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Knowledge Base support case for AllWebMenus,  abstracted and stripped of all user’s private info.

Initial Email From: Steve
Initial Email Subject: Integrating with Blogger
Support Case Month: December 2012

Hi,

From past support answers, I know that we can host the menu on a separate server and on it's own site. We are working on doing just that but my developer asked me to relay this question to you for an answer.

"Can you get in touch with Likno and confirm whether or not we can upload the JS and related files to an accessible server, and then install the menu on Blogger.  I successfully embedded a widget to my test Blogger blog.  The widget contains links to JS files hosted on a 3rd party server, so in theory, it should work."

Thank you for your time and patience.

Steve

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Steve,

We have done similar test in the past. There should be no problem in uploading your JS file in a different server and this should work in Blogger or anywhere else, as long as you are not using the menu in https pages. If you try to do this with https pages then it is considered a security breach as all files must originate strictly from the same server (in this case even “likno.com” and “www.likno.com” are considered different domains!).

Best Regards,
Aris Filokostas
Likno Customer Support
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Knowledge Base support case for AllWebMenus, abstracted and stripped of all user’s private info.

Initial Email From: Celia 
Initial Email Subject: Widget Menu
Support Case Month: March 2012

Hello,

I would like to know how to go about placing a menu in my sidebar (widget).  For example, what kind of position do I use?  Also, do I place the code in a "text" widget then place it in the side bar of my choice? 

Thank you
Celia

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Celia,

You can create a widget from within the AllWebMenus Plugin settings:

Then you can position this widget anywhere you want from the WordPress settings.

Please follow the instructions you will see there.

Best Regards,
Kostas
Likno Customer Support
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Knowledge Base support case for AllWebMenus, abstracted and stripped of all user’s private info.

Initial Email From: Michael
Initial Email Subject: Pre-purchase question: Integration with Flex 4?
Support Case Month: September 2012

Hi:

I am very interested in your AllWebMenus Pro product, but need to know if I am able to create the following menu as a Flex/Flash widget (SWF file). If so, do you have instructions how to do so in your Knowledgebase once I buy the product?

Your prompt response is much appreciated since I need to build this for a client this weekend.

Thanks,

Michael

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Michael,

I am afraid that AllWebMenus does not produce flash files. We only have JavaScript-based products.

Is there a specific reason why you would want this to be a flash applet? I am asking as I can only think of cons and no pros in this.

(Flash is not supported everywhere, it requires plugins to be installed into the browser, it is heavier, it is going to be dropped altogether by Apple & Google etc)

Regards,
Kostas
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Reply From: Michael

So, I use flash widgets to integrate with a BI tool called microstrategy. I am kind of stuck until they support HTML5. I am able to setup an HTML container. Basically  this is to create a selector for a dashboard versus a menu for a web page. If the example generates JavaScript or Actionscript, I can include your library to create the widget, and then use the code in the CDATA part of the Script tag. I welcome your thoughts.

Michael

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Michael,

I am afraid I am not aware of “microstrategy” at all. Still, our tools generate JavaScript and HTML, so it sounds as it will not be a problem.

The minimum requirements for AllWebMenus to work is that:

1) you are able to directly insert a HTML snippet in your page (the so-called “Linking Code”)

2) you are able to directly upload files to your server (preferably with FTP access)

Are these requirements met by your system? If so, then there should not be a problem.

Here is an example of the HTML code (“Linking Code”) you will need to insert in your page:

<!-- ******** BEGIN ALLWEBMENUS CODE FOR menu ******** -->
<script type='text/javascript'>
      var MenuLinkedBy='AllWebMenus [2]', awmBN='GN';
      awmAltUrl='';
</script>
<script src='/menu.js' language='JavaScript1.2' type='text/javascript'>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>awmBuildMenu();</script>

<!-- ******** END ALLWEBMENUS CODE FOR menu ******** -->

Regards,
Kostas
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Initial Email From: Alexandros
Initial Email Subject:
Support Case Month: September 2012

Goodmorning!

I am trying to load a widget on my site but the weather is not loading. In modal program F5 it works fine.

this is the code

<div style='width: px; height: px; background-image: url( http://vortex.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/backgrounds/_x_bg.jpg ); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: #;' >
     <div id='NetweatherContainer' style='height: -12px;' >
        <script src='http://netweather.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/netweatherV2ex.asp?partner=netweather&tStyle=normal&logo=1&zipcode=&lang=&size=&theme=&metric=&
target=_self'>
        </script>
     </div>
     <div style='text-align: center; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; color: #;' >
     </div>
</div>

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Reply From: Likno Customer Support

First of all, I assume that you refer to the AllWebMenus application (not modal).

Did you make sure that your menu item is set to “HTML-Full”?

If you did and it still doesn’t work, can you please export and send me the menu project so that I can have a look?

Regards,
Kostas
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Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Oops! You are right…

This code has a <script> tag that tries to write into the menu element. Indeed this will not work as the <script> tag tries to run when you first show the item (much after the full page has loaded), something which is not allowed.

Not sure if there is a workaround for this. I’ll have a look at your script and email you again.

Regards,
Kostas
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Reply From: Likno Customer Support

I did have a look at the script, but since it is a given online script that you cannot change, you will have to do a trick.

You’ll have to use the UL/LI method for loading the AllWebMenus structure. This way, the script will run and produce the desired code within the LI. Then once the page is loaded the menu will take this LI as its content and build the rest of the menu.

Note that with UL/LI you can only use the Style Editor and any item customizations are ignored.

Regards,
Kostas
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Reply From: Alexandros

You are the best!

Regards,
Alexandros

Knowledge Base support case for AllWebMenus, abstracted and stripped of all user’s private info.

Initial Email From: Clive
Initial Email Subject: WordPress
Support Case Month: March 2012

Hi, I've just installed your software and am having trouble getting it to work with WordPress.  I'm using the standard twentyelen theme and trying to place the menu (one of your examples, and imported the menu from wordpress) on the left hand sidebar in a widget.  I've followed the instructions (I think) but the menu does not appear.  Are there any simple guides or common mistakes that I could be making?  Any videos?

Thanks,

Clive

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Clive,

I am afraid that we do not have a video specific to the WordPress integration.

The main things to check are:

1) That you activated all the plugins/components that you uploaded (a menu could have both a plugin and component if it is positioned “relative to element”)

2) That your positioning is correctly set and that you have the positioning anchor in the page (if you used “relative to element”).

If you cannot find the problem, please send me the URL so that I can check what you have done.

Regards,
Kostas
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Reply From: Clive

Hi Kostas,

Thanks for the reply.  I've managed to get it working but am still a little confused.

I am trying to use the widget area for the menu.  In your software I've set the menu to be relative to element, as per the directions on the site.  Plugins are activate as required. 

My confusion is over the names of the various files and menus.  When I compile the menu it gives  the zip file the name awmmenu.zip.   When I try to import from your wordpress plugin, it says that the name is incorrect and should be awmmenu1.zip.  Changing the name to this does allow an import but it does not work. 

The way that I've managed to get it to work is to manually unzip the files and place the in the directory and call the folder "menu".  In the wordpress plug-in, I've called the menu "menu" and themenu from the site is called "newmenu"

Sorry, sounds confusing, but really all I'm asking is what is the relationship between:

- the name of the original wordpress menu

- The name given to the plug-in menu

- The name of the exported zip file.

ie which of these needs to be the same, and am I missing something?  Do I have to give the original menu in Allwebmenus the same or different name.

Best regards,

Clive

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Clive,

The thing you need to make sure is that the name in the WordPress admin matches the “Compiled menu name” in the AllWebMenus Project Properties:

You can change either one to match the other. If these two are set correct, then the generated zip files and everything else will also be correct.

This is also described in the WordPress admin, but it is not that hard to miss it…

Regards,
Kostas
Likno Customer Support
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