Hiding Includes?

[patricksheehan]

Hi - I've always recommended contribute for clients wanting to manage content
on their own, and never had trouble until the latest version.

In the past, I've used php include files for navigation. The contribute user
sees this as a blank space, or indication that there is a failed stream or
something - that's fine. My newest client using this just bought the latest
version, which populates the include content in their page view on edit.

Here's the problem- I'm using the OpenCube Infinite Menu System, which creates
drop-down & flyout navigation using CSS and javascript from a list-based
system. When the client edits the page, it shows the div element in it's
entirety with the giant list fully expanded for all categories. Because it
needs to be on the top layer for the menus to paint over the content on
rollover, this expanded view is completely covering the content, and the client
can't edit it.

So is there a way to specify a certain file will NOT be seen by a certain
user? If I could somehow make it so when she edits the page, the include file
doesn't show up - that would be perfect. Right now we're chasing an idea of
using a browser sniffer and if/then, but that's really ugly.

[scr]

If you set up the page with a Dreamweaver template, you can define editable and
non-editable regions of the site. For your case, you'd want the menu code in
the non-editable region. It's a little bit of a hassle to apply the template
to an already built site, but this will solve the problem.