Converting from version 3 to version 5

Poster: rsunderland
Dated: Friday March 9 2007 - 12:20:42 GMT

I am using Milonic DHTML Website Navigation Menu - Version 3.5.02 with code extensions by Nicolas Stohler, MadToaster.com 03.2002

It's not displaying correctly in the newest version of Firefox - some of the menus are long and scroll off the page horizontally which is ok, but now the menu items wrap, which I don't want. Therefore, I'd like to know whether if I update to Milonic v5, I would be able to easily convert v3 to v5. (I'm assuming v5 would rectify this problem)

I've downloaded the free version of v5 to have a look at it and it doesn't seem to work in the same way, for a start there's four .js files whereas my menu runs with only two .js files.

I read in the archived v3 forum that there was a conversion facility - is this so, because I couldn't see anything?

Thanks

Poster: Ruth
Dated: Friday March 9 2007 - 17:32:31 GMT

Hi,

Yes, it's on the main site page, under the DTHML Menu link of the menu down toward the bottom. Version 3 to Version 5 Converter.

In version 3 the two files were the program file which you didn't change and the menu_array.js file which was the one you edited for your menu information.

In version 5, the equivalent file is the menu_data.js file. You don't change the other files, they are the program files.

If you need to support ns4, then you would be putting up the 4 files, but if you don't you can eliminate the mmenuns4.js file and change the calls to



If you need more help, just post back. Make sure you give us a link to your page so we can address any problems.

Ruth

Poster: rsunderland
Dated: Monday March 12 2007 - 10:17:52 GMT

Thank you for your help Ruth. I hadn't spotted the conversion utility and would have struggled to work out what to do with the other files and which ones to link to without your assistance.

It has cured the display problem in Firefox and once we've worked out what we are going to do with the menus long-term, we'll upgrade to v5 and start again from there.

Thanks again.

Poster: Ruth
Dated: Monday March 12 2007 - 14:09:03 GMT

Hi,

If you need any help with V5, just post back. It is a much better system than 3, which I thought was great! It's a lot easier to use and you can do a lot more with it than with 3.

Here's some other things, just to give you an idea. The top demos are things created here in the forum [when Kevin was able to help] for different things users wanted.

http://support.milonic.com/demos/

These are additional modules you can add if you want their capabilities

http://www.milonic.com/menumodules.php

And, there are some simple explanations of things like borders, css etc. Under the Support section of the main site menu. Also, in the download there is an extras folder which contains samples/directions for making the menu php, asp, listbased, and so on.

Ruth