xmenu system...

Not long ago i made a menusystem into a hack for my board.

I want to share this hack.

Before downloading and using it have a look on a working system.
I have to find some ways to lure people to my board

http://forums.knowledge-emporium.com

All info and instructions you can find in the attached zipfile ( 9k ) that you can download.

This hack is a Intermediate - Expert level hack.
My tip is to try it first on a test style.

Have fun with it,
Yaa101


IMPORTANT! change in package: included the 3 pics that are used.
Also changed the description to this fact.

My excuses to the persons missing these files.

[Floris]

First of all; change your url to: http://forums.knowledge-emporium.com/index.php?s= because your link is broken

Second of all; way cool This is really supahfly looking.

Third of all; which browsers does this work on? Looks fly on IE6 and mozilla 0.9.* and opera6 doesn't align it properly (to the top) and no transparency. I am not sure about netscrape, because (as usual) it crashed.

Fourth of all; way cool hehehe

[Yaa 101]

Like you say, Netscape 6.2 renders it little off page... lol...
and 4.x crap does not even load the page...


thanks for telling about the url... bedankt... lol...

[christina]

As an FYI, it doesn't work at all using IE 5.1.3 on Mac OS 10.1.2. Might not be as many Mac users as Windows ones, but... Can't help it if I like Macs, and annoying to run to the PC.

Christina

[Yaa 101]

Sorry but i can't help you with that, but do agree.
Don't you think it's sad that IE for windows is different from it's MAC counterpart.

A remote tip: i see you run Darwin ( OS 10+ ) you can run a ported xwindows and linux capabilities on Darwin.
I use KDE window system for my xwindows in linux.
They come with a good solid ( slow in some area's still ) Browser called Konqueror.

If all manufacturers would build a good DOM from a html ( generated or not ) file that enters the browser from a remote host.

This would save us programmers a lot of trouble and headaches.

lol...

On the other hand, there would be less jobs around, long live imperfection...

lol...

[afterlab]

Great hack. I will look into using it on my new Forums build, FFR Overdrive X.

[cyrus]

very nice, wouldve added it if it was compatible with all major browsers in Windows ... its isnt so I think Ill give it a miss

[sleepbirdcyp]

why my forum can not display the images

the images path is http://wwww.xxxx.com/xxxx/imagesarrow.down.png


there's no "/" between images and arrow.down.png

so how can i change to
http://wwww.xxxx.com/xxxx/images/arrow.down.png


THX :china:

[Yaa 101]

by putting the / ( slash ) behind the url you filled in as pointer to your images directory, this is done on your style page in the section imagepaths as it reads out that value.

you can alternatively change the setting in the xmenu_menudef template.

In the last part of that template the path is defined by the following line:

webfxMenuImagePath = "{imagesfolder }"; //points to your styles imagesfolder

without the space between r and } I did that because it even renders in here... lol... it returns the path to this boards image forlder.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALL TO DEVELOPERS!!
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Bug? I thought these replacement variables only work behind the scenes?
Isn't this a major security breach if we all can run replacement variables in here?

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you can hardcode the part after = to your url but i wouldn't recommend that.

just put a trailing slash to the imagefolder path entry on your style modification page and it should work.

Bas.

[Reno of Shinra]

Nice hack.

I'm still trying to fiddle around with it a bit more, but I love the transsparency effect (Can you believe I just had a regular dhtml one almost up and ready when a friend of mines shows me this link which undos all my work).

I am currently trying to get the text link (the one where you click to bring up the menu) to become graphicaly but with no success yet

as far as I know, there is one error inside your instructions

in the 3rd template (xmenu_menudef) near the bottom

<!-- actual xmenu display -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var ua = navigator.userAgent;
var opera = /opera [56789]|opera\/[56789]/i.test(ua);
var ie = !opera && /msie [56789]/i.test(ua);
var moz = !opera && /mozilla\/[56789]/i.test(ua);
if (ie || moz || opera) {
if (ie)
simplifyCSSExpression();
webfxMenuImagePath = "https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images"; //points to your styles imagesfolder
document.write(webfxMenuBar);
}
</script>

webfxMenuImagePath = "https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images"; is missing a slash, so it should be

webfxMenuImagePath = "https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/";

Of course it could be that I am using version 2.0.3 right now, becuase I also ran into a problem in modifying the global.php file

eval("\$xmenustyle = \"".gettemplate('xmenu_menustyle')."\";");
eval("\$headinclude = \"".gettemplate('headinclude')."\";");

eval("\$xmenucssexpr = \"".gettemplate('xmenu_cssexpr')."\";");
eval("\$xmenucode = \"".gettemplate('xmenu_menucode')."\";");
eval("\$xmenudef = \"".gettemplate('xmenu_menudef')."\";");
eval("\$header .= \"".gettemplate('header')."\";");

That last line that you have to add, is not needed, otherwise it will mess up the header by making it show up twice. Looking at the newer VB 2.2 shows that i might not get this error, but this is a extra instruction for those other users still using 2.0.3

If anyone can figure out how to turn the text links (the one you push down to call the menu up) into graphics, I would be very happy

http://www.shinraonline.com

[Reno of Shinra]

whoops didn't see your post up there

sorry!

=b