How is it done"

[DarleneW]

:confused;
I will be creating a new site for my office using Dreamweaver MX and Fireworks
MX - We also have Flash MX. I have used the Dreamweaver quite a lot and have
started using Fireworks (not really proficient yet) but have not used Flash.
My boss likes the way the MM site's menu bar at top shows the next menu when
moused-over. Can someone let me know what program was used to develop this?
Any 'tips' will be appreciated.

[Murray *TMM*]

On many pages, those menus are Flash. However, having Flash as your main
navigation element is (in my opinion) a mistake UNLESS you also provide some
duplicate (non-Flash, i.e., plain HTML) navigation links somewhere.
Otherwise, those who do not have Flash Player installed will not be able to
navigate your site AT ALL.

On other pages, those menus are ordinary HTML text with a very funky system
for displaying the submenus. You can see them up close and personal (in
DMX2004) by using FILE | New > Page Design (CSS), and selecting anything
HALO. Having done that, the first thing you should do is to rip the menu
system out, and rebuild it with Show/Hide Layer - a simple job. Then you
will be golden.

You can read more about the Halo menus here -

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/dreamweaver/articles/dissecting_halo.html[/url]


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"DarleneW" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> :confused;
> I will be creating a new site for my office using Dreamweaver MX and
> Fireworks
> MX - We also have Flash MX. I have used the Dreamweaver quite a lot and
> have
> started using Fireworks (not really proficient yet) but have not used
> Flash.
> My boss likes the way the MM site's menu bar at top shows the next menu
> when
> moused-over. Can someone let me know what program was used to develop
> this?
> Any 'tips' will be appreciated.
>

[DarleneW]

Thanks for that info - any other suggestions to do the following:

We have approximately 450 -500 pages in our existing site. The new site needs
to have interactive 'menus' - one on the main page(s) that will be on every
page in the site. and then sub-menus for each section (and possibly even a
sub-sub-menu on some sections. I have tried pop-up menus - they do not seem to
work with either 'Library' or Templates.

[Murray *TMM*]

> I have tried pop-up menus - they do not seem to

> work with either 'Library' or Templates.

Unfortunately, they work fine with both Library items and Templates, but you
do have to understand how to make them do so. That's not to say it's black
magic, but it does require an understanding of how to manage the support
javascript.

If it were me (heck it IS me - I am just finishing a site like that), I
would use server-side includes for the section specific menus, and then a
series of Template logic tests to determine which one to use - I have done
just that in this markup (this is just a fragment of the entire logic set) -

<!-- TemplateBeginMultipleIf --> <!-- TemplateBeginIfClause
cond="(id=='products') && (productSubsection=='none')" -->
<!--#include virtual="/newsite/includes/prodproductmenu.html" -->
<!-- TemplateEndIfClause --> <!-- TemplateBeginIfClause
cond="(id=='products') && (productSubsection=='dummy')" -->
<!--#include virtual="/newsite/includes/proddummymenu.html" -->
<!-- TemplateEndIfClause --> <!-- TemplateBeginIfClause
cond="(id=='products') && (productSubsection=='practice')" -->
<!--#include virtual="/newsite/includes/prodpracticemenu.html" -->
<!-- TemplateEndIfClause --> <!-- TemplateBeginIfClause
cond="(id=='products') && (productSubsection=='training')" -->
<!--#include virtual="/newsite/includes/prodtrainingmenu.html" -->
<!-- TemplateEndIfClause --> <!-- TemplateBeginIfClause
cond="(id=='products') && (productSubsection=='amkor')" -->
<!--#include virtual="/newsite/includes/amkormenu.html" -->

In this case, each child page is given several parameter values that define
which section it belongs to. Based on the values of those parameters, the
proper include is selected for the menus.

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"DarleneW" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for that info - any other suggestions to do the following:
>
> We have approximately 450 -500 pages in our existing site. The new site
> needs
> to have interactive 'menus' - one on the main page(s) that will be on
> every
> page in the site. and then sub-menus for each section (and possibly even
> a
> sub-sub-menu on some sections. I have tried pop-up menus - they do not
> seem to
> work with either 'Library' or Templates.
>

[DarleneW]

WoW! Guess I've got some studying to do - I've not had the opportunity to use
Server Side Includes and some other issues too. I downloaded the MX2004 - have
not installed yet -- Since I'm already running DW MX (I think 2000) will the
2004 overwrite my version? I don't want to cause myself problems. When I
changed from DW4 to MX the MX 'took over' - which was okay since I was going to
use it anyway -- but the download is only a trial basis. That makes me a
little nervous. PS - You have been very helpful. Can you direct me to the
website that you mention in your last message?

[Murray *TMM*]

You mean the one from which that markup snippet was taken? It's not quite
ready yet....

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"DarleneW" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> WoW! Guess I've got some studying to do - I've not had the opportunity to
> use
> Server Side Includes and some other issues too. I downloaded the MX2004 -
> have
> not installed yet -- Since I'm already running DW MX (I think 2000) will
> the
> 2004 overwrite my version? I don't want to cause myself problems. When I
> changed from DW4 to MX the MX 'took over' - which was okay since I was
> going to
> use it anyway -- but the download is only a trial basis. That makes me a
> little nervous. PS - You have been very helpful. Can you direct me to
> the
> website that you mention in your last message?
>