Drop-Down Menus?

[trentc]

this might be a silly question, but what is the best way to use DW drop-down
menus througout your site for navigation? Is there a way to put the java script
in a seperate file that each page links to? Right now the page links are listed
on each page so if I need to make a change to a link or add a link I would need
to open 30+ pages and revise the drop-down menu, and DW will not allow you to
make this kind of navigation a library item... any comments or tutorials would
be much appreciated, thanks!

[Murray *TMM*]

The best way to use them is to not use them at all. There are much better
methods.

But, yes, you can externalize the js that defines the menus, and link to it
with all the pages. This is a help. However, you are correct that once you
create the library item or template, you cannot edit it.

Just go learn how to do it manually -

[url]http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/snapmenus/index.htm[/url]

or

[url]http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/index.htm[/url]

and here's an example you can analyze -

[url]http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/autolayers/[/url]


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"trentc" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> this might be a silly question, but what is the best way to use DW
> drop-down
> menus througout your site for navigation? Is there a way to put the java
> script
> in a seperate file that each page links to? Right now the page links are
> listed
> on each page so if I need to make a change to a link or add a link I would
> need
> to open 30+ pages and revise the drop-down menu, and DW will not allow you
> to
> make this kind of navigation a library item... any comments or tutorials
> would
> be much appreciated, thanks!
>

[tcd3100]

Using the Simple PVII pop-up menus, can you make the links external so you can update the site and links without having to open and modify 30+ pages?

[Murray *TMM*]

Yes. Put the whole menu into a server-side include.

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"tcd3100" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Using the Simple PVII pop-up menus, can you make the links external so you
> can update the site and links without having to open and modify 30+ pages?