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2/8/2013 1:05:28 AM

Vichus

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Vertical Menu Only

Hi all,

Is it possible to use a vertical menu only for website using Mojo 2.3.9.5 and Artistseer 4.1, with plugin. My web knowledge is limited. I have tried many variations with the Master Layout and the theme skin, to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.

Thankyou

2/8/2013 12:11:25 PM

Elijah Fowler

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Re: Vertical Menu Only

Vichus,

What skin are you wanting to modify?

-Elijah

2/8/2013 12:23:56 PM

Joe Audette

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Re: Vertical Menu Only

The plugin doesn't have a way to determine if a design only has a vertical menu. I think it would require editing the skin after exporting.

You might need to remove the <portal:SiteMenu from layout.master if there is one, and then edit the theme.skin. Probably you would need to alter this part:

<portal:FlexMenu runat="server" SkinID="PageMenu"
   ContainerElement="div"
   ContainerCssClass="art-box art-vmenublock"
   RootUlCssClass="art-vmenu"
   DescriptionCssClass=""
   ChildContainerElement=""
   ChildContainerCssClass=""
   RootLevelLiCssClass=""
   ItemDepthCssPrefix=""
   ParentLiCssClass=""
   StartingNodeOffset="0"
   MaxDataBindDepth="-1"
   RenderDescription="false"
   UlSelectedCssClass="active"
   LiSelectedCssClass=""
   AnchorSelectedCssClass="active"
   AnchorChildSelectedCssClass="active"
   UlChildSelectedCssClass="active"
/>

changing the StartingNodeOffset from 0 to -1

Hope that helps,

Joe

2/8/2013 12:31:58 PM

Joe Audette

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Re: Vertical Menu Only

Actually, I think what you would need to do is replace the <portal:PageMenu in layout.master with this:

<portal:sitemenu id="SiteMenu1" runat="server" useflexmenu="true" hidemenuonsitemap="false"></portal:sitemenu>

and remove it if there is another copy of <portal:SiteMenu

Then in theme.skin

switch the SkinID for <portal:FlexMenu runat="server", change the one that has SkinID="PageMenu" to have SkinID="SiteMenu" and delete the other one from theme.skin that has SiteMenu or it will cause an error having 2 with the same skinid

I tested this and it seemed to work

Hope that helps,

Joe

2/8/2013 11:55:29 PM

Vichus

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Re: Vertical Menu Only

HI Joe,

Thankyou for your help.

The combination of this to the theme.skin to my skin

<portal:FlexMenu runat="server" SkinID="NoMenu"
   ContainerElement=""
   ContainerCssClass=""
   RootUlCssClass="art-hmenu"
   DescriptionCssClass=""
   ChildContainerElement=""
   ChildContainerCssClass=""
   RootLevelLiCssClass=""
   ItemDepthCssPrefix=""
   ParentLiCssClass=""
   MaxDataBindDepth="-1"
   RenderDescription="false"
   LiSelectedCssClass=""
   AnchorSelectedCssClass="active"
   AnchorChildSelectedCssClass="active"
/>

<portal:FlexMenu runat="server" SkinID="SiteMenu"
   ContainerElement="div"
   ContainerCssClass="art-box art-vmenublock"
   RootUlCssClass="art-vmenu"
   DescriptionCssClass=""
   ChildContainerElement=""
   ChildContainerCssClass=""
   RootLevelLiCssClass=""
   ItemDepthCssPrefix=""
   ParentLiCssClass=""
   StartingNodeOffset="-1"
   MaxDataBindDepth="-1"
   RenderDescription="false"
   UlSelectedCssClass="active"
   LiSelectedCssClass=""
   AnchorSelectedCssClass="active"
   AnchorChildSelectedCssClass="active"
   UlChildSelectedCssClass="active"
/>

and the changes to the master layout have worked beautifully.

Shame about the plugin, still the speed and accuracy that the plugin already supplies is fantastic. Thankyou.

A few beers on their way.

Enjoy!

2/9/2013 12:32:49 PM

Joe Audette

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Re: Vertical Menu Only

Glad I was able to help. Many thanks for the beers!

Cheers,

Joe

7/12/2013 7:02:42 AM

Growing the Church

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There are some questions that cannot be answered by Google!

Re: Vertical Menu Only

Hello,

I found just deleting StartingNodeOffset helped show the root items. You can set in Artisteer not to have a menu, but when you create the skin, it creates the vertical menu as a PageMenu, not a SiteMenu, even though there is no SiteMenu.

My problem now is that unless there is a submenu, the vertical menu disappears.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Michael

7/12/2013 7:26:57 AM

Joe Audette

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Re: Vertical Menu Only

If you read this thread carefully it has the solution, you need to move <portal:SiteMenu from where it is to the palce where <portal:PageMenu is (Remove <portal:PageMenu completely) and then make the corresponding changes in theme.skin

Thanks for the beers!

Cheers,

Joe

7/12/2013 8:34:19 AM

Growing the Church

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There are some questions that cannot be answered by Google!

Re: Vertical Menu Only

Hello

I got it to work now by doing just 2 simple changes:

1. theme.skin
In <portal:FlexMenu runat="server" SkinID="PageMenu"
Change: StartingNodeOffset to "-1"

2. layout.master

Add IsSubMenu="false" to the portal:pagemenu
e.g. <portal:pagemenu id="PageMenu1" runat="server" IsSubMenu="false" useflexmenu="true"></portal:pagemenu>

When I created the skin in Artisteer 4.1, I select the No Menu option and only worked with the Vertical Menu.

I hope this 2 step solution will help sloths like myself create skins with only a vertical menu .

Please and Blessings
Michael

Enjoy the beers...

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