Creating Java/DHTML Vertical Navigation Menu in FrontPage

Take a look at http://www.seoconsultants.com/css/menus/tutorial/

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"sharsy" <shari DeleteThis @ptpartners.net.au> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I'm currently creating a new version of our internal office intranet
> using Microsoft FrontPage and one of the features I would like to us
> is a menu of sorts using Java/DHTML.
>
> The navigation pane/menu will be on the left-hand side of the screen
> so it will be a vertical menu - much like the example on this page:
> http://dhtml-menu.com/examples/ex2-vertical-dhtml-menu.html.
>
> What I would like to know is:
>
> 1. Is it possible to create this sort of menu without purchasing an
> add-on for FrontPage?
> 2. If you need to purchase an add-on, does anyone have any
> recommendations for a program?
>
> Thank you!

Or look at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/

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"Ronx" <ronx917 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eGABLKJGJHA.1020@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
| Take a look at http://www.seoconsultants.com/css/menus/tutorial/
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| Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
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| "sharsy" <shari DeleteThis @ptpartners.net.au> wrote in message
| news:e3817fc3-700b-4a7e-aa57-d3a140a5c2dd@n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com:
|
| > Hello,
| >
| > I'm currently creating a new version of our internal office intranet
| > using Microsoft FrontPage and one of the features I would like to us
| > is a menu of sorts using Java/DHTML.
| >
| > The navigation pane/menu will be on the left-hand side of the screen
| > so it will be a vertical menu - much like the example on this page:
| > http://dhtml-menu.com/examples/ex2-vertical-dhtml-menu.html.
| >
| > What I would like to know is:
| >
| > 1. Is it possible to create this sort of menu without purchasing an
| > add-on for FrontPage?
| > 2. If you need to purchase an add-on, does anyone have any
| > recommendations for a program?
| >
| > Thank you!
|

And just to clarify, there are TWO things you must avoid -

1. Anything Java (it's actually javascript) - Java would bring a whole
cascade of problems that you don't even want to consider.
2. When you use whatever you use to make your menu, you *must* be able to
see your menu links in the body of the HTML code as ordinary anchors, e.g.,

<a href="whatever.html">Whatever</a>

If you cannot satisfy this second caveat, then your menu will not be usable
by search engines (not a desireable outcome) or by those using screen
assistive devices (also not desirable), or, for that matter, by anyone with
javascript disabled (and there are measurable numbers of such people).

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Murray
MVP Expression Web


"Stefan B Rusynko" <sbr_enjoy.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Or look at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/
>
> --
>
> _____________________________________________
> SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
> "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
> _____________________________________________
>
>
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> news:eGABLKJGJHA.1020@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> | Take a look at http://www.seoconsultants.com/css/menus/tutorial/
> |
> | --
> | Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
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> |
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> |
> |
> |
> |
> | "sharsy" <shari.TakeThisOut@ptpartners.net.au> wrote in message
> | news:e3817fc3-700b-4a7e-aa57-d3a140a5c2dd@n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com:
> |
> | > Hello,
> | >
> | > I'm currently creating a new version of our internal office intranet
> | > using Microsoft FrontPage and one of the features I would like to us
> | > is a menu of sorts using Java/DHTML.
> | >
> | > The navigation pane/menu will be on the left-hand side of the screen
> | > so it will be a vertical menu - much like the example on this page:
> | > http://dhtml-menu.com/examples/ex2-vertical-dhtml-menu.html.
> | >
> | > What I would like to know is:
> | >
> | > 1. Is it possible to create this sort of menu without purchasing an
> | > add-on for FrontPage?
> | > 2. If you need to purchase an add-on, does anyone have any
> | > recommendations for a program?
> | >
> | > Thank you!
> |
>
>

I have looked at Stefan's link to Dynamic Drive - it seamed to be the
best beginner's guide for me to use. I have opted to use the AnyLink
Vertical Menu because I was having trouble to get the drop down menus
to appear on the right of the original menu (they were displaying on
the left and I could not see them). I am still having a problem
however with changing the links on the secondary drop-down menu - I
would like the user to be able to click on them and they open up a new
document in the body frame of my FrontPage Intranet.

Here is the HTML Code I'm Using:

//Contents for menu 5
var menu5=new Array()
menu5[0]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml"
style="color: #000000">Administrative</a>'
menu5[1]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/javaindex.shtml"
style="color: #000000">Computers</a>'
menu5[2]='<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk" style="color: #000000">HRM</
a>'
menu5[4]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/java/" style="color:
#000000">Management</a>'
menu5[3]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/"
style="color: #000000">Training</a>'

>

Also,

in another menu I have the following script:


<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* AnyLink Vertical Menu- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

//Contents for menu 1
var menu1=new Array()
menu1[0]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit</a>'
menu1[1]='<a href="http://www.freewarejava.com">Freewarejava.com</a>'
menu1[2]='<a href="http://codingforums.com">Coding Forums</a>'
menu1[3]='<a href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Drive</a>'
menu1[4]='<a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/
imageoptimizer/">Image Optimizer</a>'


//Contents for menu 2
var menu2=new Array()
menu2[0]='<a href="Q:\intranet new\Audit\BSA\BSA.htm"
target="_blank"style="color: #000000">BSA</a>'
menu2[1]='<a href="Q:\intranet new\Audit\Statutory\Statutory.htm"
style="color: #000000">Statutory</a>'
menu2[2]='<a href="Q:\intranet new\Audit\Trust Accounts\Trust
Accounts.htm" style="color: #000000">Trust Accounts</a>'

I get an error message saying that 'Cannot find 'file:///Q:intranet
%20newaudit%08sa.htm' whenever I try and click on the BSA link - is
there a problem with linking to an internally housed htm page?

I'm am not very experienced in working with code - but I'm pretty good
at learning computer-related stuff so hopefully I'll get there!!!

That would be a very poor menu to use. Note that the code for the menu
links is part of the javascript. This means the following -

1. The menu will not work when javascript is disabled.
2. That being the case, you are forcibly excluding the following classes of
visitors -
a. People who voluntarily/involuntarily surf with javascript disabled
b. People using screen assistive devices to help with vision problems
c. Search engine spiders trying to index your site
d. YOU when you want to change a menu link

Such menus should be banned from the web! If you cannot see the link in the
plaintext HTML on your page, you should expect these problems. Of course,
that implies that you know how to recognize the proper HTML....

--
Murray
MVP Expression Web


"sharsy" <shari DeleteThis @ptpartners.net.au> wrote in message
news:09fa7537-d87d-4002-8044-5b9e17c59076@n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
>I have looked at Stefan's link to Dynamic Drive - it seamed to be the
> best beginner's guide for me to use. I have opted to use the AnyLink
> Vertical Menu because I was having trouble to get the drop down menus
> to appear on the right of the original menu (they were displaying on
> the left and I could not see them). I am still having a problem
> however with changing the links on the secondary drop-down menu - I
> would like the user to be able to click on them and they open up a new
> document in the body frame of my FrontPage Intranet.
>
> Here is the HTML Code I'm Using:
>
> //Contents for menu 5
> var menu5=new Array()
> menu5[0]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml"
> style="color: #000000">Administrative</a>'
> menu5[1]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/javaindex.shtml"
> style="color: #000000">Computers</a>'
> menu5[2]='<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk" style="color: #000000">HRM</
> a>'
> menu5[4]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/java/" style="color:
> #000000">Management</a>'
> menu5[3]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/"
> style="color: #000000">Training</a>'
>
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