Support for CSS Flyout Menu

[ckosloff]

Please note that none of the guys posting here are the original author or the last updater.
Both are AWOL.
We are just trying to help each other the best we can.
If someone would like to tackle your problem, be my guest.
I am unable, just wanted you to know that your posts are being read.

[Mark Kidd]

If you check out the PHP source of the drop-down CSS menu, you'll notice a place where the author uses the replace function to shift each of the categories listings one level down in the CSS hierarchy. Adapting that PHP and the matching CSS to work horizontally would be the majority of the work. Adding in links to the other parts of the site over or under the categories listing will be relatively straightforward after that.

[welchyboy]

Please note that none of the guys posting here are the original author or the last updater.
Both are AWOL.
We are just trying to help each other the best we can.
If someone would like to tackle your problem, be my guest.
I am unable, just wanted you to know that your posts are being read.

I am sorry I am not sure how to do this I wouldn't be able to understand it. However it sounds like you are on the right track. I can't see why the css drop down menu can't just be converted into a vertical menu and put into a sidebox. I mean the css drop down menu I can add everything I need and it works like a charm just by editing the php code which I was able to research and kind of follow what was already there. I have tried this with the vertical css flyout menu but was unsuccessful. Maybe I am missing something. At least I hope so because the client I am working with REALLY wants this menu. If any one has any tips of how i can get this working I would be EXTREMELY THANKFUL. Thanks for the tip Mark I am just too new to even attempt that.

[Mark Kidd]

I am sorry I am not sure how to do this I wouldn't be able to understand it. However it sounds like you are on the right track. I can't see why the css drop down menu can't just be converted into a vertical menu and put into a sidebox. I mean the css drop down menu I can add everything I need and it works like a charm just by editing the php code which I was able to research and kind of follow what was already there. I have tried this with the vertical css flyout menu but was unsuccessful. Maybe I am missing something. At least I hope so because the client I am working with REALLY wants this menu. If any one has any tips of how i can get this working I would be EXTREMELY THANKFUL. Thanks for the tip Mark I am just too new to even attempt that.

I'm pretty new to PHP myself -- honestly it would take me several hours to try and put something like this together (and as you can see from my recent posts, it would take a few tries to get it working smoothly!).

You might consider getting some estimates from a paid coder. Since you know exactly what you're looking for and have all the pieces to the puzzle, it might not be very expensive.

[ckosloff]

When I say that I am unable I mean that, in my present circumstances, I can't afford to engage in a complicated fix.
There are mods. for sideboxes available in the downloads area, I use Editable Sidebox quite a lot, you can put links in there, disable borders via CSS, etc.
Just a suggestion.

[welchyboy]

Yeah I am testing out some other things I guess the client won't get everything they want...I have put a blank sidebox on there and added some block test like HISTORY and made it a link. I am messing with that to see how it will look. Then I am thinking of just making the category menu look like this

http://diapercakesmall.com/

What kind of program can do this?

Once I got the categories setup looking nice like that I was going to add the blank box and have additional link "images" there but I am not sure. Not doing too good right now lol.

Where can i go to get experienced coders who could build me a menu that looks similar to this. Even if I have to pay I might have to go that route to get this done and the way the customer likes. Please any one have any suggestions I have wasted half the Saturday looking at other sites and trying to figure out which route to take. Any help is deeply appreciated!

http://www.thepecanbarn.com/index.php

[welchyboy]

NO NEED I got it LOL...Never used that icon before so i thought I would throw it in haha.

I was able to get the links added at the bottom of the css flyout menu by using the same code displayed earlier not sure why it didn't work in the first place...

$content .= '<a href="THE URL">' . 'THE NAME' . '</a>';

However I am trying to figure out what type of information i need to put into the stylesheet_categories_menu.css to be able to change the color and size of that link as well. I would like to be able to set different font sizes and colors than the actual menu. Is this possible. Thanks for the great work there is lots of info in this thread!!

The website is

http://www.wpc-consulting.com/~stxmill/

[welchyboy]

I am having another issue. I have some flash photo galleries on the website and whenever I am on the page and i go to the flyout menu the gallery hides the majority of the menu. Any way of preventing this?

htt://www.wpc-consulting.com/~stxmill/

Also can i disable or change the destination of the "product" link on the menu. For example if someone clicks the actual product button instead of going to a subcategory it will take them to the home page with links at the bottom of the page. How can i change this?

[welchyboy]

One last thing...I have added multiple links to the bottom of the menu but for some reason they are not going to their own lines. I can not figure out why. I have added a space after the 'Home ' just like that but didn't make a difference. I have spend time researching it but most of the google searches come up to this thread lol. Anyone know how to get this to work?


EDIT...

Sorry just figured out the answer.. adding this piece of code in between each link will create a space.

$content .= '<div id="test">';