Omnislide help

[Masterskinnie]

1) Script Title: Omnislide help or walkthrough

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...lide/index.htm

3) Describe problem: I sort of walked into this one not knowing what to do and a walkthrough of setting up my page would be helpful.

[jscheuer1]

Where's the:

Include . . . and a link to your page or the code from the file(s) involved or at least a few lines above and below the 'error' line.

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[Masterskinnie]

Where's the:



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Well, I copied and pasted the entire script from the file properties.htm
That is what I thought I was supposed to do with it is follow the script as you gave it and that it already had its links to mmenu.js and menuItems.js

So starting:
<script type="text/javascript">
id:"menu1", // A unique id is REQUIRED for each menu


menupos:"left", // Menu position - left, top, or right
keepinview:30, // For left and right menus and only with kviewtype:'absolute', - distance from top after page has scrolled beyond menutop - may optionally be set to true or false. Using true will have the menu maintain its menutop position during page scroll, false will prevent the menu from following page scroll. Top menus will always follow page scroll.
kviewtype:'absolute', // The method used to keep menu visible when page is scrolled - 'fixed' or 'absolute'. Fixed will not appear to move at all, staying completely stationary in relation to the window's frame, while 'absolute' will follow scrolling in a fluid motion: defaults to 'absolute' (floating) unless menu is top menu. 'fixed' is overridden in browsers that do not support it. For a menu that appears in the normal flow of the page, use 'absolute' here and false for keepinview (see previous).

Red is where the line of the problem is.
Blue is the chracters that have a problem
After or before which FP says there is to be a ;
FF says .............. goes before "left"
I think it says that because it does not know what is to be there.

Again I thank you for helping me with this script.
I am working on a website for a community school district.
I thought this would be useful for what I want to do with it.

Also, I seen a help by BMHSGamers for help on the omnislide.
only if you would like to help him, too.

[Masterskinnie]

I think I'm getting what I am supposed to do know. I've read a bit of javascript but it was only really the basics of it and I have not yet finished reading. I started learning it thanks to htmlgoodies.com
This is my major email if you have anything to send to me masterskinnie@yahoo.com
or, use my DD mail

[jscheuer1]

I see the main problem. The file 'properties.htm' is just a manual. You aren't supposed to use it as a template or copy it, it is just an explanation of the meaning of the properties. The template files are:

menuItems.js
demo.htm

You do not need to edit mmenu.js to customize the menu, leave it alone but, it must be in the directory with the other two files, it is the script engine. The menuItems.js file is where you can make your customizations, it is the configuration file. The demo.htm can be your HTML file, you can add your other content (other things like images and text that you want to have be on the page, not on the menu) to its body section.

[Masterskinnie]

I see the main problem. The file 'properties.htm' is just a manual. You aren't supposed to use it as a template or copy it, it is just an explanation of the meaning of the properties. The template files are:

menuItems.js
demo.htm

You do not need to edit mmenu.js to customize the menu, leave it alone but, it must be in the directory with the other two files, it is the script engine. The menuItems.js file is where you can make your customizations, it is the configuration file. The demo.htm can be your HTML file, you can add your other content (other things like images and text that you want to have be on the page, not on the menu) to its body section.

Thanks a lot. As I said, I am still very new to javascript.

[Masterskinnie]

Can I have multiple slide in menus on the same side of the page?

If So, How do I do it?

In Thanks I will send you a copy of the page file I used it on.

[jscheuer1]

Yes, set it up so that they have different positions in the menuItems.js config file. For the left side, for example, you would use different menutop values. Be sure to leave enough extra room between them vertically to accommodate different user's text size settings (which would change the overall height of each given menu).

[purifier]

I am actually trying to use this script on an Invision forum. However, it shows me only the right panel and not the other two panels. May I know what could be wrong? I'm unable to even troubleshoot because I'm new to Javascript... Please Help...

[jscheuer1]

I am actually trying to use this script on an Invision forum. However, it shows me only the right panel and not the other two panels. May I know what could be wrong? I'm unable to even troubleshoot because I'm new to Javascript... Please Help...

It generally is better to start your own thread, rather than complicate someone else's, especially when they haven't gotten things sorted out yet. But, too late for that now, it would be double posting so, we will work with it here.

I would need a link to your problem page to see what's going on. Probably just an error in the configuration but, there could be something(s) about your page that prevent the other menus from showing.