Submenu wo't show/expand. HELP!!

**booneyhead** · 14 December 2004, 01:00 AM

When I made my Menu in Xara Menu Maker, the preview showed the submenu. But when I inserted it in the FrontPage and also when I push the button "Browser Preview" (in the save option of Xara)the submenu is just not showing. Why is that? Can anyone help me please?

**booneyhead** · 14 December 2004, 01:00 AM

When I made my Menu in Xara Menu Maker, the preview showed the submenu. But when I inserted it in the FrontPage and also when I push the button "Browser Preview" (in the save option of Xara)the submenu is just not showing. Why is that? Can anyone help me please?

**John Rayner** · 14 December 2004, 04:24 AM

The Graphics or the .js is not in the right place...

**booneyhead** · 21 December 2004, 10:59 AM

I don't know how I could save the stuff in the wrong folder>
I push the save button the window where I can choose the output type.
I then go to "save your edits in project" and there I go to my homepage folder where I saved it.
When I say save and exit it displays the main bar, but the submenues don't work...what am I doing wrong? Can anyone help me..?

**booneyhead** · 21 December 2004, 11:11 AM

Oh, and I read your explaination in the other thread about the submenue...Now, maybe I am just a real bonehead or I am missing something. The bar I created worked in the preview, not in the browser preview. I saved the graphics and the .js files all in the same folder, but I must be doing something wrong since it won't expand the submenu.
Do I have to insert the html code myself?

I am really confused. I bet if I would see someone doing it, I would be going "duh", but right now I am totally clueless....

**John Rayner** · 21 December 2004, 02:52 PM

Is your browser set up to prohibit javascripts from running to protect your computer? if so.. then this might be your problem. If not can you see the menu on this page here?

The xaramenu.js is the script that handles the drop down submenus. Is that script there, is it called properly?

**booneyhead** · 22 December 2004, 12:00 AM

First of all...THANK you that you have not given up on me yet..

When I go to my advanced internet Options, the Java section says "use jave for <applet>.

When i go to the link you posted, I can see the menu expand.It works just fine.

With the xaramenu.js script...yes, that is in the same diretory than the other . Here is a list of what is in the direcory.

pipe.html
pipe.js
xaramenu.js
pipe_b1.gif
pipe_b1_over.gif
pipe_b2.gif
pipe_b2_over.gif
pipe_b3.gif
pipe_b3_over.gif
pipe_b4.gif
pipe_b4_over.gif
pipe_b5.gif
pipe_b5_over.gif
pipe_b6.gif
pipe_b6_over.gif
pipe_b7.gif
pipe_b7_over.gif
pipe_left.gif
pipe_right.gif

Now, when I go to see the html code (after I inserted the menu into my Frontpage) it is missing all the links I inserted with every submenu.

it shows only this...
<html>

<head>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>New Page 1</title>
</head>

<body>

<script src="xaramenu.js"></script><script menumaker src="pipe3.js"></script><noscript><img src="pipe3.gif?004BB9BE" editor="menumaker"></noscript>

</body>

</html>
but when I open the pipe.js it is all there...
//Â©Xara Ltd
if(typeof(loc)=="undefined"||loc==""){var loc="";if(document.body&&document.body.innerHTML){ var tt=document.body.innerHTML;var ml=tt.match(/["']([^'"]*)pipe3.js["']/i);if(ml && ml.length > 1) loc=ml[1];}}

var bd=5
document.write("<style type=\"text/css\">");
document.write("\n\n");
document.write("</style>");

var fc=0xffffff;
var bc=0x4a687d;
if(typeof(frames)=="undefined"){var frames=0;}

startMainMenu("pipe3_left.gif",39,23,2,0,0)
mainMenuItem("pipe3_b1",".gif",39,193,loc+"improve d.htm","_parent","HOME",2,2,"pipe3_plain");
mainMenuItem("pipe3_b2",".gif",39,193,loc+"tylers. html","_parent","TYLER",2,2,"pipe3_plain");
mainMenuItem("pipe3_b3",".gif",39,193,"javascript: ;","_parent","ARMY STUFF",2,2,"pipe3_plain");
mainMenuItem("pipe3_b4",".gif",39,193,loc+"FamilyF riends/FamilyFriends.html","_parent","FAMILY and FRIENDS",2,2,"pipe3_plain");
mainMenuItem("pipe3_b5",".gif",39,193,loc+"Trauer. htm","_parent","OPA NICK",2,2,"pipe3_plain");
mainMenuItem("pipe3_b6",".gif",39,193,loc+"Tattoo/Tattoo.html","_parent","TATTOOS",2,2,"pipe3_plain" );
mainMenuItem("pipe3_b7",".gif",39,193,loc+"thankyo u.html","_parent","THANK YOU!",2,2,"pipe3_plain");
endMainMenu("pipe3_right.gif",39,23)

startSubmenu("pipe3_b3","pipe3_menu",193);
submenuItem("Iraq Pictures (Set 1)",loc+"Iraq/Iraq.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("Iraq Pictures (Set 2)",loc+"Iraq1/Iraq1.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("Iraq Pictures (Set 3)",loc+"Iraq2/Iraq2.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("Kosovo Pictures (Set 1)",loc+"Kosovo1/Kosovo1.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("Kosovo Pictures (Set 2)",loc+"Kosovo3/KosovoBrett.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("Kosovo Pictures (Set 3)",loc+"Kosovo2/Kosovoellis.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("PROMOTION",loc+"Promotion/NovDec03/NovDec03.html","","pipe3_plain");
endSubmenu("pipe3_b3");

startSubmenu("pipe3_b2","pipe3_menu",193);
submenuItem("My Brother Christian",loc+"Christian/Christian.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("January 2004",loc+"JanFeb04/JanFeb04.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("February 2004",loc+"FebMar04/FebMar04.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("March 2004",loc+"MarApr04/MarApr04.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("April 2004",loc+"AprilMay04/AprilMay04.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("May 2004",loc+"AprMay04/AprMay04.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("June 2004",loc+"JuneJuly04/June04.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("July 2004",loc+"JulyAug04/July.html","","pipe3_plain");
submenuItem("August 2004",loc+"AugSep04/Aug2004.html","","pipe3_plain");
endSubmenu("pipe3_b2");

loc="";
so, what am I doing wrong?

**John Rayner** · 22 December 2004, 02:30 AM

Hi Boneyhead,

You are not seeing the submenus in the preview is that correct? In the browser preview, right click on the toolbar and view the button...

If you see the entire toolbar, then I think you are looking at the noscript side image that FP creates...

PREVIEW="<img src='pipe3.gif?004BB9BE'

If you are seeing just one button, then try building it and see if it works. Maybe the Browser preview in FP is junk... As I suspect.

**booneyhead** · 02 January 2005, 04:22 AM

ok. I tried everything now. It just won't work.
Either I am doing something wrong,or I am just plain stupid.
I just want to say again, that I don't see the expanded menu even in the Xara Menu Maker preview (when it opens a browser window)

Is it possible to put the code in manually? and if it is, what code do I have to put where? (head, body). Do you think they will give me my money back if I can't make it work? I mean the whole purpose why I bought it, is not working.

I have made my own homepage before, but wanted to make a different menu. I guess I go back to the old outlook....

**booneyhead** · 02 January 2005, 05:07 AM

let me ask another question before I give up.

Let's say I am starting a whole new menu.
1)I choose a design.
2)I choose the font I want
3)I choose the color
4)I choose the texture
5)I choose the size
6)now I have to type in the names for each button
for example.
under "buttons and Menus" I write "Friends"
under "URL" I link to the folder where the page is (on my harddrive)
under "Target Frame" I am not sure, but I think if there is no submenu you choose "self" and if it has a submenu you choose "parent" for the main button and "top" for the first submenu button? I hope that is right.
under "alt text" I figure you type in a name you want to pop up as soon as you move your mouse over the button.

now I go to "save" and there I click on "new project" and type any name I want (these will be only a project in the xara menu maker or?) I kept it on "default"

Now I click on "save graphic" and there I choose the folder where all my homepage stuff is in. For me that would be c:\webpage. (or do I have to make a subfolder in my webpage folder where I put all the xara menu maker stuff in?)

and now I click "save and exit"....

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