Setup Guide V1 (last updated January 4th, 2007)

Designed for the Gen7 Series Templates and Modules

The new horizontal drop menu provides the following features:

  • add as many main buttons as will fit
  • add as many sub menu buttons as needed
  • main buttons can be 'linked' as a standard button, or display a sub menu
  • main buttons using 'sub menu's will display a small 'down arrow' indicating a sub menu
  • change the button font size, type and color
  • change the sub menu background and border color
  • buttons work with flash and javascript

Please refer to the following screenshot reference throughout the written instructions:

Add a Main Menu button (video)

  • open the (includes / Library folder)
  • open the top_buttons page
  • switch to code view

    to add a static Main Menu button

    • select and copy line 15 (<li><a href="../../index.htm">Home</a></li>)
    • paste the code BETWEEN two existing lines of code
    • modify the pasted code to suit your needs (href="xxx">Name on Button</a>)

Remove a Main Menu button (video)

  • open the (includes / Library folder)
  • open the top_buttons page
  • switch to code view
  • select the line of code for the button you want to remove, and delete

Modify a Main Menu button function (static / dropdown) (video)

  • open the (includes / Library folder)
  • open the top_buttons page
  • switch to code view

    to modify a STATIC button to make it a drop down button

    select this bit of code ( href="../../index.htm" )

    and modify it to read as ( href="" rel="dropmenu#"> replace the # sign with an actual number

    and visa versa to change a DROP MENU to a STATIC MENU button

Add a sub menu button (video)

  • open the (includes / Library folder)
  • open the top_buttons page
  • switch to code view
  • locate the drop menu code (the Main Menu button will use a "dropmenu#" reference number, look for the comment code using the same number)
  • copy and existing line of code
  • paste the code BETWEEN two existing buttons
  • edit as needed

Remove a sub menu button (video)

  • open the (includes / Library folder)
  • open the top_buttons page
  • switch to code view
  • locate the sub menu cluster and line of code select and delete

Change the Main Menu button FONT (size, type, color) (video)

 

Change the sub menu button FONT (size, type, color) (video)

 
 

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