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DHTML menu for phpwcms
Posted: Thu 18. Dec 2003, 12:07
by frold
Hey
Is there anyone who have developed a dhtml menu for phpwcms, that is autoupdated when you add a new level to the site structure?
I would like to use a dhtml menu like these site offer...
like this :
http://www.burmees.nl/menu/menus.htm
or this:
http://www.brothercake.com/dropdown/
Posted: Thu 18. Dec 2003, 20:02
by roman-schechtel
as of today, I think this is going to be difficult. Sometimes in the future phpWCMS will habe a better template support, I heard. Then things like this will go without modifying phpWCMS's source code.
Posted: Fri 26. Dec 2003, 00:59
by Oliver Georgi
Roman, this is something I want to include - hardcoded next time. Reworked template system will need time.

Posted: Tue 6. Jan 2004, 22:49
by Moozie
Oliver,
This one is not in the january 2004 version. I guess it will take much longer? It's a nice feature for bigger sites. You can scroll the menu's without having to click them to see all items. It navigates much faster.
Posted: Tue 6. Jan 2004, 23:49
by Oliver Georgi
yes - time is all I need...

Posted: Sat 10. Jan 2004, 19:33
by frold
anyone taking this job

Posted: Tue 13. Jan 2004, 10:58
by hidiho
Oliver,
Maybe this link
http://www.aitoc.com/en/flex_menu_php.html
will help. It's free. I think that the code can be used within phpwcms. All you'll need to code is that every sitestructure change will render (output) an XML file. It is, i think, the easiest solution, otherwise you would have to rebuild the script in order to connect to the db.
As for now, i use the burmees script. It works fine too, but is al bit slow. Another one, also free, is EZmenu. This one is a bit faster, but the rendering of burmees is more accurate.
You could of course include a functionality (has been done for mambo) that writes a js file with variables of the entire menu after each sitestructure change, that file is than being used in the frontend for rendering the burmees menu.
Hope this helps
Regards to all

Posted: Tue 13. Jan 2004, 11:09
by Oliver Georgi
Yeah - XML sounds good. Later, when having time again...
Oliver
Posted: Tue 13. Jan 2004, 11:19
by frold
But in the meanwhile when Oliver is working - so he can earn some money - then maybe someone else have time and now how to do it?
Posted: Tue 13. Jan 2004, 11:47
by hidiho
I'll check for that, maybe one of my collegaes can do this. Not sure if, but when...
anyway, will let you know
regards
Posted: Tue 13. Jan 2004, 12:14
by frold
hidiho wrote:I'll check for that, maybe one of my collegaes can do this. Not sure if, but when...
anyway, will let you know
regards
I would be so COOL now Oliver have to contrate on other things...

Posted: Tue 20. Jan 2004, 20:34
by brans
I think if you add this:
http://www.active-link.com/intranet/software.php
then it will be no more problem to implement it into phpwcms
you can see what the scripts does
here ( the script I posted! )