CSS Dropdown menu for the header- With Categories!

[jettrue]

There is nothing wrong with the mod I uploaded. It is intended to display TOP level categories horizontally with subs and sub-subs as dropdown/flyouts. In addition, your mod would not work at all for any IE browser pre ver. 7 unless the server was configured to serve .htc files correctly, which is something most people have no control over unless they use a .htaccess file. Finally, even though 99% of the work on this mod came from Peter Nederlof at http://www.xs4all.nl/~peterned/ and Dr.Byte, you somehow seem to think you have some special proprietary rights to it. I merely modified it to work more like the existing categories sidebox in zen with the ability to add additional buttons on either side of the dynamic top level categories buttons as desired. What could be more flexible than that?

Well, I've PM'd you again, and it seems that between CES and Woodymon, my objections to your updating the mod were defined well here in this thread. It's not that I feel that I OWN the mod, and I never claimed to have written it from scratch. I took a buggy mod (sorry to the original authors, but it was very buggy depending on how the categories were laid out) and packaged it inside my Apple Zen Template. Then people were asking "Hey this is great, can you offer it separate", and so I did.

I will admit to two of my faults, I am an anal perfectionist, and a bit of a control freak. I can't keep this mod updated and supported if I don't know which way is up and which files are which and then to have many of the files totally changed without even a "hello, this is what I'm doing" took me off guard. Then when I realized it completely changed the format of the mod (and in my opinion breaks the layout since the menu breaks down to the next line) I did get peeved.

Anyway, there's no reason why you can't start a new mod that goes in the direction that you're going, and I'll keep going in the direction I'm going. Or we can just keep overwriting each other without saying anything.

[jettrue]

You'd have to see the private messages. Also, everyone could still see both versions of the mod and choose. I only offered it to help others out not cause a big row. Why would I need to "Make an announcement"? I offered the mod, it was approved by the zen cart reviewer and made available for download, end of story. There is nothing to "work on together". All I did was make hard coded menu links optional and allow the menu bar to be built dynamically horizontally from the top level categories, and add some simple instructions to have the .htc file served correctly. Simple.

BTW: demo at <a href="http:makeupconnection.com" target="_blank">MakeupConnection.com</a>

I haven't said anything in my pm messages that I haven't addressed here, and wouldn't say here.

Everyone couldn't still see both versions and choose. In the dowload section I say "See the mod in action here" and list my website. After you adjusted the mod it no longer looked like that anymore, and you did not show a link yourself, or say "HEY, this doesn't do the same thing the one below does". People more often than not download from the MAIN download link, which defaults to the most recently updated. So, the more logical thing to do would have been to offer a NEW and SEPARATE download.

You would need to make an announcement, because its a different style of mod. Because I would have updated it with the ezpages add on anyway in a day or two, and then your changes wouldn't be downloaded, because it would again default to the most recent download.

[Woodymon]

toolatesmart,

Thanks for the URL to demo. Looks pretty cool And nice integration.

I'm not aware of the politics and don't care to be. It looks like both mod versions deserve praise. And sounds like you are behind your mod supporting it 100&#37;. Which is great.

However personally I'm so sorry you just don't get what you did and are so defensive about it. Just because the upload made it past the "reviewer" does not make what you did right. And I'm sure you notice by now your upload has been removed. So please upload your package with a new name and start a new thread and let others enjoy your nice work. Good luck.

Woody

[jettrue]

I really like this mod it's great!

I am having a problem with the menu appearing behind the product images though, and I'm not sure what I can do to fix this.

I'm using Image Handler 2 and I'm not sure if that's creating the issue. I installed that 2/3 weeks before I installed the dropdown menu a little over a week ago.

Please note the picture I have attached. This site is only on my computer, and not accessable online to view yet, so sorry no url.

Hi!

What browser are you using when you get this issue?

[zero1niner]

Jade,

First of all, thanks for the amazing menus.

I was using v1.1 until today. I basically had 1.1 working just the way I wanted it, and today I installed 1.2 and things got a little wonky on me.

In 1.1, the product categories would list as separate menus on my nav bar. In 1.2, it wants to consolidate them all into a 'Categories' menu.

Is there any way I can list the categories as separate menus like it was in 1.1?

Sorry if this explanation is rough. I am a bit of a newbie with this.

Thanks for the help.

[jettrue]

Jade,

First of all, thanks for the amazing menus.

I was using v1.1 until today. I basically had 1.1 working just the way I wanted it, and today I installed 1.2 and things got a little wonky on me.

In 1.1, the product categories would list as separate menus on my nav bar. In 1.2, it wants to consolidate them all into a 'Categories' menu.

Is there any way I can list the categories as separate menus like it was in 1.1?

Sorry if this explanation is rough. I am a bit of a newbie with this.

Thanks for the help.

Oh, too funny!

I think toolatesmart will be uploading the categories only version of this template as a separate download. So if you prefer his functionality, just reinstall 1.1 if you still have it on your computer.

I designed this as works here:
http://www.zencart137.jadetrue.com/

And there was some confusion when toolatesmart added v1.1 that functioned differently, which is what you had uploaded.

toolatesmart, feel free to post a link to your version of the mod once you have it added.

[Woodymon]

I was using v1.1 until today. I basically had 1.1 working just the way I wanted it, and today I installed 1.2...

019- Forgive me. I just have to interject and ask... Why not re-install v.1.1 if it was doing what you wanted?

If you don't have it on your hard drive any longer PM toolatesmart to see if he can reupload. Maybe ask him to call it "CSS Dropdown menu w/ categories in second menu" or something similar to differentiate the two versions. And include in the mod upload a brief description of how his version is both similar and different from the version Jade published.

Woody

[jettrue]

019- Forgive me. I just have to interject and ask... Why not re-install v.1.1 if it was doing what you wanted?

If you don't have it on your hard drive any longer PM toolatesmart to see if he can reupload. Maybe ask him to call it "CSS Dropdown menu w/ categories in second menu" or something similar to differentiate the two versions. And include in the mod upload a brief description of how his version is both similar and different from the version Jade published.

Woody

I think that zero1niner wasn't aware of the issues going on, and simply updated to the new version, thinking he was simply being responsible with keep files updated, which further illustrates why mixing two different mods in one download is problematic.

I also think the mod toolatesmart added ONLY shows the categories, it does not show any of the ancillary links unless you add them back, and it doesn't include the first menu with ancillary links like is shown on his example site.

[zero1niner]

I think that zero1niner wasn't aware of the issues going on, and simply updated to the new version, thinking he was simply being responsible with keep files updated, which further illustrates why mixing two different mods in one download is problematic.

I also think the mod toolatesmart added ONLY shows the categories, it does not show any of the ancillary links unless you add them back, and it doesn't include the first menu with ancillary links like is shown on his example site.

Ha!...Seems that I stepped in some poo here. I had no idea about the other mod or the discussion (I must confess I only breezed through the last few post before asking my question). Actually, Jade described it exactly how it went down. I just installed the latest, thinking that some additional bugs may have been worked out and notice things were a bit askew when I refreshed my page. Then I struggled for quite some time trying to get it to look like I had it in 1.1.

Sorry for fanning the flames. Completely unintentional. I will now quietly go back to my seat and install version 1.1 and mind my own business.

Jade, thanks again for the rockin nav bar. I really love it and appreciate your work and all of the time you have spent answering everyones questions.

[jvoce]

Hi!

What browser are you using when you get this issue?

Well, the issue appears when I'm using IE7, but there's no problem with Firefox. So would this easy enough to fix by uploading your latest upgrade? I think you mentioned some fixes to problems in IE right?

Don't worry I'll make sure I get the right download.