 8 - still did not see "Deprecated" in the Behaviors menu or how to select it. (Please note that my pop-up menus do not involve Fireworks MX in any way; they were created directly in DW 8 by applying the pop-up menu JavaScript behavior.)
What am I missing? How do I select "Deprecated" in the Behaviors menu?
Is there some other way - or any way at all - I can edit my pop-up menus previously created in 100+ web pages ? I really do not have time to re-do all of these web pages using Spry.
Please advise. Thanks!

Hello, Thanks for the response. All of my web sites and standalone web pages are internal, behind the corporate firewall so I cannot provide you with links.
Recap: The pop-up menus I created in DW 8 work beautifully, seamlessly and were very easy to maintain in the earlier version of Dreamweaver. I have been using DW pop-up menus since 2004.
Goal: To update and edit these pop-up menus created in DW 8 - in DW CS5. Why? Because we have multiple websites and standalone web pages, 100+ web pages total, some with multiple pop-up menus on each page and it is not possible due to time limitations to re-code and re-develop all of these existing pages using the new Spry menu. We will use the Spry menu when we create new menus for new web pages in the future.
I have previously read here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WSc78c5058ca073340dcda9110b1f693f21-7ae 9a.html that you choose ~ Deprecate from the Behaviors menu to update existing DW 8 pop-up menus in DW CS 5, but I do not have this option available to me - I do not see a "Deprecate" selection available when I select an existing DW 8 pop-up menu to edit in CS5. Perhaps I am doing something wrong? When I place my cursor on the pop-up menu items, and go to the Behaviors panel, I do not have a Deprecate option, and the pop-up menu actions are not available to select.
I am concerned that the only way it appears that I can edit the pop-up menus is to edit the HTML which is possible but messy, and defeats the reason for having DW in the first place. Otherwise, I guess we go back to using DW8 and don't use DW CS5 at all for our existing web pages. If that happens, management will certainly question "why did we pay $400 for a commercial license for a software product which does not allow us to edit our existing web pages?".
Here are two coding samples from my web pages with the links changed so that confidential information is non-identifiable:
Example 1
1. Link coding associated with the pop-up menu behavior (identifiable link information changed for this example):
<a href="examples1/index.html" name="link1" id="site-home" style="text-decoration:none" onmouseover="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112173011_0,152,-1,null,'link1')" onmouseout="MM_startTimeout();">Example link 1<img src="images/triangle-sm.gif" alt="pointer" width="5" height="6" style="margin-left:6px"/></a>
2. Associated coding in the <head> tag for this particular example:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="mm_menu.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
3. Of course, we load the menus in the first line after the open <body> tag:
<script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script>
The "mm_menu.js" file itself is located in the self-same directory/folder as the web page, so it loads properly and the pop-up menus function as expected.
Example 2
1. Link coding associated with the pop-up menu behavior (identifiable link information changed for this example):
<a href="javascript:void(0)" name="link5" id="link1" onclick="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0203084229_0,-115,-40,null,'link5')" onmouseout="MM_startTimeout();">Reports</a>
2. Associated coding in the <head> tag for this particular example:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javaScript">

</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="mm_menu.js"></script>
3. Of course, we load the menus in the first line after the open <body> tag:
<script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script>
The "mm_menu.js" file itself is located in the self-same directory/folder as the web page, so it loads properly and the pop-up menus function as expected.
-------End Code and examples-------
Please advise. Thanks.

Working with pop up menus in Dreamweaver CS4

this is my first time working with pop up menus in CS4 (have built many in previous versions), Adobe says you cannot create the pop up menus due to the new Spry feature - but that you can alter existing menus using the Behaviours panel
I have just launched a new website using pop up menus - and there is a glitch when viewing the rollover/pop up menus: I see a question mark to the left of each image in the menu (the images themselves are working beautifully), does anyone know why?
view the website here:
http://www.kiwihouse.org.nz
I want to keep the pop up menu so am looking for a solution to eliminate the floating question mark
does it have anything to do with the multiple javascripts on each page?.. I have one for the menus, and one for the multiple fadeshow
any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
dQ

Not sure if this is the problem, don't have time to go through all your code - but putting the page through the validator bought up a lot of errors...
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwihouse.org.nz%2F
Look at the 3rd error message - it's to do with the way the script link has been written.
Lots of other errors that need fixing as well.
On another note, these pop up menus are not the best way to create menus these days, that's why the pop up menu feature was removed from the latest DW version.
Articles that may be of interest:
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
http://apptools.com/rants/jsmenu.php
http://apptools.com/rants/menus.php

Templates + Pop Up Menus

I know, I know Murray, you said these don't work in the past,
however, I made a template with a pop up / drop down (however you
like to call it) menu and so far it seems to work just fine. Am I
delusional ? Headed for a huge fall later on when I discover X
dosn't work with this feature ? Or does it really work now ?
I do know that pop up menus don't work with library items
still but the templates seem to be ok. Any experience for this
anyone ?
Cheers
Simon

> Am I delusional ?
Yes.
> Headed for a huge fall later on when I discover X dosn't
work with this
> feature ?
Yes. Rename or move a linked page. Add a new menu button to
the page.
> I do know that pop up menus don't work with library
items
Actually, that's wrong too. They work just fine with Library
items -
http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_library4d.html
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>I know, I know Murray, you said these don't work in the
past, however, I
>made a
> template with a pop up / drop down (however you like to
call it) menu and
> so
> far it seems to work just fine. Am I delusional ? Headed
for a huge fall
> later
> on when I discover X dosn't work with this feature ? Or
does it really
> work now
> ?
>
> I do know that pop up menus don't work with library
items still but the
> templates seem to be ok. Any experience for this anyone
>
> Cheers
>
> Simon
>

Beyond Pop-Up Menus

I recently generated a set of pulldown menus using
dreamweaver 8 behaviors. I am currently trying to modify them.
First I moved the onmouseover from the link to the table cell.
During onmousover I want the table cell to turn the same color as
the pulldown menu (similar to the pulldown menus on the adobe site
above).
Test Page
http://www.triodisplay.com/company/about2.php
I gave the cells ids and added some javascript. The first
link (catalog) works correctly while the others don't during
onMouseout.
Here is the javascript I created to change the color of the
cell.
quote:
function changeStyleById(id){
if (document.getElementById)
var nodeObj = document.getElementById(id)
nodeObj.style.background = '#333333';
function changeStyleBackById(id){
if (menuid != 0) {
var nodeObj = document.getElementById(id)
nodeObj.style.background = '#B2B2B2';
Here is the cell that calls the code.
quote:
<td align="left" id="1"
onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0425152551_0,-2,9,null,'image1',
'2')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout('1');"> <a href="
http://www.triodisplay.com/ps/ps.php"
class="topnav"> <img src="testbutton/blank.gif" alt="design"
name="image1" width="1" height="1" border="0" id="image1">Retail
Design</a></td>
Here is a link to the javascript
http://www.triodisplay.com/company/mm_menu.js
The problem I am having is onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout('1') .
MM_startTimeout calls a function and I've inserted a variable for
it to pass which is equal to the id. The problem is the mm_menu.js
is a list of functions and I can't figure out how to get my
variable to my new function.
I am looking for either an easy way to pass the variable or
if someone has a suggestions to change the color of the cell with
the pulldown menus I'd appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.

> First I moved the onmouseover from the link to the table
cell
Bad choice. So was your selection of the DW pop-up menus.
Here's what the
person who adapted that code for Macromedia has to say about
the method you
are using -
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
Could you possibly consider one of the several other REALLY
GOOD ways to do
this? By the way, these good ways would allow you to do what
you want
easily....
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
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"cczernia1" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I recently generated a set of pulldown menus using
dreamweaver 8 behaviors.
>I
> am currently trying to modify them. First I moved the
onmouseover from the
> link
> to the table cell. During onmousover I want the table
cell to turn the
> same
> color as the pulldown menu (similar to the pulldown
menus on the adobe
> site
> above).
>
> Test Page
>
http://www.triodisplay.com/company/about2.php
>
> I gave the cells ids and added some javascript. The
first link (catalog)
> works
> correctly while the others don't during onMouseout.
>
> Here is the javascript I created to change the color of
the cell.
>
>
quote:
function changeStyleById(id){
> if (document.getElementById)
> {
> var nodeObj = document.getElementById(id)
> nodeObj.style.background = '#333333';
> }
> }
>
> function changeStyleBackById(id){
> if (menuid != 0) {
> var nodeObj = document.getElementById(id)
> nodeObj.style.background = '#B2B2B2';
> }
>
> }
>
> Here is the cell that cell that calls the code.
>
>
quote:
<td align="left" id="1"
>
onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0425152551_0,-2,9,null,'image1',
> '2')"
> onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout('1');"> <a
> href="
http://www.triodisplay.com/ps/ps.php"
class="topnav"> <img
> src="testbutton/blank.gif" alt="design" name="image1"
width="1" height="1"
> border="0" id="image1">Retail
Design</a></td>
>
>
> Here is a link to the javascript
>
http://www.triodisplay.com/company/mm_menu.js
>
> The problem I am having is
onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout('1') .
> MM_startTimeout
> calls a function and I've inserted a variable for it to
pass which is
> equal to
> the id. The problem is the mm_menu.js is a list of
functions and I can't
> figure
> out how to get my variable to my new function.
>
> I am looking for either an easy way to pass the variable
or if someone has
> a
> suggestions to change the color of the cell with the
pulldown menus I'd
> appreciate it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Strange problem with Dreamweaver Pop-Up menus

Hello:
I have encountered a very strange problem with DreamWeaver
pop-up menus, and I was wondering if I could get some help from
this forum, as I can't seem to find an answer anywhere else.
The problem involves use of DreamWeaver's pop-up menu
behavior — all works as expected, and my local preview of the
Web page/site works fine, but when I upload the site to a server, I
see extra question mark and "box" characters added to my drop-down
menus. This problem is inconsistent between browsers: Sometimes I
see it only on IE, sometimes I also see it on Firefox.
For example, check out the following URLs:
http://libertycreativesolutions.net/clients/cci/
... this implementation of drop-down menus ("Services"
button, etc.) displays an extra "box" character for each of the
drop-down menu items, but this only occurs in IE -- Firefox is
fine.
http://libertycreativesolutions.net/clients/microtek/HTML/MicroTek_home.html
... this implementation of drop-down menus shows an extra
question mark above the triggering link onMouseOver for Firefox,
and in IE, it shows this "box" character for both the triggering
buttons and for each menu item.
For both of these sites, the pop-up menus work without a
problem *when I'm looking at a local version on my workstation*.
What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is going on here????
Any help for this problem is appreciated.
Note that I stripped out the JavaScript code for menu
information from the <head></head> area of each of
these pages and placed it in a linked JavaScript document.
HELP!

First, you need to read this, written by the person who
adapted that menu
code for Macromedia -
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
Then you need to know that there are MUCH better ways to do
such things -
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
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> Hello:
> I have encountered a very strange problem with
DreamWeaver pop-up menus,
> and I
> was wondering if I could get some help from this forum,
as I can't seem
> to
> find an answer anywhere else.
>
> The problem involves use of DreamWeaver's pop-up menu
behavior ? all works
> as
> expected, and my local preview of the Web page/site
works fine, but when I
> upload the site to a server, I see extra question mark
and "box"
> characters
> added to my drop-down menus. This problem is
inconsistent between
> browsers:
> Sometimes I see it only on IE, sometimes I also see it
on Firefox.
>
> For example, check out the following URLs:
>
>
http://libertycreativesolutions.net/clients/cci/
> ... this implementation of drop-down menus ("Services"
button, etc.)
> displays
> an extra "box" character for each of the drop-down menu
items, but this
> only
> occurs in IE -- Firefox is fine.
>
>
http://libertycreativesolutions.net/clients/microtek/HTML/MicroTek_home.html
> ... this implementation of drop-down menus shows an
extra question mark
> above
> the triggering link onMouseOver for Firefox, and in IE,
it shows this
> "box"
> character for both the triggering buttons and for each
menu item.
>
> For both of these sites, the pop-up menus work without a
problem *when I'm
> looking at a local version on my workstation*.
>
> What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is going on
here???? Any help for
> this
> problem is appreciated.
>
> Note that I stripped out the JavaScript code for menu
information from the
> <head></head> area of each of these pages
and placed it in a linked
> JavaScript
> document.
>
> HELP!
>

Problems with blu-ray pop-up menus

I made the mistake of tacking this question/problem onto another similar post, so here it is again for some:
I got this error message near the end of the disc build:
Blu-ray Error: "fatal error". Code: "6", Note: "Graphics buffer underflows. - Failed to multiplex with maximum IG PTS: 54900000 (in 90kHz).
The blu-ray project I am working on is an 87 min live concert with about 8 other much shorter timelines. The main menu has 6 buttons with a motion background. There are few submenus as well, but the problem came when I started making pop-up menus for the various timelines.
This is the first project where I really had to explore the possibliltes and limitations of Encore's pop-up menus. I burned a test disc with just a basic pop-up menu to see how the menu's opacity would look over the final video. All the video assets were set to to transcode "Automatically". All audio assets are blu-ray compliant Surround ac3's or 16-bit stereo WAV's so could be left as "Don't Transcode". This disc burned perfectly.
I then went through the pretty involved process of making a final version of the main pop-up menus. The main concert's pop-up menu has 5 pages (including page 0). There are specific pop-up menus for other timelines, but those have no more than 2 pages. None of the menus have more than 10 buttons.
I tried to burn the disc, and it came back with the error above. After reading some other posts, I thought it was worth a try to delete the AuthorScriptHDMVSessions folder before starting a new burn since it was already filled with files from my test burn. That didn't help.
Any insight or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

After countless tests and research, I finally have a successfully burned blu-ray with WORKING multi-page pop-up menus (that I am happy with). Thank you to all the people who gave theoretical guidance and suggestions in emails and other posts. There has been no shortage of oddities and obstacles to overcome when just trying to make a simple blu-ray. Unfortunately, I did not have the time to accurately pinpoint what was causing the original error message. The project just needed to get done.
The main pop-up menu has 4 pages, with 13 buttons on each page. Only about 5 - 9 of the "buttons" on each page are actual buttons that link anywhere. The other buttons on each page only serve as the remaining pieces of the menu's background and cannot be accessed on the final disc. Totally ridiculous way to make the backgrounds for pop-up menus, but it works.
Some of the other things I learned regarding pop-up menus + Encore misc:
1. If at all possible, totally create a menu .psd BEFORE bringing it into an Encore project. Make the button order in the .psd what you want it to end up being in the end (bottom layer is button 1). If you start editing and saving order after it has been brought in, Encore will almost always revert it back to some strange (possibly original) button order. You will spend all your time re-routing button navigation and changing their numbers, only to find out later that Encore has changed it all back without notice.
2. As many people state, it is best to have Encore do as little thinking as possible. All of my button groups originally had Text Layers within them with some fx applied. I merged each text layer down into that button's background layer to essentially rasterize the text with the fx applied. Each (+) button group therefore only had a higlight layer and a background layer. After doing this for all the buttons, the .psd file size was greatly reduced. Naturally I saved a copy before going through the merging process in case I ever had to go back and edit the text.
3. Originally the background for the pop-up menus were made from a rectangle cut-out of the background of the main menu. This was the width of the frame and around 1/5 of the height. I had changed the opacity to around 60%, and cut up the pieces to go with their respective buttons. For the final disc, I just made a shape with the Rounded Rectangle Tool, and filled it with a solid colour. It is probably only about half the size of the original pop-up menu's background. I changed its opacity as well, but then merged it with a blank layer so Encore didn't have to think about the opacity setting.
4. I encoded all the video elements BEFORE they were brought into the project. There are some issues with the way the file sizes are interpretted by Encore, but I won't trust it to encode anything again.
5. For some reason Encore wants to transcode 16-bit, 48.0 kHz .aiff files when making a blu-ray, but 16-bit, 48.0 kHz .wav files do NOT need trancoding (for both dvds and blu-rays).

Maintaining over state on pop-up menus

I've just recently switched from MX to 8. My pop-up menus are
all done using the new CSS function and I can't figure out how to
keep the over state when viewing sub menus (I have two levels of
sub-menus, if there's a way to keep the over state for both that
would be awesome!!).
I had done it previously in MX using the instructions
available on the web, but they're no longer applicable.
Please help

jtambo wrote:
> I've just recently switched from MX to 8. My pop-up
menus are all done using
> the new CSS function and I can't figure out how to keep
the over state when
> viewing sub menus (I have two levels of sub-menus, if
there's a way to keep the
> over state for both that would be awesome!!).
> I had done it previously in MX using the instructions
available on the web,
> but they're no longer applicable.
> Please help
>
I think you might get more/better help if you post a link to
the page so
folks can see your code.
Bonnie in California
kroko at
pixelplum dot com
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites.woa

Problem Pop Up Menus

This is a real newbie question. I have used the pop up menu
behavior on other sites but on the site that I am currently
developing it doesn't work. I put a link round the text and open
the behaviors menu only to find that the Show Pop up Menu option is
greyed out. Any suggestions?

Please just don't use these pop-up menus.
Here's why -
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
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"DFCarruthers" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> This is a real newbie question. I have used the pop up
menu behavior on
> other
> sites but on the site that I am currently developing it
doesn't work. I
> put a
> link round the text and open the behaviors menu only to
find that the Show
> Pop
> up Menu option is greyed out. Any suggestions?
>

Pop-up menus and frames

A web page with Fireworks 8 Javascript (not CSS) pop-up menus
imported into Dreamweaver 8 works fine on its own. However, if I
include the page in a frameset, the menus
appear to work OK (e.g. everything pops up and down when
expected, all the rollover transitions appear flawless, and the
pop-ups are well clear of the frame boundary), but when a popped up
menu item is selected,
nothing happens - the top-level menu items are the only ones
which still navigate to their links.
(I normally avoid using framesets, but the frameset in this
instance has a useful applications function and I would be loth to
remove it)

Hi Max:
Did you define a target for your pop-up menu links? See:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/studio/articles/fwmx_popup03.html
Also make sure that the paths in the links are valid URLs.
It would seem strange that nothing is happening. How do the
menus work
when you browse the Fireworks HTML directly outside the
frameset? This
might give us a clue as to what's happening.
enthusiastically,
mark haynes
webassist sales
http://www.webassist.com
Max Stewart wrote:
> A web page with Fireworks 8 Javascript (not CSS) pop-up
menus imported into
> Dreamweaver 8 works fine on its own. However, if I
include the page in a
> frameset, the menus <i>appear</i> to work OK
(e.g. everything pops up and down
> when expected, all the rollover transitions appear
flawless, and the pop-ups
> are well clear of the frame boundary), but when a popped
up menu item is
> selected, <i>nothing happens</i> - the
top-level menu items are the only ones
> which still navigate to their links.
>
> (I normally avoid using framesets, but the frameset in
this instance has a
> useful applications function and I would be loth to
remove it)
>

Strange pop-up menus on any basic funcion.

I have never seen this problem before. On my iMac with OS X 10.8.2 I get strange pop-up menus when I attempt the most basic functions . When I try to sign off it says New Folder. When I attempt to close a window it says Icon and Text. When I attempt to access the URL line it says Hide Tool Bar. When I click anywhere on the desktop it says New Folder. Do you have any suggestions?

Please read this whole message before doing anything. This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it. Step 1 The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account. Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. For instructions, launch the System Preferences application, select Help from the menu bar, and enter “Set up guest users” (without the quotes) in the search box. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.” While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin. Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem? After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it. *Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing. Step 2 The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs. The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin. *Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode. Test while in safe mode. Same problem? After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of steps 1 and 2.

Secondary selection in pop-up menus

Hi. About 6 months ago, back in the Tiger days, there was a nice feature in many pop-up menus where you could use spacebar to select a secondary option. For example, press Enter to select Ok and press spacebar to select Cancel. One day it disappeared on me and it hasn't come back with my install of Leopard. Did Apple get rid of that feature or is there something wrong on my computer?
-Eric

Check the uberlink and MacFly tutorials at PVII
http://www.projectseven.com/)
and the Navbar tutorial/articles at Thierry's place
http://tjkdesign.com/navbars/)
Or to get it done fast, go here -
> How do I make the link into a root relative link?
Instead of arrows.gif, make it /arrows.gif (or wherever the
file is in
relation to the root of the site).
> What would you recommend instead of using those menus?
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/index.htm
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> What would you recommend instead of using those menus?
>
> How do I make the link into a root relative link?
>
> Thanks for the help!

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