Libraries, Templates, Nested Templates, Repeat Regions,

[Andrew_G]

Hi

I have eight categories to display in my site navigation.
Each category has at least one (some have two) levels of subcategories.
For example for one of the categories :-
Health > Level One.
Mens Health > Level Two cascading from this.
Prostate Trouble > Level three cascading from Mens Health.

I only want users to see the level ones (Health in the example above) on
initial browsing of the site and then by clicking on these the associated
sub-categories (of that category only) will be displayed.
How can I organise my navigation using templates or libraries to allow this?
With only one template it's all or nothing as far as I can workout and I
suppose what I want is the equivalent of 8 libraries (?) to correspond with my
8 navigation headings.
I hope this makes more sense to you Dreamweaver experts than it does to me
reading it back :)
Many thanks

[Andrew_G]

Hi

I have eight categories to display in my site navigation.
Each category has at least one (some have two) levels of subcategories.
For example for one of the categories :-
Health > Level One.
Mens Health > Level Two cascading from this.
Prostate Trouble > Level three cascading from Mens Health.

I only want users to see the level ones (Health in the example above) on
initial browsing of the site and then by clicking on these the associated
sub-categories (of that category only) will be displayed.
How can I organise my navigation using templates or libraries to allow this?
With only one template it's all or nothing as far as I can workout and I
suppose what I want is the equivalent of 8 libraries (?) to correspond with my
8 navigation headings.
I hope this makes more sense to you Dreamweaver experts than it does to me
reading it back :)
Many thanks

[Murray *ACE*]

I hate sites like this. There's no way to get from one sublevel to another
without going to the top level.

I suggest you not use fly-out-type menus, but instead, have subordinate
sectional navigation on each page within a given section. You can easily do
this with a single template using Library items in an editable region for
the sectional navigation, or better, using server-side includes.

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"Andrew_G" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I have eight categories to display in my site navigation.
> Each category has at least one (some have two) levels of subcategories.
> For example for one of the categories :-
> Health > Level One.
> Mens Health > Level Two cascading from this.
> Prostate Trouble > Level three cascading from Mens Health.
>
> I only want users to see the level ones (Health in the example above) on
> initial browsing of the site and then by clicking on these the associated
> sub-categories (of that category only) will be displayed.
> How can I organise my navigation using templates or libraries to allow
> this?
> With only one template it's all or nothing as far as I can workout and I
> suppose what I want is the equivalent of 8 libraries (?) to correspond
> with my
> 8 navigation headings.
> I hope this makes more sense to you Dreamweaver experts than it does to me
> reading it back :)
> Many thanks
>
>

[Andrew_G]

Anyone please :(

[Murray *ACE*]

I already posted an answer - you can find it here:

[url]http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=+group:macromedia.dreamwea ver[/url]


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"Andrew_G" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone please :(

[Murray *ACE*]

Nevermind - here is is again, posted at 9AM today -

I hate sites like this. There's no way to get from one sublevel to another
without going to the top level.

I suggest you not use fly-out-type menus, but instead, have subordinate
sectional navigation on each page within a given section. You can easily do
this with a single template using Library items in an editable region for
the sectional navigation, or better, using server-side includes.

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"Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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>I already posted an answer - you can find it here:
>
> [url]http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=+group:macromedia.dreamwea ver[/url]
>
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> Adobe Community Expert
> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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>
> "Andrew_G" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:e3ds9j$9fq$1@forums.macromedia.com...

>> Anyone please :(

>
>

[Andrew_G]

Thanks for the reply Murray but it's not a fly-out type menu and you can get
from one sublevel to another without going to the top level :)

Not sure the protocol of posting URLS here so to play on the safe side if you
type information commissioner into Google and visit the top hit you will see
the type of menu I'm after although this example is server-side (& mine can't
be).

Thanks

[Murray *ACE*]

There's no problem with posting links here.

> How can I organise my navigation using templates or libraries to allow
> this?

Build the full menu system into a set of nested unordered lists. Make each
<ul> have a unique ID. Use CSS to set all of the subordinate uls to
display:hidden. On each page, to display the associated subordinate list,
add a rule to an embedded stylesheet in the head to set the style for that
<ul> to display:block.

Simple simon....

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"Andrew_G" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply Murray but it's not a fly-out type menu and you can
> get
> from one sublevel to another without going to the top level :)
>
> Not sure the protocol of posting URLS here so to play on the safe side if
> you
> type information commissioner into Google and visit the top hit you will
> see
> the type of menu I'm after although this example is server-side (& mine
> can't
> be).
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

[firerose]

I must admit that what may seem simple to a seasoned Dreamweaver user is
gibberish to those of us who have only coded by hand in the past - keeping
things as simple as possible. Although I've created/used DW templates before,
I'm not fond of using them...guess I'm just old fashioned. I can't seem to get
used to opening a page and realizing that if I want to change a section on it
that I have to open a template and change it there. For me, Dreamweaver serves
as a quick way to get basic code and view resulting pages for me - it's dynamic
features don't seem very flexible.

Anyway, I, too, am working on a subordinate sectional navigation but the page
is .php and the links are propogated from a MySQL database. The problem I keep
seeing (and other's mention it on the 'Net) - DW doesn't like to do nested
menus from a database, so I get errors all the time. I have to write my own
php/html for the nested portion (can't generate it from DW), if I don't, or if
I decide to change anything (like add a div tag or change it to a list from a
table), DW shows a '/MM Repeated Region' error in design view. Sometimes this
ends up with unspecified errors in the function of the page when tested on the
server (the section won't even show up), but sometimes not. This only happens
with DW generated pages....pages I've built from scratch don't seem to have
these issues when I open them in DW.

So - how to do the sectional navigation in DW with .php, MySQL, no libraries
or templates.

Thanks,

Just an old-fashioned girl...


Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
There's no problem with posting links here.

> How can I organise my navigation using templates or libraries to allow
> this?

Build the full menu system into a set of nested unordered lists. Make each
<ul> have a unique ID. Use CSS to set all of the subordinate uls to
display:hidden. On each page, to display the associated subordinate list,
add a rule to an embedded stylesheet in the head to set the style for that
<ul> to display:block.

Simple simon....

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"Andrew_G" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply Murray but it's not a fly-out type menu and you can
> get
> from one sublevel to another without going to the top level :)
>
> Not sure the protocol of posting URLS here so to play on the safe side if
> you
> type information commissioner into Google and visit the top hit you will
> see
> the type of menu I'm after although this example is server-side (& mine
> can't
> be).
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

[Murray *ACE*]

> DW doesn't like to do nested

> menus from a database, so I get errors all the time.

Sorry - I have no idea what this means, but for sure it sounds like
something that DW would have no trouble doing.

> DW shows a '/MM Repeated Region' error in design view

<shrug> - without actually seeing your code, it's meaningless to speculate
what might be happening here.

> So - how to do the sectional navigation in DW with .php, MySQL, no
> libraries
> or templates.

Includes.

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"firerose" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I must admit that what may seem simple to a seasoned Dreamweaver user is
> gibberish to those of us who have only coded by hand in the past - keeping
> things as simple as possible. Although I've created/used DW templates
> before,
> I'm not fond of using them...guess I'm just old fashioned. I can't seem
> to get
> used to opening a page and realizing that if I want to change a section on
> it
> that I have to open a template and change it there. For me, Dreamweaver
> serves
> as a quick way to get basic code and view resulting pages for me - it's
> dynamic
> features don't seem very flexible.
>
> Anyway, I, too, am working on a subordinate sectional navigation but the
> page
> is .php and the links are propogated from a MySQL database. The problem I
> keep
> seeing (and other's mention it on the 'Net) - DW doesn't like to do nested
> menus from a database, so I get errors all the time. I have to write my
> own
> php/html for the nested portion (can't generate it from DW), if I don't,
> or if
> I decide to change anything (like add a div tag or change it to a list
> from a
> table), DW shows a '/MM Repeated Region' error in design view. Sometimes
> this
> ends up with unspecified errors in the function of the page when tested on
> the
> server (the section won't even show up), but sometimes not. This only
> happens
> with DW generated pages....pages I've built from scratch don't seem to
> have
> these issues when I open them in DW.
>
> So - how to do the sectional navigation in DW with .php, MySQL, no
> libraries
> or templates.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Just an old-fashioned girl...
>
>
> Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
> There's no problem with posting links here.
>

> > How can I organise my navigation using templates or libraries to allow
> > this?

>
> Build the full menu system into a set of nested unordered lists. Make
> each
> <ul> have a unique ID. Use CSS to set all of the subordinate uls to
> display:hidden. On each page, to display the associated subordinate list,
> add a rule to an embedded stylesheet in the head to set the style for that
> <ul> to display:block.
>
> Simple simon....
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> Adobe Community Expert
> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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>
>
> "Andrew_G" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:e3g5ch$9bn$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > Thanks for the reply Murray but it's not a fly-out type menu and you can
> > get
> > from one sublevel to another without going to the top level :)
> >
> > Not sure the protocol of posting URLS here so to play on the safe side
> > if
> > you
> > type information commissioner into Google and visit the top hit you will
> > see
> > the type of menu I'm after although this example is server-side (& mine
> > can't
> > be).
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >

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