Troubleshooting pop-up menu in Dreamweaver 8
Hello,
I'm using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.
1. Created a pop-menu woith 6 items all linking to 6 different anchors in a different page.
2. The first 5 items work fine - they link up to the 5 anchors in the destination page.
3. The 6th item when clicked simply closes the pop-menu and does not link to the anchor in the destination page.
(Completely checked the anchor name and also tested that anchor by linking from a different page).
Please reply asap.Please see HTML Code below:
thanks
allen
DSM Home.html
<!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=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Dying Seed Home</title>
<link href="DS_Home/DS_Home.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"/>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function mmLoadMenus() {
if (window.mm_menu_0802105338_0) return;
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mm_menu_0802105338_0.addMenuItem("History","window .open('About Us/Dark About Us.html#HISTORY', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0802105338_0.addMenuItem("Milestones","win dow.open('About Us/Dark About Us.html#MILESTONES', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0802105338_0.addMenuItem("Mission Sta tement","window.open('About Us/Dark About Us.html#MISSIONSTAT', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0802105338_0.addMenuItem("Faith State ment","window.open('About Us/Dark About Us.html#FAITHSTAT', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0802105338_0.addMenuItem("Finance","window .open('About Us/Dark About Us.html#FINANCE', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0802105338_0.addMenuItem("Contact Us" ,"window.open('About Us/Dark About Us.html#CONTACT', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0802105338_0.fontWeight="bold";
mm_menu_0802105338_0.hideOnMouseOut=true;
mm_menu_0802105338_0.bgColor='#555555';
mm_menu_0802105338_0.menuBorder=0;
mm_menu_0802105338_0.menuLiteBgColor='#FFFFFF';
mm_menu_0802105338_0.menuBorderBgColor='#777777';
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mm_menu_0803160751_0.addMenuItem("Administration", "window.open('DS National/DS-National.html#ADMINS', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0803160751_0.addMenuItem("Legacy","window. open('DS National/DS-National.html#LEGACY', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0803160751_0.addMenuItem("Departments","wi ndow.open('DS National/DS-National.html#DEPTS', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0803160751_0.addMenuItem("All India", "window.open('DS National/DS-National.html#ALLINDIA', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0803160751_0.addMenuItem("National Pr omotion","window.open('DS National/DS-National.html#NATPROMO', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0803160751_0.addMenuItem("Dying Seed& nbsp;Vision Institute","window.open('DS National/DS-National.html#DSVI', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0803160751_0.fontWeight="bold";
mm_menu_0803160751_0.hideOnMouseOut=true;
mm_menu_0803160751_0.bgColor='#555555';
mm_menu_0803160751_0.menuBorder=0;
mm_menu_0803160751_0.menuLiteBgColor='#FFFFFF';
mm_menu_0803160751_0.menuBorderBgColor='#777777';
window.mm_menu_0804102108_0 = new Menu("root",138,23,"Arial Unicode MS",11,"#000000","#000000","#3399FF","#CCCCCC","le ft","middle",3,2,1000,-5,7,true,false,true,10,true,false);
mm_menu_0804102108_0.addMenuItem("Call && nbsp;Vision","window.open('DS International/DS-International.html#CALLVISN', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0804102108_0.addMenuItem("Patrons &&a mp;nbsp;Partners","window.open('DS International/DS-International.html#PATPART', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0804102108_0.addMenuItem("Overseas Mi nistry","window.open('DS International/DS-International.html#OVERMISS', '_parent');");
mm_menu_0804102108_0.addMenuItem("Contact Us" );
mm_menu_0804102108_0.fontWeight="bold";
mm_menu_0804102108_0.hideOnMouseOut=true;
mm_menu_0804102108_0.bgColor='#555555';
mm_menu_0804102108_0.menuBorder=0;
mm_menu_0804102108_0.menuLiteBgColor='#FFFFFF';
mm_menu_0804102108_0.menuBorderBgColor='#777777';
mm_menu_0804102108_0.writeMenus();
} // mmLoadMenus()
function MM_initTimelines() { //v4.0
//MM_initTimelines() Copyright 1997 Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
var ns = navigator.appName == "Netscape";
var ns4 = (ns && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4);
var ns5 = (ns && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) > 4);
var macIE5 = (navigator.platform ? (navigator.platform == "MacPPC") : false) && (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4);
document.MM_Time = new Array(1);
document.MM_Time[0] = new Array(1);
document.MM_Time["Timeline1"] = document.MM_Time[0];
document.MM_Time[0].MM_Name = "Timeline1";
document.MM_Time[0].fps = 15;
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document.MM_Time[0][0].slot = 1;
if (ns4)
document.MM_Time[0][0].obj = document["Layer2"];
else if (ns5)
document.MM_Time[0][0].obj = document.getElementById("Layer2");
else
document.MM_Time[0][0].obj = document.all ? document.all["Layer2"] : null;
document.MM_Time[0][0].keyFrames = new Array(1, 15);
document.MM_Time[0][0].values = new Array(5);
if (ns5 || macIE5)
document.MM_Time[0][0].values[0] = new Array("318px", "318px", "318px", "318px", "318px", "318px", "318px", "318px", "317px", "317px", "317px", "317px", "317px", "317px", "317px");
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if (!ns4) {
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else
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if (ns5 || macIE5)
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if (!ns4)
document.MM_Time[0][0].values[3].prop2 = "style";
document.MM_Time[0][0].values[4] = new Array("0","0");
document.MM_Time[0][0].values[4].prop = "zIndex";
if (!ns4)
document.MM_Time[0][0].values[4].prop2 = "style";
document.MM_Time[0].lastFrame = 15;
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document.MM_Time[i].ID = null;
document.MM_Time[i].curFrame = 0;
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</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="DS_Home/mm_menu.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script>
<h1 align="center"><img src="Images/Dark_Wheat banner.jpg" alt="" name="WheatBanner" width="1085" height="230" id="WheatBanner" /></h1>
<div id="Layer1">
<p align="center"><span class="verse1">Unless a grain of wheat falls into the
earth and dies, it remains alone, but if it dies it bears much fruit. John
12:24</span></p>
</div>
<div id="Layer2" width="50" align="center"><span class="welcome">Welcome to Dying
Seed!</span> </div>
<div id="Layer6" align="center">
<p align="right" class="slogan">Dying Seed is carved in
this stone: ‘You gain by losing; you reap by sowing; you live by dying’<br /><br />
</p>
</div>
<div id="Layer12"><span class="slogan">.….and when God’s hand carves,
never miss it!</span></div>
<h1 align="center" class="slogan"> </h1>
<div id="Layer7"><img src="Images/pinned-up2.jpg" width="200" height="262" alt="pics" /></div>
<div id="Layer5">
<table width="915" height="41" align="center">
<tr>
<th width="125" align="center" valign="bottom" scope="col"><span class="menutxt"> <a href="#" name="link4" id="link1" onmouseover="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0802105338 _0,0,-148,null,'link4')" onmouseout="MM_startTimeout();">About
Us</a></span></th>
<th width="183" align="center" valign="bottom" scope="col"><span class="menutxt"><a href="#" name="link5" id="link2" onmouseover="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0803160751 _0,0,-148,null,'link5')" onmouseout="MM_startTimeout();">DS
National</a></span></th>
<th width="209" align="center" valign="bottom" scope="col"><span class="menutxt"><a href="#" name="link7" id="link3" onmouseover="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0804102108 _0,0,-98,null,'link7')" onmouseout="MM_startTimeout();">DS
International </a></span></th>
<th width="222" align="center" valign="bottom" scope="col"><span class="menutxt"><a href="#">Future
Objectives </a></span></th>
<th width="152" align="center" valign="bottom" scope="col"><span class="menutxt"><a href="#">Gallery</a></span></th>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div id="Layer9">
<div align="left"><span class="style1">Ever wondered about the grandeur of simplicity?</span> &nb sp; <span class="style1">See
our <a href="About Us/Dark About Us.html#HISTORY" target="_parent" class="blinks">History</a></span></div>
</div>
<div id="Layer10"><span class="style1">Or known what He can do with rugged perseverance?</span> <span class="style1">Stop
by our <a href="About Us/Dark About Us.html#MISSIONSTAT" class="blinks">Mission</a></span></div>
<div id="Layer11">
<div align="left"><span class="style1">But to know what God is yet to do?</span><span class="style1">   ; & nbsp; &nb sp;   ; Stay
with <a href="About Us/Dark About Us.html#CONTACT" class="blinks">us</a></span></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Step away from the keyboard.
Don't use those pop-up menus. They are really awful.
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,
>
> Someone please help me..... I can't get the show-pop up
menu to work in
> IE browser. What do I do?
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> I wonder if anyone can help me with pop-up menu
insertion process. I
> create
> the menu in Fireworks and export it to Dreamweaver. I
place the menu in a
> fresh
> test document and it works perfectly every time, but
when I go through the
> exact same series of steps in my real page, I get a
broken image icon. I
> just
> can't understand why the path is fine one way, yet gets
lost in the
> shuffle the
> other way. The only two differences I can think of are
where in the site
> folder the test page is saved, as opposed to where the
real (archive) page
> is
> stored, and the fact that the archive page already has
rows and columns
> and
> cells, where the fresh test page has just one basic
table and nothing else
> at
> all. I even tried manipulating the code directly to make
the sections in
> question identical, and even that doesn't do it. As far
as I could see, my
> actual working site page (which won't accept the
insertion) had one extra
> bit
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http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
http://apptools.com/rants/jsmenu.php
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> Murray, thanks for that it is very interesting.
>
> fat bloke
>
> --
>
> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> First of all, you have to read this -
>>
>>
http://apptools.com/rants/jsmenu.php
>>
http://apptools.com/rants/menus.php
>>
>> Those DW pop-up menus are just deadly.
>>
>> Then read this -
>>
>>
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=153
>>
>>
>> "Fat Bloke" <[email protected]>
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>> news:e2a49c$qj4$[email protected]..
>>> Pop up menu help
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi, I have made a pop up menu in Dreamweaver 8
using the "behaviour"
>>> command and it works well in Firefox, however
when I test it in IE6
>>> I keep getting the IE security bar opening on
the top of the page
>>> saying "To help protect your security, Internet
explorer has
>>> restricted this file from showing active content
that could access
>>> your computer" I know how to switch it off in my
computer, but other
>>> people would
>>> probably not want to continue viewing the site
when a security
>>> warning has come up. How do I produce a popup
menu like this
>>>
>>>
http://www.smartwebby.com/
"top options" without getting the
>>> warning? Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>
> -
Show pop-up menu option is always gray!
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> Thank you for replying.
>
> Yes, it's in a template. I just tried saving my template
as an html file,
> and
> was able to make the pop-up menu. But now if I save it
as a template, how
> can I
> link all the files (there are many) to this new
template.
>
> If I rename this template with the name of the one I
used to create the
> files,
> will DW behave as if it's the same template? Will it
update my files when
> I
> make changes, even though it was not the one I used to
create these files?
>
> I've had pesky template problems before and afraid to
mess up the original
> template which I used to create all the files.
> -
In the System Preferences with QuickClicks/Pen Tablet, there is an option to add items to a pop-up menu. I can assign tasks to that option, but can never get the pen (Axiotron, in this case) to show those tasks as a pop-up menu anywhere. What am I missing? Thanks.
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"Fat Bloke" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Murray, thanks for that it is very interesting.
>
> fat bloke
>
> --
>
> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> First of all, you have to read this -
>>
>>
http://apptools.com/rants/jsmenu.php
>>
http://apptools.com/rants/menus.php
>>
>> Those DW pop-up menus are just deadly.
>>
>> Then read this -
>>
>>
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=153
>>
>>
>> "Fat Bloke" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
>> news:e2a49c$qj4$[email protected]..
>>> Pop up menu help
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi, I have made a pop up menu in Dreamweaver 8
using the "behaviour"
>>> command and it works well in Firefox, however
when I test it in IE6
>>> I keep getting the IE security bar opening on
the top of the page
>>> saying "To help protect your security, Internet
explorer has
>>> restricted this file from showing active content
that could access
>>> your computer" I know how to switch it off in my
computer, but other
>>> people would
>>> probably not want to continue viewing the site
when a security
>>> warning has come up. How do I produce a popup
menu like this
>>>
>>>
http://www.smartwebby.com/
"top options" without getting the
>>> warning? Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>
> -
when you put a loop in the arrange window at the top of the loop it coms up with the Loop Family pop-up menu how do u swich this of
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"Fat Bloke" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Murray, thanks for that it is very interesting.
>
> fat bloke
>
> --
>
> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> First of all, you have to read this -
>>
>>
http://apptools.com/rants/jsmenu.php
>>
http://apptools.com/rants/menus.php
>>
>> Those DW pop-up menus are just deadly.
>>
>> Then read this -
>>
>>
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=153
>>
>>
>> "Fat Bloke" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
>> news:e2a49c$qj4$[email protected]..
>>> Pop up menu help
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi, I have made a pop up menu in Dreamweaver 8
using the "behaviour"
>>> command and it works well in Firefox, however
when I test it in IE6
>>> I keep getting the IE security bar opening on
the top of the page
>>> saying "To help protect your security, Internet
explorer has
>>> restricted this file from showing active content
that could access
>>> your computer" I know how to switch it off in my
computer, but other
>>> people would
>>> probably not want to continue viewing the site
when a security
>>> warning has come up. How do I produce a popup
menu like this
>>>
>>>
http://www.smartwebby.com/
"top options" without getting the
>>> warning? Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>
> -
Dreamweaver MX - troubles with a pop-up menu/navbar combo
Hi all,
I'm attempting to create a 4-button navigation bar, where
three of the buttons produce a popup menu with links to other pages
within the site onMouseOver. The navbar itself works great, but I
put all of that in a template, which of course is automatically
placed in a template folder. I have 6 or 7 other pages that all use
that template, and when I preview the template, the drop-down box
links work fine and I can get to an actual page from the template.
However once I'm at an actual page, every time I try to use the
navbar dropdown links again to get to another page, the browser
can't find the page! I tried moving the template to the same folder
as the pages, which solves the actual problem, but then prevents
the pages that are using the template from being automatically
updated, and therefore creates a new problem.
Should I just not use a template at all, and copy/paste the
template code into each page? Or is there another way to fix this
issue?
Thanks!I'm presuming you are using the DW pop up menus... may I
suggest that you
read this article first before going any further:
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
There are better ways to create your menu, without all the
hassles of these
DW generic ones. Another article:
http://apptools.com/rants/menus.php
Anyway, you should not move the template file out of the
Template folder-
because as you say, it won't progate any changes to the child
pages.
The problem with the popups and the use of templates is in
the links. The
dwt file cannot read the actual links that are written in the
javascript
file the popups generate. There is a technote at the Adobe
site, but I
can't find it right now (seems to be a linking problem on the
site) do a
search for: "Using site root-relative paths with Fireworks
Pop-up Menus in
Dreamweaver templates", it may explain the issue further for
you
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"dudewithasock" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm attempting to create a 4-button navigation bar,
where three of the
> buttons
> produce a popup menu with links to other pages within
the site
> onMouseOver. The
> navbar itself works great, but I put all of that in a
template, which of
> course
> is automatically placed in a template folder. I have 6
or 7 other pages
> that
> all use that template, and when I preview the template,
the drop-down box
> links
> work fine and I can get to an actual page from the
template. However once
> I'm
> at an actual page, every time I try to use the navbar
dropdown links again
> to
> get to another page, the browser can't find the page! I
tried moving the
> template to the same folder as the pages, which solves
the actual problem,
> but
> then prevents the pages that are using the template from
being
> automatically
> updated, and therefore creates a new problem.
>
> Should I just not use a template at all, and copy/paste
the template code
> into
> each page? Or is there another way to fix this issue?
>
> Thanks!
> -
Dreamweaver 8 Behaviors for pop-up menu
I am a novice user of Dreamweaver 8. I created a site using
pop-up Behaviors for a dropdown navigation bar. I've read about a
lot of problems others are having, but part of my problem I have
not been able to locate anywhere.
After I created my template and want to save changes to the
template and update the files based on this template, I go thru a
series of JavaScript errors. It never updates any files in the end
and sometimes shuts down the program. An example of ONE of the
error messages is:
At line 1654 of file "C:\Program Files\Macromedia/Dreamweaver
8\Configuration\Behaviors\Actions\Show Pop-up Menu.js": The
function saveDocument() is currently unavailable.
The more pages attached, the more error messages I get....
all are .js errors.
The other problem is the links from the pop-up. I've double
checked them in the behavior pop-up menu... they appear to be
correct and sometimes work, but not all the time.
Everything I read says that I should create the navigation
with pop-ups (drop down menus) in Fireworks. Is Dreamweaver that
unreliable that this can't be done within itself?
If anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong to receive these
errors and how to correct my links so they are reliable, I would
very much appreciate it. I have recreated this site 6 times and the
errors are consistent.
Thanks, cjbyrnes>I am a novice user of Dreamweaver 8. I created a site
using pop-up
>Behaviors
> for a dropdown navigation bar. I've read about a lot of
problems others
> are
> having, but part of my problem I have not been able to
locate anywhere.
You read about all these problems, yet you pressed ahead and
used them? Why?
DW's Pop-up menus are incompatible with DW's templates.
Embarrassingly sad,
but true.
Did you read about and investigate any of the many
alternatives posted?
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"cjbyrnes" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I am a novice user of Dreamweaver 8. I created a site
using pop-up
>Behaviors
> for a dropdown navigation bar. I've read about a lot of
problems others
> are
> having, but part of my problem I have not been able to
locate anywhere.
>
> After I created my template and want to save changes to
the template and
> update the files based on this template, I go thru a
series of JavaScript
> errors. It never updates any files in the end and
sometimes shuts down the
> program. An example of ONE of the error messages is:
> At line 1654 of file "C:\Program
Files\Macromedia/Dreamweaver
> 8\Configuration\Behaviors\Actions\Show Pop-up Menu.js":
The function
> saveDocument() is currently unavailable.
> The more pages attached, the more error messages I
get.... all are .js
> errors.
>
> The other problem is the links from the pop-up. I've
double checked them
> in
> the behavior pop-up menu... they appear to be correct
and sometimes work,
> but
> not all the time.
>
> Everything I read says that I should create the
navigation with pop-ups
> (drop
> down menus) in Fireworks. Is Dreamweaver that unreliable
that this can't
> be
> done within itself?
>
> If anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong to receive
these errors and how
> to
> correct my links so they are reliable, I would very much
appreciate it. I
> have
> recreated this site 6 times and the errors are
consistent.
>
> Thanks, cjbyrnes
> -
I built a new pop-up menu for my website using Spry in Adobe Dreamweaver. Because of some differences in .HTML and .XHTML
it took me days to get it right. I tested every variation in Firefox until it worked perfectly. Today, I installed the newest version of Firefox and now the pop-up no longer works. I changed the preferences in Firefox to disable to pop-up blocker and it STILL DOESN'T WORK...although an older style of pop-up menu (menu machine) which is no longer supported by Adobe, DOES WORK.
HELP!!! THIS IS IMPORTANT.pixlor:
OP is using CS3 and the menu blog is talking about the menus
in earlier
versions of FW, so *most* of the points made in the blog
don't apply.
That's not to say that using CS3 pop-up menus is a *good*
thing....
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>
quote:
Originally posted by:
captainbianco
> I agree completely and totally, and I will haha but I'd
like to get this
> one
> fixed if I can. You can view the page here
>
http://www.flooringanswers.com/nysurfaces/index2.htm
> Hover over the letters to see the pop-up menu's. The one
over "t" is the
> problem.
> Under Flooring, for example, you have a div with id of
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1
> (ugh). Under that are four items and they have their own
IDs:
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_0
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_1
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_2
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_3
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_4
>
> Your CSS file, however, doesn't have location
information for the ..Item_4
> object.
>
> That's just from a quick, cursory look. In order to fix
this, you're going
> to
> have to go through it line by line and debug it. By the
time you do this,
> you
> might be better off getting something else and starting
from scratch.
>
> Read this:
>
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
> -
Pop-up menue created by Fireworks 8 does not work well in Dreamweaver 8
Hi there,
I have experienced some strange behaviour of Dreamweaver 8
with respect to am enuebar with pop-up-Menue-HTML created by
Fireworks 8. Having designed the pop-up menue in Fireworks 8 all
works fine if you view it through Firewoks. After having exported
the XHTML-Code for Dreamweaver in a file all continues to work fine
if you view it with IE 7.
When imported to Dreamweaver as Fireworks-HTML blue boxes
were shown around the bar and the pop-menue appears with blue boxes
around. Viewing this stuff by pressing F12 in Dreamweaver shows up
the page in the browser with the menue bar and all the submenues (I
cant stand it anymore). I tried a lot of things but I failed. Help
would be appreciated very much.
WolfgangHave a read of this article - may convince you why it's not a
good idea to
use these menus:
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
also:
http://apptools.com/rants/jsmenu.php
http://apptools.com/rants/menus.php
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"wogtube" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi there,
>
> I have experienced some strange behaviour of Dreamweaver
8 with respect to
> am
> enuebar with pop-up-Menue-HTML created by Fireworks 8.
Having designed the
> pop-up menue in Fireworks 8 all works fine if you view
it through
> Firewoks.
> After having exported the XHTML-Code for Dreamweaver in
a file all
> continues to
> work fine if you view it with IE 7.
>
> When imported to Dreamweaver as Fireworks-HTML blue
boxes were shown
> around
> the bar and the pop-menue appears with blue boxes
around. Viewing this
> stuff
> by pressing F12 in Dreamweaver shows up the page in the
browser with the
> menue
> bar and all the submenues (I cant stand it anymore). I
tried a lot of
> things
> but I failed. Help would be appreciated very much.
>
> Wolfgang
> -
I'm having a problem with my site menu. The site works off a
template and all links are created in the template. I have a
central menu bar with rollover buttons, each with their own
drop-down menu (using the Show Pop-Up Menu behavior). When tested
in the browser, the menu drops down on mouse-over as it's supposed
to, but when the links in the drop-down menu are clicked on, an
error page comes up. The directory path specified in the Pop-Up
Menu behavior is correct, but changes inexplicably when tested in
the browser. All other links in the site (not in drop-down menu
format) function as they're supposed to. I have no clue how to fix
this problem. I think there may be a script error in the mm_menu.js
file which is automatically created by Dreamweaver, but am not sure
how to go about correcting this. Any ideas?> When creating pop-up menus everything works fine
You just think. Read this (written by the person who adapted
the original
Netscape code for Macromedia) -
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
Those menus are a plague.
Anyhow, try this -
Troubleshooting JavaScript errors in Dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19105#dat
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"montagrc" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> When creating pop-up menus everything works fine,
however, when I need to
> go in
> and edit a link, this error keeps occuring:
>
> "When executing inspectBehaviour in Show pop up
menu.htm, the following
> Javascript error(s) occured:
>
> At line 492 of file "C:\...Dreamweaver
> 8\Configuration\Behaviours\Actions|Show
> Pop -up Menu.js";
> TypeError: T.update is not a function."
>
> Anyone seen this before, noone in my workplace has, nor
has googling
> yielded
> any answers. Any thoughts/ideas/help greatly
appreciated.
>
> Using Dreamweaver 8, no extensions, update 8.02
> -
Pop-up menu cellspacing in IE but not Firefox
I created a website a while back using Dreamweaver and managed to install the header I created in Fireworks CS3 with no problem, however I am redesigning the site and when I place my header in, there appears to be cellspacing in my pop-up menu, but only with Internet Explorer and not with Firefox. When I went to export the header, since I wasn't using Dreamweaver to write it in, I chose the style as "generic html", and made sure there was no Cell spacing. I'd appreciate any feedback I can get.
Well, you have a number of errors that you'll need to address.
You have two body tags, and you can only have one. This may be the problem.
You have a <script language="JavaScript"> declaration and it should be <script type="text/javascript">
You have <center> tags inside <a href...></a> elements and that is not correct.
You have a <valign="top"> tag, and that is an attibute, not a tag.
Where you have <h1 style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:#6F0101; font-size:26;"> won't work, because font names that have spaces in them must be enclosed in quotation marks. You would be better off defining a class for your h1s.
There's a nifty add-on for Firefox that really helps to show you some things in your code. It's called Firebug. Search for it with Google and it's easy to install. I also have the HTML Tidy add-on. HTML Tidy shows me warnings and errors. Firebug shows the structure of the code and also the inheritance of the CSS. In this case, I think you may be inheriting some padding or margin from your default.css once you insert your header into the body.
Here's what I recommend you do:
1) Fix up your Fireworks file to name all your images. For example, the images in your menu that have "Home" written in them should be home.gif and home-ov.gif, (or similar, with "ov" indicating "over") not headermenu_r2_c1.gif and headermenu_r2_c1_f2.gif. Likewise, in the code it should have a name of "home." It will make your code so much easier to read and maintain.
2) Install the HTML Tidy and Firebug add-ons to Firefox. Or, you can use the W3C code validator. Fix the errors in your code.
3) Clean up your CSS and put all your CSS in one file. Rename those awful Fireworks names to something more memorable. Make sure you know exactly what is what and where everything is. That way, you'll see where attributes might be being inherited.
If you want a good book for HTML and CSS, I like Elizabeth Castro's HTML for the World Wide Web. It's in the 6th edition, now. I recently picked up HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS and I find that it is a nice lead-in to designing layouts with CSS.
All that said, Nadia is right and the Fireworks menus are not so great. They aren't really very robust and (as you've experienced) they're difficult to maintain and troubleshoot. Here are two sites that have professional menu plug-ins for Dreamweaver (not Fireworks):
Pluginlab Limited
Project Seven
The Project Seven menus are regularly recommended, but I have no personal experience with either of them. Either one will give you a better experience with less frustration. While they are not free, they'll save you quite a bit of time.
Good luck!
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