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Floating Side Menu · **Released**: 11-16-2007

Floating Side Menu

This mod is no longer supported...

Origin: DynamicDrive.com
Original Script: Omni Slide Menu
? John Davenport Scheuer
* Adapted from Dynamic-FX Slide-In Menu (v 6.5) script
by maXimus
Supported Browsers: FF1+ IE5+ Opr7+

This mod has been tested and works on vbulletin version 3.6.8 PL2.
This is a DHTML script for general forum use. Do not ask if it can be used for certain User Groups or given Permissions.

Features:

This mod places a floating menu on the right, or left of all of your forum pages. To place it on the left, edit the following code in menuItems.js:

Find...

Code:

menupos:'right',

Replace with...

Code:

menupos:'left',

Edits:

Edit menuItems.js for links and colors
Edit mmenu.js for bar, headers and other variables
Edit forum header template(s)
Instructions included within attached .zip file

Customization:

menuItems.js: use this file to name your menu and create your links
mmenu.js: use this file to customize the look of your menu
Refer to the "Properties" page for variable descriptions
Refer to the code below to adjust your link attributes within the menu (i.e., link text color, hover, visited). The code below is what you will be putting at the top of your forum's header template. Items in red are editable:

Code:

<style type="text/css">
                            /*Menu Links*/

/*NOTE: anything not specified for the #(menu id's) a selector and its pseudo classes
may be inherited in some browsers from other 'a' element styles (if any) on the page*/

#kbmenu3 a { /*Menu3 Links*/
color:black;
background-color:white;
text-decoration:none;
text-indent:1ex;
}
#kbmenu3 a:hover {
color:black;background-color:#FFFF99;
}
#kbmenu3 a:active	{color:black;text-decoration:none;}
#kbmenu3 a:visited	{color:black;text-decoration:none;}


                           /*End Menu Links*/
</style>
<script src="mmenu.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="menuItems.js" type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Omni Slide Menu script - ? John Davenport Scheuer: http://home.comcast.net/~jscheuer1/
* very freely adapted from Dynamic-FX Slide-In Menu (v 6.5) script- by maXimus
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full original source code
***********************************************/

</script>

Live Demo: Demo

Hope you like this simple little mod...if so, please, don't forget to rate it.

firstrebel · #72 11-21-2007, 05:17 AM

Indeed. Folk are quick to 'buy' a new version but slow to update 'free' apps.

Bob

firstrebel · #73 11-25-2007, 12:07 PM

I have been playing around with the settings in mmenu.js. I am trying to delay the menu flying out. I have changed these

Code:

if(!o.menuspeed) {o.menuspeed=55};
if(!o.menupause) {o.menupause=30};

but they do not do what I want. Changing menuspeed affects opening and closing speeds, I just want to delay the opening by about 1-2 seconds, but not change the speed. Any ideas?

Bob

Saviour · #74 11-25-2007, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by firstrebel

I have been playing around with the settings in mmenu.js. I am trying to delay the menu flying out. I have changed these

Code:

if(!o.menuspeed) {o.menuspeed=55};
if(!o.menupause) {o.menupause=30};

but they do not do what I want. Changing menuspeed affects opening and closing speeds, I just want to delay the opening by about 1-2 seconds, but not change the speed. Any ideas?

Bob

Bob...

I just went through the variables...

I can't find one that specifies delaying the opening of the menu. The only thing I have found is what you have already described.

Why is it that you want to delay the opening of the menu? Most people want menus to open right away...not that there's anything wrong with that...

firstrebel · #75 11-25-2007, 06:42 PM

The issue was that the menu shot open with just an accidental brush of the cursor, and maybe a 1-2 second delay would prevent that. I have now moved the menu to center top and it is much better. Every one is happy...at last.

Bob

Saviour · #76 11-25-2007, 07:38 PM

Bob...

It does look good there at the top...

That's the sweet thing about the original script from DD...the ability to place it left, right...or at the top.

Glad it worked out in the end... and everybody's happy.

-Steve

lgw2981 · #77 11-25-2007, 11:26 PM

Great Job! Installed.........

Saviour · #78 11-26-2007, 02:29 AM

Thank you...

Saviour · #79 11-26-2007, 02:49 AM

ANOTHER MENU TIP

Don't make your menus too long by adding lots of links...you may run into problems for those who are using a screen resoluton of 800x600. Using this resolution may cause your menu to be cut off at the bottom....or, to be more accurate...the bottom part of the menu will not be viewable.

While you can still adjust the menu's position , some of you may have menus with lots of links...and even after adjusting the menu's position, find that some of these links aren't viewable.

Still...there are other ways around the problem...

Go to dynamicdrive.com and find the link to the Omni Slide Menu in "Menus and Navigation". There you will find the menu scripts you need to place this side menu at the top of your page (like some of us have already done...including "yours truly". The coding is basically the same as putting the menu on the left or right. Just follow their directions.
Use two columns, instead of one...to make your menu(s) shorter.
Use smaller text.

If need be...refer to the "Properties" page for variables to tweak your menu(s).

I hope you find these tips useful...

Don't forget to "Mark as Installed" if you are using this menu...also, please take a few seconds to "Rate" this mod...

Remember...support is only being offered to those who have it installed.

Saviour · #80 11-26-2007, 12:14 PM

YET ANOTHER MENU TIP

This tip was deleted...due to its inability to function correctly...

Sorry about that, folks...

stationar · #81 11-26-2007, 10:37 PM

My users asked me to change it so the menu wouldn't jump out every time they move mouse over it. So I changed file mmenu.js, replacing "onmouseover" with "onclick" in two places.
Also changed file menuItems.js, adding before MenuItems this line: menupause:5000, (including comma) - this keeps menu open for 5 seconds after user moves the mouse, and gives the user time to pick the menu item and click on it.

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