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s_mccoy #1
variables to control image state
I Does anybody know of a good tutorial or method of using a variable to define
the image state of a menu? I have a DW template I use to update some consitent
page elements, including the menus, but I need a way to change the default
state of the four mainmenu buttons hen you're on a site under that category. I
could create four templates but I want to keep the site easy to update. Any
suggestions on how I might go about doing this?
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Murray *TMM* #2 Re: variables to control image state
It's easy to do with CSS or with javascript.
With CSS you would have a little stylesheet embedded in the head of each
page that allows you to set the down state for any given button (each button
would have a unique id - for example -
<a href="foo.html" id="button1">...<a href="bar.html" id="button2">
and then your stylesheet would have this -
a#button1 { styles }
on one page, and on another this -
a#button2 { styles }
See how that works?
With javascript, put this in script tags in the head of the document -
function P7_downImage() {
var g7="<imagename>"
var g7url="<pathname>"
if ((g7=MM_findObj(g7))!=null) {g7.src=g7url;}
}
and this on the <body> tag
onload="P7_downImage()"
Then on each page you would need to make two edits:
Set g7 to the *name* of the button (not the file name but the HTML name -
e.g., "productsbutt"), and g7url to the pathname to the button (e.g.,
"images/nav/button3.gif"), and bada bing, bada boom!
There is an excellent tutorial here -
[url]http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=126[/url]
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"s_mccoy" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dtie57$jer$1@forums.macromedia.com...>I Does anybody know of a good tutorial or method of using a variable to
>define
> the image state of a menu? I have a DW template I use to update some
> consitent
> page elements, including the menus, but I need a way to change the default
> state of the four mainmenu buttons hen you're on a site under that
> category. I
> could create four templates but I want to keep the site easy to update.
> Any
> suggestions on how I might go about doing this?
>
Murray *TMM* Guest
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s_mccoy #3 Re: variables to control image state
I think I understand the basic concept here and I don't know why I didn't think
of the css method. However, how does the Dreamweaver template functionality
impact both of these? My menu is locked on the pages bsaed on the template. I
could make just these images editable regions but is this necessary?
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Murray *TMM* #4 Re: variables to control image state
> how does the Dreamweaver template functionality
Not at all. I do the menu CSS in the editable region of the head of the> impact both of these?
page - it's editable on every child page.
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"s_mccoy" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dtio61$3s0$1@forums.macromedia.com...>I think I understand the basic concept here and I don't know why I didn't
>think
> of the css method. However, how does the Dreamweaver template
> functionality
> impact both of these? My menu is locked on the pages bsaed on the
> template. I
> could make just these images editable regions but is this necessary?
>
Murray *TMM* Guest
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s_mccoy #5 Re: variables to control image state
The problem now is my menu now cannot be updated across all my pages based on
this templte because the contents of editable regions are not updated.
Dreamweaver has templates completely backwards and they cause mor eproblems
then they solve. Everything should default to editable let me pick what I want
to lock down. I'm now having problems with the onload behavior not working
with template pages because it insists on placing the onload event in the
<body> tag and not in the <head> tag and there is no way to change this default
behavior other than writing the preload javascript myself which defats teh
purpose of using a tool like Dreamweaver.
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Murray *TMM* #6 Re: variables to control image state
Dreamweaver has templates right. It's you that are not understanding how to
use them.
Editable region changes cannot propagate otherwise you would never be able
to have unique content on a page.
What you are asking for is a basic thing and very easy to do in templates,
but it is important that you understand how templates work first.
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[url]http://www.projectseven.com/go[/url] - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
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"s_mccoy" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dtn7oa$ct6$1@forums.macromedia.com...> The problem now is my menu now cannot be updated across all my pages based
> on
> this templte because the contents of editable regions are not updated.
> Dreamweaver has templates completely backwards and they cause mor
> eproblems
> then they solve. Everything should default to editable let me pick what I
> want
> to lock down. I'm now having problems with the onload behavior not
> working
> with template pages because it insists on placing the onload event in the
> <body> tag and not in the <head> tag and there is no way to change this
> default
> behavior other than writing the preload javascript myself which defats teh
> purpose of using a tool like Dreamweaver.
>
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