runing a menu to frames

[Genixdeae]

im helping to build a site and we have a site that uses frames. our menu system is a hover-over text then have a sub menu slide out(to the right). now when we view the page with both fromes, left and right frame, the menu doesnt slide out to the right frame(big suprise). is there a script out there that enables the menu to slide in to the right frame? if u r confused here (http://sprague.wvi.com/wip.htm) is the url. if u r still confused post it here and ill try to clarify. thnx in advance :)

[pyro]

I'm assuming you are using HV Menu (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/hvmenu/index.htm)? If so, I believe the documentation tells you how to use this script with frames...

[Genixdeae]

hmm, alright thnx :)

[pyro]

Sure thing... :)

[Xin]

please excuse me for some advertisement, but if you want to have a cross-frame menu work in complex cases of frame setups, take a look at the following links for some examples:

- simple top-down frame setup
http://yxscripts.com/menuG4/examples/frameset-t6.html

- simple left-right frame setup
http://yxscripts.com/menuG4/examples/frameset-l2.html

- T-shape frame setup
http://yxscripts.com/menuG4/examples/frameset-3f.html

- dynamic frame setup (switch between top-down / T-shape)
http://yxscripts.com/menuG4/examples/frameset-x.html

- FAQ page about cross-frame menu install:
http://yxscripts.com/menuG4/examples/example2.html


the advantages are:
- for "fixed" target frame (same frame for sub-menus), you only need to setup the frameset page and the navigation frame page, the target frame pages remain plain html files, save you lots of efforts when you need to make some changes to the menu
- work with complex frame setups. if you want to go with frames and menus, let the menu follow your frame design :)

thanks,
xin

[Genixdeae]

wow, thankx thats helpful having an accual visualization of it. the documentation that came with the files said it briefly but i couldnt get that to work. thnx much Xin

[Xin]

well, for those samples i didn't set up the actual links in the menu content, so that you will have to click the links in the frame page instead to switch pages.

you can download the zip file:

http://www.yxscripts.com/menuG4/menuG4.zip

unzip and run locally all the examples.


the definition of menu content and menu style might look differently comparing to other menu scripts, but the faq page should address most of the questions.

thanks,
xin