Using Drop down menu bars effeciently Frontpage 2003

C

chill888

Hi, Help appreciated

I have created a drop down menu for my website using behaviours and
interactive buttons, layers, etc.

I would like the menu to appear on every page and I would like to be
able to update the menu in only one place. .

"Shared borders" don't works because Frontpage screws it up (**see
bottom if need details**)

Adding frames doesn't work because the drop down part of the menu won't
show up on the other (lower) frame.

Dynamic templates is an option, but it means my menu has to reload on
everypage, and far worse: DWT crashed on me recently (unlinking all the
pages - relinking was a nightmare as it forces all existing content
into one editable region.)

Any ideas on how to use this drop down menu on all pages in an
efficient manner.

Thanks for any advice.

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** FrontPage Behaviors feature adds HTML to the <head> section of any
pages that uses it. Unfortunately, neither the Shared Border component
nor the Include Page component propagate content from the <head>
section.
As a result, you can't use Shared Border or Include Page components to
replicate DHTML menus you create using this procedure.
 
R

Ronx

IMO, Dynamic Web Templates is the best method.
To see the pros and cons of Interactive Buttons in shared borders, include
pages and DWTs(and some work-arounds) visit
www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp/b/buttons/

Also see the footnote below.

--
Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.


chill888 said:
Hi, Help appreciated

I have created a drop down menu for my website using behaviours and
interactive buttons, layers, etc.

I would like the menu to appear on every page and I would like to be
able to update the menu in only one place. .

"Shared borders" don't works because Frontpage screws it up (**see
bottom if need details**)

Adding frames doesn't work because the drop down part of the menu won't
show up on the other (lower) frame.

Dynamic templates is an option, but it means my menu has to reload on
everypage, and far worse: DWT crashed on me recently (unlinking all the
pages - relinking was a nightmare as it forces all existing content
into one editable region.)

Any ideas on how to use this drop down menu on all pages in an
efficient manner.

Thanks for any advice.

(e-mail address removed)


** FrontPage Behaviors feature adds HTML to the <head> section of any
pages that uses it. Unfortunately, neither the Shared Border component
nor the Include Page component propagate content from the <head>
section.
As a result, you can't use Shared Border or Include Page components to
replicate DHTML menus you create using this procedure.
Click to expand...

Incorrect (almost). The above statement applies to most objects/code in the
<head> section, but...
code for behaviours that are installed with FrontPage will be re-created on
all pages that use them, whether the code is in a shared border, include
page or DWT.

However, the file paths in the onmouse... events may not be correct when
applied to some pages. See www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp/b/buttons/
 

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