i learned how to create css menus and they work fine. however, as the need to edit them arose i became full of doubts.
here they are:
how to include a new element in a vertical css menu bar? can i edit a list after it became a menu via the css menu action?
this css menu was intended to go on a master page so that all pages derived from it would have it. i assume that modifying the menu on that master page will cause the menus on the pages to change too. however, there is no preview on a master page: how then can i edit my menu? will i have to do it outside – on a regular page, that is – and then replace the one on the master page? will it not wreak havoc in my pages?
how to include a new element in a vertical css menu bar? can i edit a list after it became a menu via the css menu action?
You can, yes. Double click inside the item and add what you need to the list, you can indent or outdent the thing that you added as necessary using the Indent or Outdent buttons in the Inspector palette, or using the shortcut Command-Option-left/right arrow
this css menu was intended to go on a master page so that all pages derived from it would have it. i assume that modifying the menu on that master page will cause the menus on the pages to change too. however, there is no preview on a master page: how then can i edit my menu? will i have to do it outside – on a regular page, that is – and then replace the one on the master page? will it not wreak havoc in my pages?
If you edit the menu by adding to it, or changing the appearance of what you already have and then go to a page that’s using the menu and hit Preview in Browser you will see the change.
but regarding the second point, if i can not see the items on the menu while i am on the master page how am i going to add anything to it? perhaps the thing is to make the changes on a page and then copy it to the master.
If you double click in the item with the CSS Menu Action you should
see your basic list, even on the Master page. That’s where you can
make changes. No need to change any other pages.
HTH Colin
On 2 Feb 2010, at 16:06, Edson Mahfuz wrote:
hi joe,
thanks a lot.
but regarding the second point, if i can not see the items on the
menu while i am on the master page how am i going to add anything to
it? perhaps the thing is to make the changes on a page and then copy
it to the master.
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can i edit a list after it became a menu via the css menu action?
Yep, double-click the HTML box and edit the list directly.
there is no preview on a master page: how then can i edit my menu?
Rather than working on a different page and taking the end result
into the master, switch between the master and a normal page, editing
and checking.
Alternatively, you can work on a regular page, CUT the finished
result, go to the master page, DELETE the CSS menu HTML box there,
then PASTE the one you cut a moment before.
Deleting something from a master page wil remove it from any page
that follows that master. As long as the menu hasn’t been changed on
any individual page - as that will unlink that instance of the item
from the master object.
Pasting in Freeway puts the object into it’s original location on the
page, wherever possible. And if you paste something into a master it
will appear on all regular pages that use that master. (Hence the
importance of removing the original object from the master page - and
checking for pages that didn’t delete the item - before you paste the
updated copy there.)
your comment fits with what i am doing. what i did first was to delete all the emnus from the corresponding pages. then i worked on one page to create the new menu. when it was ready for testing i CUT it from that page and pasted it on the master. then i checked to see if they looked good on the pages. if i needed to edit the menu i could CUT it from the master and take it back to a page for editing. and so on.