Spry Menu - Current Page question

Hi
I have a 2 level Spry Menu which is dynamically populated. (http://broke.brokefordwich.com.au) I am able to add a class to the menu item for the current page. This works fine for the top level items and the second level items. However, I would like to have also highlight the top level menu item for which a second level page is current.
Can Spry do that ? If so, I would appreciate some hints on how to go about it.

Hey Ben !
Thanks for the tip. I will think it thru.
Isn't is amazing how someone else can have an idea that sparks off new ideas.
The current page always has a class added to it. The trick is making the parent of a child page have a different class. However, your approach has given me something to think about. I think I have an idea on how to do this easily in PHP - ie: set a class on the parent of an active child. Earlier the first idea I had was an overkill. Thanks again.
Cheers from the Hunter.

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    color: #999
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: bold;
    background-image: url(images/TR_Gray2-WEB.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    line-height: 52px;
#CollapsiblePanel4 .CollapsiblePanelOpen .CollapsiblePanelTab {
    background-image: url(images/TR_Col-WEB.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    font-size: 18px;
    line-height: 52px;
    color: #FFF;
#CollapsiblePanel4 .CollapsiblePanelTabHover .CollapsiblePanelTab {
    background-color: #003366;
    color: #FFF;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;
    font-weight: bold;
    background-image: url(images/TR_Col-WEB.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    line-height: 52px;
#CollapsiblePanel4 .CollapsiblePanelClosed .CollapsiblePanelTab {
    background-color: #C3CFDF;
    border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
    color: #999
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: bold;
    background-image: url(images/TR_Gray2-WEB.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    line-height: 52px;
#CollapsiblePanel5 .CollapsiblePanelOpen .CollapsiblePanelTab {
    background-image: url(images/TR_Col-WEB.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    font-size: 18px;
    line-height: 52px;
    color: #FFF;
#CollapsiblePanel5 .CollapsiblePanelTabHover .CollapsiblePanelTab {
    background-color: #003366;
    color: #FFF;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;
    font-weight: bold;
    background-image: url(images/TR_Col-WEB.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    line-height: 52px;
#CollapsiblePanel5 .CollapsiblePanelClosed .CollapsiblePanelTab {
    background-color: #C3CFDF;
    border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
    color: #999
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: bold;
    background-image: url(images/TR_Gray2-WEB.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    line-height: 52px;
</style>

How do I show what menu title is active, e.g. current page, in spry navigation?

How do I show what menu title is active, e.g. current page, in spry navigation?
See website http://dorsay-easton-indian-law.com/index.html
I want to have Home menu title have a different color when on index.html and so on. I keep using the term "active" for that, and "hover" for mouseover. Is that correct? And what do I need to do so that my menu displays an indication of which page is the current one?

The CSS pseudo-classes in order are:
a = any link
a:link = an unvisited link (normal state)
a:visited = a link after it has been visited
a:hover = on mouseover
a:active = on click
a:focus = reached with tab key
See persistent page indicator on menus:
http://alt-web.com/Articles/Persistent-Page-Indicator.shtml
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/
http://twitter.com/altweb

Spry Menu Bars, Templates and Current Page Indicators

Hello,
If you have a spry menu bar in your design, then create a template, how do you then go about making the menu bar have a current page indicator on each page created from the template?
Thanks,
Ferg.

Can I send you on a different path? This solution will only be required in a non-editable area of the DWT.
First we write a function to initialse the page
function InitPage(){
Spry.$$('#MenuBar1 li').forEach(function(node){
    var a=node.getElementsByTagName("a")[0]; // finds all a elements inside the li, but we only want the first so [0]
    if(a.href == window.location){
        Spry.Utils.addClassName(node,"activeMenuItem");
The function compares the URL of the page with the link in the menubar and if they are both the same, it will add an 'activeMenuItem, class to the menuitem.
Next we nee a trigger to activate the function. This is done with a load listener as per
Spry.Utils.addLoadListener(InitPage);
Now we need to ensure that our active menuitem looks different, by assigning a couple of style rules as in the following. The !important needs to be there to override the JS.
.activeMenuItem a {
    background:#a59a84 !important;
    color:#ffffff !important;
And lastly we need to add SpryDOMUtils.js as the JS script that we based our JS scripts on
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryDOMUtils.js"></script>
The whole thing will look like
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
.activeMenuItem a {
    background:#a59a84 !important;
    color:#ffffff !important;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 1</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Item 1.1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 1.2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 1.3</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3.1</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.1</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.2</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 3.2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 3.3</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
</ul>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js"></script>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryDOMUtils.js"></script>
<script>
function InitPage(){
Spry.$$('#MenuBar1 li').forEach(function(node){
    var a=node.getElementsByTagName("a")[0]; // finds all a elements inside the li, but we only want the first so [0]
    if(a.href == window.location){
        Spry.Utils.addClassName(node,"activeMenuItem");
Spry.Utils.addLoadListener(InitPage);
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Or see it live here http://shoguncarco.com.au/index.php where the function has been externalised in http://shoguncarco.com.au/js/plugins.js
Gramps

Spry Menu - highlight current page in menu

If the current page is "aboutus.html" for example, can I configure Spry Menu to apply a different color or css class to the "About Us" link in the menu?
Thank you.

I added a new class with different color in CSS and refer that class in my html. I don't think the function is build in. Something like:
<a class="selectadded" href="/contactus.html">Contact Us</a>

Formatting Spry Menu to keep current page highlighted?

Hi,
I have O'Reilly's missing manual for CS5, but I can't find instructions for how to keep the menu bar highlighted so that the user always sees the specific page they are on within the menu. If someone selects the 'About' page, I would like the About text/tab to stay highlighted (in the hover style), so the user always knows the page they are on (without adding a breadcrumb or separate page header).
Can anyone point me to the instructions. Is there a specific sub-selector within the spry css or is there separate html code I need to add to the page html or the spry menu js?
Thanks,
Wendy

Just follow the instructions here http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/articles/updater_help/
If you want a quick solution
make a new (empty) file in the SpryAssets folder named SpryDOMUtils.js
click here http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/includes/SpryDOMUtils.js
copy the code that you see in in step 2 (on the page, right click and select all from the pop-up)
open your newly created SpryDOMUtils.js file and paste the contents in there (right click and choose paste)
And you have a working copy. Don't forget to upload the file to the remote server, otherwise your online version will not work.
Happy Sprying.
Ben
PS NEVER GIVE UP! There is always a solution.

How do I put a different image in my drop down menu for my current page?

Is there a way to put different images or color for each
buttons in my menubar? And is there a way to have a color to
identify the current page in my bar?
Thanks for your time and have a nice day!

quote:
Originally posted by:
JM1978
khfinity
We are looking for "how to do it" answers, instead of "how it
looks like". You have been posting the same link multiple times on
this forum to others, however, it does not answer any of their
questions.
If you do not bother to post something useful, the don't
waste our time to see your posts!
Actually what I posted came after searching for an easy
"how to do it". The closest I found to a tutorial was this:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/spryte_menu.html
The author designs and implements a spry menu with Fire Works
graphics. The last section describes how to modify the existing CSS
for multiple levels. Yet I found the sample page provided above,
easier to follow than the tutorial.
I'm sorry if you feel my post was not
"something useful", and I hope you find the mentioned
tutorial useful.

CS5 Spry Menu Question

Aloha,
I have the menu configured that way i want it, but for the life of me I cant figure out how to do the following.
I have a menu   home, about, contact etc......... The menu bar has two background images, one when you load the page and then the mouse over image. What i want to do is when your on the index.html page , the Menu link will be lite up in my case (blue) and then if you go off of that page the blue will go to the current page that is up on your screen.
I am not great with code, I have spent a few hours tring to figure it out, i have no idea if it can do that or not, but its prob super easy, I just dont know what setting i am looking for.
2ns Question.. Is there a way to make the Spry menu to look like this?    HOME    |   ABOUT     |      ETC
Right now i dont have the | in there, not sure if its possable
Aloha!

Thank you for posting your URL, this should be done as a matter of course.
You do need to have SpryDOMUtils.js uploaded to your SpryAssets folder for the script to work.
The following explains the working of the script
function InitPage(){
Spry.$$('#MenuBar1 li').forEach(function(node){ // check each li within a region with an ID of MenuBar1
    var a=node.getElementsByTagName("a")[0]; // finds all a elements inside the li, but we only want the first so [0]
    if(a.href == window.location){ // if the href is the same as the current window location e.g. index.html
        Spry.Utils.addClassName(node,"activeMenuItem"); // add a class called activeMenuItem
As soon as a class is added, CSS will take care of the styling. In the case that I have suggested, the CSS merely changes the background colour. This could just as happily be a background image.
If you want a different image for each menu item, then assign a class to the menu item as in
<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="home-services.html" class="red">Home Services</a></li>
<li><a href="business-services.html">Business Services</a></li>
<li><a href="web-hosting.html">Web Hosting</a></li>
<li><a href="online-backup.html">Online Backup</a></li>
<li><a href="about-us.html">About Us</a></li>
<li><a href="contact.html">Contact Us</a></li>
The style rule could then be
.red .activeMenuItem { background: url(home-button.png); }
Cheers,
Gramps

Question: My spry menu bar is not displaying correctly in Dreamweaver

Hello,
I am new to Dreamweaver CS5, so coding isn't my area of expertise. My problem with my spry menu bar is that it does not display the tabs on the menu bar correctly. When I try to apply new changes to the CSS of the horizontal menu bar, half of the tabs will change and the other half will not. Also, I am unable to drag and move the menu bar itself around, a function that I was once able to do before. At times, only one tab of the menu bar will display itself, without any of the other tabs as well.
I have a hunch that my problems stem from some coding errors in the SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css, and possibly in the SpryMenuBar.js. On the CSS Styles panel, my SpryMenuBarHorizontal.CSS list reads as follows:
I also have a hunch that something about this line-up is also incorrect, but I don't exactly know what the problem is.
Here is what my coding for my SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css looks like right now:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    text-align: center;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 8em;
    float: left;
    left: 10;
    top: 10;
    height: 10;
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 8.2em;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    width: 8.2em;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
    position: absolute;
    margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
    text-align: left;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    background-color: #000;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: Futura;
    float: none;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
    background-color: #C00;
    color: #FFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    background-color: #C00;
    color: #FFF;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
    text-align: center;
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
    filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
    display: block;
    f\loat: left;
    background: #FFF;
And here is what my SpryMenuBar.js coding looks like right now too:
SpryMenuBar.js
This file handles the JavaScript for Spry Menu Bar. You should have no need
to edit this file. Some highlights of the MenuBar object is that timers are
used to keep submenus from showing up until the user has hovered over the parent
menu item for some time, as well as a timer for when they leave a submenu to keep
showing that submenu until the timer fires.
(function() { // BeginSpryComponent
if (typeof Spry == "undefined") window.Spry = {}; if (!Spry.Widget) Spry.Widget = {};
Spry.BrowserSniff = function()
    var b = navigator.appName.toString();
    var up = navigator.platform.toString();
    var ua = navigator.userAgent.toString();
    this.mozilla = this.ie = this.opera = this.safari = false;
    var re_opera = /Opera.([0-9\.]*)/i;
    var re_msie = /MSIE.([0-9\.]*)/i;
    var re_gecko = /gecko/i;
    var re_safari = /(applewebkit|safari)\/([\d\.]*)/i;
    var r = false;
    if ( (r = ua.match(re_opera))) {
        this.opera = true;
        this.version = parseFloat(r[1]);
    } else if ( (r = ua.match(re_msie))) {
        this.ie = true;
        this.version = parseFloat(r[1]);
    } else if ( (r = ua.match(re_safari))) {
        this.safari = true;
        this.version = parseFloat(r[2]);
    } else if (ua.match(re_gecko)) {
        var re_gecko_version = /rv:\s*([0-9\.]+)/i;
        r = ua.match(re_gecko_version);
        this.mozilla = true;
        this.version = parseFloat(r[1]);
    this.windows = this.mac = this.linux = false;
    this.Platform = ua.match(/windows/i) ? "windows" :
                    (ua.match(/linux/i) ? "linux" :
                    (ua.match(/mac/i) ? "mac" :
                    ua.match(/unix/i)? "unix" : "unknown"));
    this[this.Platform] = true;
    this.v = this.version;
    if (this.safari && this.mac && this.mozilla) {
        this.mozilla = false;
Spry.is = new Spry.BrowserSniff();
// Constructor for Menu Bar
// element should be an ID of an unordered list (<ul> tag)
// preloadImage1 and preloadImage2 are images for the rollover state of a menu
Spry.Widget.MenuBar = function(element, opts)
    this.init(element, opts);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.init = function(element, opts)
    this.element = this.getElement(element);
    // represents the current (sub)menu we are operating on
    this.currMenu = null;
    this.showDelay = 250;
    this.hideDelay = 600;
    if(typeof document.getElementById == 'undefined' || (navigator.vendor == 'Apple Computer, Inc.' && typeof window.XMLHttpRequest == 'undefined') || (Spry.is.ie && typeof document.uniqueID == 'undefined'))
        // bail on older unsupported browsers
        return;
    // Fix IE6 CSS images flicker
    if (Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.version < 7){
        try {
            document.execCommand("BackgroundImageCache", false, true);
        } catch(err) {}
    this.upKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_UP;
    this.downKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_DOWN;
    this.leftKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_LEFT;
    this.rightKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_RIGHT;
    this.escKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_ESC;
    this.hoverClass = 'MenuBarItemHover';
    this.subHoverClass = 'MenuBarItemSubmenuHover';
    this.subVisibleClass ='MenuBarSubmenuVisible';
    this.hasSubClass = 'MenuBarItemSubmenu';
    this.activeClass = 'MenuBarActive';
    this.isieClass = 'MenuBarItemIE';
    this.verticalClass = 'MenuBarVertical';
    this.horizontalClass = 'MenuBarHorizontal';
    this.enableKeyboardNavigation = true;
    this.hasFocus = false;
    // load hover images now
    if(opts)
        for(var k in opts)
            if (typeof this[k] == 'undefined')
                var rollover = new Image;
                rollover.src = opts[k];
        Spry.Widget.MenuBar.setOptions(this, opts);
    // safari doesn't support tabindex
    if (Spry.is.safari)
        this.enableKeyboardNavigation = false;
    if(this.element)
        this.currMenu = this.element;
        var items = this.element.getElementsByTagName('li');
        for(var i=0; i<items.length; i++)
            if (i > 0 && this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
                items[i].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].tabIndex='-1';
            this.initialize(items[i], element);
            if(Spry.is.ie)
                this.addClassName(items[i], this.isieClass);
                items[i].style.position = "static";
        if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
            var self = this;
            this.addEventListener(document, 'keydown', function(e){self.keyDown(e); }, false);
        if(Spry.is.ie)
            if(this.hasClassName(this.element, this.verticalClass))
                this.element.style.position = "relative";
            var linkitems = this.element.getElementsByTagName('a');
            for(var i=0; i<linkitems.length; i++)
                linkitems[i].style.position = "relative";
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_ESC = 27;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_UP = 38;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_DOWN = 40;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_LEFT = 37;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_RIGHT = 39;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getElement = function(ele)
    if (ele && typeof ele == "string")
        return document.getElementById(ele);
    return ele;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.hasClassName = function(ele, className)
    if (!ele || !className || !ele.className || ele.className.search(new RegExp("\\b" + className + "\\b")) == -1)
        return false;
    return true;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.addClassName = function(ele, className)
    if (!ele || !className || this.hasClassName(ele, className))
        return;
    ele.className += (ele.className ? " " : "") + className;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.removeClassName = function(ele, className)
    if (!ele || !className || !this.hasClassName(ele, className))
        return;
    ele.className = ele.className.replace(new RegExp("\\s*\\b" + className + "\\b", "g"), "");
// addEventListener for Menu Bar
// attach an event to a tag without creating obtrusive HTML code
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.addEventListener = function(element, eventType, handler, capture)
    try
        if (element.addEventListener)
            element.addEventListener(eventType, handler, capture);
        else if (element.attachEvent)
            element.attachEvent('on' + eventType, handler);
    catch (e) {}
// createIframeLayer for Menu Bar
// creates an IFRAME underneath a menu so that it will show above form controls and ActiveX
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.createIframeLayer = function(menu)
    var layer = document.createElement('iframe');
    layer.tabIndex = '-1';
    layer.src = 'javascript:""';
    layer.frameBorder = '0';
    layer.scrolling = 'no';
    menu.parentNode.appendChild(layer);
    layer.style.left = menu.offsetLeft + 'px';
    layer.style.top = menu.offsetTop + 'px';
    layer.style.width = menu.offsetWidth + 'px';
    layer.style.height = menu.offsetHeight + 'px';
// removeIframeLayer for Menu Bar
// removes an IFRAME underneath a menu to reveal any form controls and ActiveX
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.removeIframeLayer = function(menu)
    var layers = ((menu == this.element) ? menu : menu.parentNode).getElementsByTagName('iframe');
    while(layers.length > 0)
        layers[0].parentNode.removeChild(layers[0]);
// clearMenus for Menu Bar
// root is the top level unordered list (<ul> tag)
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.clearMenus = function(root)
    var menus = root.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    for(var i=0; i<menus.length; i++)
        this.hideSubmenu(menus[i]);
    this.removeClassName(this.element, this.activeClass);
// bubbledTextEvent for Menu Bar
// identify bubbled up text events in Safari so we can ignore them
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.bubbledTextEvent = function()
    return Spry.is.safari && (event.target == event.relatedTarget.parentNode || (event.eventPhase == 3 && event.target.parentNode == event.relatedTarget));
// showSubmenu for Menu Bar
// set the proper CSS class on this menu to show it
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.showSubmenu = function(menu)
    if(this.currMenu)
        this.clearMenus(this.currMenu);
        this.currMenu = null;
    if(menu)
        this.addClassName(menu, this.subVisibleClass);
        if(typeof document.all != 'undefined' && !Spry.is.opera && navigator.vendor != 'KDE')
            if(!this.hasClassName(this.element, this.horizontalClass) || menu.parentNode.parentNode != this.element)
                menu.style.top = menu.parentNode.offsetTop + 'px';
        if(Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.version < 7)
            this.createIframeLayer(menu);
    this.addClassName(this.element, this.activeClass);
// hideSubmenu for Menu Bar
// remove the proper CSS class on this menu to hide it
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.hideSubmenu = function(menu)
    if(menu)
        this.removeClassName(menu, this.subVisibleClass);
        if(typeof document.all != 'undefined' && !Spry.is.opera && navigator.vendor != 'KDE')
            menu.style.top = '';
            menu.style.left = '';
        if(Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.version < 7)
            this.removeIframeLayer(menu);
// initialize for Menu Bar
// create event listeners for the Menu Bar widget so we can properly
// show and hide submenus
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.initialize = function(listitem, element)
    var opentime, closetime;
    var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    if(menu)
        this.addClassName(link, this.hasSubClass);
    if(!Spry.is.ie)
        // define a simple function that comes standard in IE to determine
        // if a node is within another node
        listitem.contains = function(testNode)
            // this refers to the list item
            if(testNode == null)
                return false;
            if(testNode == this)
                return true;
            else
                return this.contains(testNode.parentNode);
    // need to save this for scope further down
    var self = this;
    this.addEventListener(listitem, 'mouseover', function(e){self.mouseOver(listitem, e);}, false);
    this.addEventListener(listitem, 'mouseout', function(e){if (self.enableKeyboardNavigation) self.clearSelection(); self.mouseOut(listitem, e);}, false);
    if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
        this.addEventListener(link, 'blur', function(e){self.onBlur(listitem);}, false);
        this.addEventListener(link, 'focus', function(e){self.keyFocus(listitem, e);}, false);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.keyFocus = function (listitem, e)
    this.lastOpen = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    this.addClassName(this.lastOpen, listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul').length > 0 ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
    this.hasFocus = true;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.onBlur = function (listitem)
    this.clearSelection(listitem);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.clearSelection = function(el){
    //search any intersection with the current open element
    if (!this.lastOpen)
        return;
    if (el)
        el = el.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
        // check children
        var item = this.lastOpen;
        while (item != this.element)
            var tmp = el;
            while (tmp != this.element)
                if (tmp == item)
                    return;
                try{
                    tmp = tmp.parentNode;
                }catch(err){break;}
            item = item.parentNode;
    var item = this.lastOpen;
    while (item != this.element)
        this.hideSubmenu(item.parentNode);
        var link = item.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
        this.removeClassName(link, this.hoverClass);
        this.removeClassName(link, this.subHoverClass);
        item = item.parentNode;
    this.lastOpen = false;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.keyDown = function (e)
    if (!this.hasFocus)
        return;
    if (!this.lastOpen)
        this.hasFocus = false;
        return;
    var e = e|| event;
    var listitem = this.lastOpen.parentNode;
    var link = this.lastOpen;
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
    var opts = [listitem, menu, null, this.getSibling(listitem, 'previousSibling'), this.getSibling(listitem, 'nextSibling')];
    if (!opts[3])
        opts[2] = (listitem.parentNode.parentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'li')?listitem.parentNode.parentNode:null;
    var found = 0;
    switch (e.keyCode){
        case this.upKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'y', 1);
            break;
        case this.downKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'y', -1);
            break;
        case this.leftKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'x', 1);
            break;
        case this.rightKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'x', -1);
            break;
        case this.escKeyCode:
        case 9:
            this.clearSelection();
            this.hasFocus = false;
        default: return;
    switch (found)
        case 0: return;
        case 1:
            //subopts
            this.mouseOver(listitem, e);
            break;
        case 2:
            //parent
            this.mouseOut(opts[2], e);
            break;
        case 3:
        case 4:
            // left - right
            this.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
            break;
    var link = opts[found].getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    if (opts[found].nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'ul')
        opts[found] = opts[found].getElementsByTagName('li')[0];
    this.addClassName(link, opts[found].getElementsByTagName('ul').length > 0 ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
    this.lastOpen = link;
    opts[found].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].focus();
        //stop further event handling by the browser
    return Spry.Widget.MenuBar.stopPropagation(e);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.mouseOver = function (listitem, e)
    var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
    if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
        this.clearSelection(listitem);
    if(this.bubbledTextEvent())
        // ignore bubbled text events
        return;
    if (listitem.closetime)
        clearTimeout(listitem.closetime);
    if(this.currMenu == listitem)
        this.currMenu = null;
    // move the focus too
    if (this.hasFocus)
        link.focus();
    // show menu highlighting
    this.addClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
    this.lastOpen = link;
    if(menu && !this.hasClassName(menu, this.subHoverClass))
        var self = this;
        listitem.opentime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.showSubmenu(menu);}, this.showDelay);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.mouseOut = function (listitem, e)
    var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
    if(this.bubbledTextEvent())
        // ignore bubbled text events
        return;
    var related = (typeof e.relatedTarget != 'undefined' ? e.relatedTarget : e.toElement);
    if(!listitem.contains(related))
        if (listitem.opentime)
            clearTimeout(listitem.opentime);
        this.currMenu = listitem;
        // remove menu highlighting
        this.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
        if(menu)
            var self = this;
            listitem.closetime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.hideSubmenu(menu);}, this.hideDelay);
        if (this.hasFocus)
            link.blur();
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getSibling = function(element, sibling)
    var child = element[sibling];
    while (child && child.nodeName.toLowerCase() !='li')
        child = child[sibling];
    return child;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getElementForKey = function(els, prop, dir)
    var found = 0;
    var rect = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getPosition;
    var ref = rect(els[found]);
    var hideSubmenu = false;
    //make the subelement visible to compute the position
    if (els[1] && !this.hasClassName(els[1], this.MenuBarSubmenuVisible))
        els[1].style.visibility = 'hidden';
        this.showSubmenu(els[1]);
        hideSubmenu = true;
    var isVert = this.hasClassName(this.element, this.verticalClass);
    var hasParent = els[0].parentNode.parentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'li' ? true : false;
    for (var i = 1; i < els.length; i++){
        //when navigating on the y axis in vertical menus, ignore children and parents
        if(prop=='y' && isVert && (i==1 || i==2))
            continue;
        //when navigationg on the x axis in the FIRST LEVEL of horizontal menus, ignore children and parents
        if(prop=='x' && !isVert && !hasParent && (i==1 || i==2))
            continue;
        if (els[i])
            var tmp = rect(els[i]);
            if ( (dir * tmp[prop]) < (dir * ref[prop]))
                ref = tmp;
                found = i;
    // hide back the submenu
    if (els[1] && hideSubmenu){
        this.hideSubmenu(els[1]);
        els[1].style.visibility = '';
    return found;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize = function(str)
    if (str.indexOf('-') == -1){
        return str;
    var oStringList = str.split('-');
    var isFirstEntry = true;
    var camelizedString = '';
    for(var i=0; i < oStringList.length; i++)
        if(oStringList[i].length>0)
            if(isFirstEntry)
                camelizedString = oStringList[i];
                isFirstEntry = false;
            else
                var s = oStringList[i];
                camelizedString += s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
    return camelizedString;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp = function(element, prop)
    var value;
    try
        if (element.style)
            value = element.style[Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize(prop)];
        if (!value)
            if (document.defaultView && document.defaultView.getComputedStyle)
                var css = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element, null);
                value = css ? css.getPropertyValue(prop) : null;
            else if (element.currentStyle)
                    value = element.currentStyle[Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize(prop)];
    catch (e) {}
    return value == 'auto' ? null : value;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getIntProp = function(element, prop)
    var a = parseInt(Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(element, prop),10);
    if (isNaN(a))
        return 0;
    return a;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getPosition = function(el, doc)
    doc = doc || document;
    if (typeof(el) == 'string') {
        el = doc.getElementById(el);
    if (!el) {
        return false;
    if (el.parentNode === null || Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(el, 'display') == 'none') {
        //element must be visible to have a box
        return false;
    var ret = {x:0, y:0};
    var parent = null;
    var box;
    if (el.getBoundingClientRect) { // IE
        box = el.getBoundingClientRect();
        var scrollTop = doc.documentElement.scrollTop || doc.body.scrollTop;
        var scrollLeft = doc.documentElement.scrollLeft || doc.body.scrollLeft;
        ret.x = box.left + scrollLeft;
        ret.y = box.top + scrollTop;
    } else if (doc.getBoxObjectFor) { // gecko
        box = doc.getBoxObjectFor(el);
        ret.x = box.x;
        ret.y = box.y;
    } else { // safari/opera
        ret.x = el.offsetLeft;
        ret.y = el.offsetTop;
        parent = el.offsetParent;
        if (parent != el) {
            while (parent) {
                ret.x += parent.offsetLeft;
                ret.y += parent.offsetTop;
                parent = parent.offsetParent;
        // opera & (safari absolute) incorrectly account for body offsetTop
        if (Spry.is.opera || Spry.is.safari && Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(el, 'position') == 'absolute')
            ret.y -= doc.body.offsetTop;
    if (el.parentNode)
            parent = el.parentNode;
    else
        parent = null;
    if (parent.nodeName){
        var cas = parent.nodeName.toUpperCase();
        while (parent && cas != 'BODY' && cas != 'HTML') {
            cas = parent.nodeName.toUpperCase();
            ret.x -= parent.scrollLeft;
            ret.y -= parent.scrollTop;
            if (parent.parentNode)
                parent = parent.parentNode;
            else
                parent = null;
    return ret;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.stopPropagation = function(ev)
    if (ev.stopPropagation)
        ev.stopPropagation();
    else
        ev.cancelBubble = true;
    if (ev.preventDefault)
        ev.preventDefault();
    else
        ev.returnValue = false;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.setOptions = function(obj, optionsObj, ignoreUndefinedProps)
    if (!optionsObj)
        return;
    for (var optionName in optionsObj)
        if (ignoreUndefinedProps && optionsObj[optionName] == undefined)
            continue;
        obj[optionName] = optionsObj[optionName];
})(); // EndSpryComponent
If anyone could possibly steer me on the right direction with this, I'd be very grateful! I've been struggling with this for about a month now and I feel like I may have only made the situation worse.
I'm not sure if I have to keep making a new spry assets folder in my website or not or if I have to drag and drop the spry assets into the root folder. I have restarted my website over at least a dozen times by now. I have tried changing folders, dragging and dropping various spry assets folders everywhere and I have also uninstalled and reinstalled my copy of Dreamweaver CS5 in the hopes of getting my spry horizontal menu bar to act normal. I am completely new at Dreamweaver and I really, really need some help with this.
Thanks!

I haven't been able to get my site posted up yet. Here is a link to it anyway:andrearosales.com
I will be working on connecting my files up to my server. At the moment, here are some screen shots of some messages that I am getting when I am saving my file.
I'm not sure what to make of these messages. I tried to put a new spry horizontal menu bar on my main page, and when it appeared, it displayed as a spry vertical menu bar.
Here is a picture of what it looks like:
I"m going to refer to the links that were suggested to me though. I'm not sure if pictures of the code will help to solve my problem. I'm going to try again to connect my files to my server though.

Having issues linking spry menu bar to my other pages

Hey everyone,
I am brand new to web development. I am currently using the trial of DW and I must say I love it. I am having issues with my spry menu bar though. I will click on a certain box in the menu bar and use the properties page at the bottom and insert a link to another one of my webpages that I have created. However when I test my webpage, it will not be linked to it. Instead it is linked to #, or my index page. Now my domain name is: thecampuscocktail.com. I have created two other pages "feedback.html" and "speedydrinks.html" and even when I enter those manually into my browser (i.e. "thecampuscocktail.com/feedback.html") it gives me a page not found error. So I may be doing something incorrectly with uploading my pages however I have used the "put" option with all of them and I have used the "sync site wide" option. I am also using a template though that shouldn't affect it. Being brand new I know very, very little about coding. But here is the code to my template:
<!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>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>The Campus Cocktail</title>

<link href="../twoColLiqLtHdr.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />


</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header">
    <p><a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/newlogo.gif" alt="logo" width="331" height="189" class="logo" /></a></p>
    <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
      <li><a href="#">Drinking Games</a>      </li>
      <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Recipes</a>
        <ul>
          <li class="subsubmenu"><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">By Ingredient</a>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
            </ul>
          </li>
          <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">By Type</a>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
            </ul>
          </li>
          <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">By Form</a>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
            </ul>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="../Pages/speedydrinks.html">Speedy Drinks</a>      </li>
      <li><a href="#">Drinks by Occasion</a></li>
      <li><a href="../index.html">Local Bars</a></li>
      <li><a href="../Pages/speedydrinks.html">Submit Your Own</a></li>
    </ul>
    <p> </p>
</div>
<div class="sidebar1">
    <ul class="nav">
    </ul>
    <p> Whats New:</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p> </p>
    <p> </p>
    <p> </p>
    <p> </p>
    
</div>
<div class="content"><span class="drinklabel">Drink Of The Day:</span>
      <p> </p>
      
</div>
<div class="footer">
    <p>                 © 2012 Brandon Hall</p>
    </div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>
any help will be appreciated! Sorry for the length of this post.

DW_Noobie wrote:
can anyone help
It depends. I can see your two pages as in this link:
<http://www.thecampuscocktail.com/speedydrinks.html>
<http://www.thecampuscocktail.com/feedback.html>
You need to describe what these issues are.

Embedding a Web Gallery in a html page with a Spry menu

I am trying to embed a web gallery I created in Bridge into a web page that has a spry menubar as part of it's code. I was unable to see the gallery on the page and removed the html code associated with the gallery and was trying to start again.
Somewhere along the way, I started getting error messages regarding the spry menu. Although the menu continues to work, I was seeing the message in Dreamweaver which is unusual.
This prompted me to wonder if the code for the creation of the web gallery would interfere in any way with the spry menu.
I don't want to try again to embed without finding out about this. I fortunately had backups of my documents in time machine and no more error messages appear.
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