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

Initial Email From: User
Initial Email Subject: Server-Side Menus API Add-in - database-driven - PHP
Support Case Month: May 2012

Hello,

I try to use Database-driven API on "Espace client" tab.

I would display the same information like "Paper" tab if user not registered.

The display is good but links not works and mouse can't click on it.

Thx a lot to help me to get this working.

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Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Hello,

First of all, right after you create the item you also add a submenu to it, which is wrong (as in not required), so you can delete this second line:

Regarding the actual problem now, it originates from the fact that this item has not been set as “HTML mode”.

To correct this, please add the following parameter to your menu item:

Best Regards,
Kostas
Likno Customer Support
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Reply From: User

Hello,

Thx a lot for your answer.

Now it is working.

Is it the same (;htmlMode=1) for full html mode ?

Thx again

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

This is the full html mode (there is no “text only” in the script – only “html” and “full html”).

You need full html if you want the links to work, otherwise the whole item will be clickable, pointing to the item’s URL.

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

Initial Email From: Brian
Initial Email Subject: Server-Side Menus API error message.
Support Case Month: November 2012

Hello.

I have upgraded/installed AllWebmenus Pro build 900.  At startup I get the attached error message.  However, when I go to the website listed in the error message it says that all builds above 888 already include the updated/proper API.  It does not give me a download link because I should not need one.

So what am I suppose to do???

Brian

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Brian,

It seems that during one of your re-installations you got stuck with the wrong dll file. This can happen sometimes, especially if you try installing an older version without first uninstalling your current one.

The solution is easy: Uninstall AllWebMenus and even delete manually any left-overs, then re-install the version you want.

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

Initial Email From: Helmut
Initial Email Subject: Menus 
Support Case Month: May 2012

Hallo,

I have two questions:

1.) are there any prerequisites on the server side? And on the client where I create/edit the websites?

2.) I am confused with your license conditions. Is there a package with which I can use your products without limitations?

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Helmut

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Helmut,

I understand that you are asking about “Server Side menus”. Do you want to create dynamic menus (e.g. based on a database)?

In either case, there are no prerequisites. You can use Server Side menus on all servers and it will be visible to all clients/browsers. Regarding where you actually create/edit the menus, it has to be a windows-based system.

Regarding the AllWebMenus “limitations”, we have two types of license:

1) The standard license is what most users need. With this you are allowed to create unlimited menus for unlimited websites. This will do if you want to add a menu to your site, and it will also do if you are a web-designer and sell sites as a business.

2) The “distributed” license is required for a couple of special cases, such as using the menu within applications or for example if you are selling a CMS and use the menu as an added-value feature.

If you are not sure which license type you need, please let us know how you are planning to use AllWebMenus.

One thing to note for both licenses is that they are “per seat”, which means that if you are a business with 5 PCs and 5 web-designers, then you need 5 licenses.

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

Initial Email From: Theologos
Initial Email Subject: Likno Mega Menu
Support Case Month: March 2012

Hello,

When using your software and Full HTML mode for creating e.g. a Mega Menu, can you enter apart html, php code to dynamically create the html content?

And if yes, does it need full code with connection strings etc. or does it get that from within the page that it is inserted into?

I want to create a big Mega Menu, but the content to be dynamically created.

Thank you in advance,
Theologos

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Hello,

I am afraid that this only supports HTML, so it is not possible to use PHP. If you want to create dynamic menus there are two ways to do this:

1) Using the Server-side menu API to manually build your menu

2) Using a UL/LI structure to generate the menu structure

The first will allow you to do whatever you want, without restraints, but it requires custom coding in JavaScript (you will have to “write” the JavaScript commands into the page using your PHP code).

The second is very easy to use – just use PHP to “write” a UL/LI list in the page that resembles the menu structure and add (or not) the “protected” menu items as you want. This however forbids the use of custom items, which means that your menu will only use the six main styles (three for group, three for item) defined in the Style Editor.

If you do not use custom items anyway, then I highly recommend going with the UL/LI structure. If on the other hand you do need customizations and are comfortable with JavaScript coding then you can go with the first solution.

Best Regards,
Kostas
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Reply From: Theologos

Hello,

What I want to do is populate that html full field of likno, with html generated via php in order to create on the fly a Mega Menu where the html content is dynamically produced.

Example: Within the opened Mega Menu, I want links to be shown that are generated by a database.

Is there a way that this can be done via custom development and how much will this cost?

Theologos

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Hello again,

Are you suggesting that we do this in your site for you? I guess this is also an option (I can ask for a quote), but if you are comfortable with PHP it should be really easy for you to do the same thing.

Assuming that you do not need any style customizations and hence you can use the UL/LI structure, here are the steps you need to take:

1) Create an include file that will have the AllWebMenus code. You could omit this step and put the code in every single page, but it will probably be much easier to maintain the menu if you have everything in a single file. Make sure this file is included in your pages.

2) The include file should have the Linking Code, and it should also have a UL/LI structure. Here is an example of the Linking Code and UL/LI structure that would generate a mega-menu:

For more details and example of UL/LI code, for the menu you have already created in AllWebMenus, check here:

Note however that you will have to mass-replace all the “&lt;” to “<”, all the “&gt;” to “>” and all the “&amp;” to “&” (with this order) in order for this to work as expected.

Also if you click on the question mark right next to the UL/LI radio, you will find detailed information on how the UL/LI feature works.

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

Initial Email From: Mike
Initial Email Subject: Server side rounded corners
Support Case Month: November 2012

Hi

I am looking at the server side manual to find out how to specify rounded corners and not finding it. sorry if I am missing it, but is it possible ?

thanks
cheers .. Mike

Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Mike,

This is indeed possible, but not yet documented (we will correct this in our next release).

Still, you can see how this can be done if you compile a server-side menu with rounded items and copy the code from there.

For an item style for example, you can do this:

its10=new ItemStyle("name=menu_itemstyle10;textfont0=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;textfont1=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;textfont2=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif;textsize0=11px;textsize1=11px;textsize2=11px;
color0=#000066 ;color1=#000066;color2=#000066;padding0=3px 8px 3px 8px;
padding1=3px 8px 3px 8px;padding2=3px 8px 3px  8px;bgcolor0=#D2D9FF;
bgcolor1=#C2CBFC;bgcolor2=#C2CBFC;*radius0=4px / 4px;radius1=4px / 4px;radius2=4px / 4px;*align0=left;align1=left;align2=left;cursor=hand");

Accordingly, you can change the same style like this:

its10.radius0="23px / 23px";
its10.radius1="23px / 23px";
its10.radius2="23px / 23px";

or shorthand if you want the same values for all states:

its10.radius0= its10.radius1= its10.radius2="23px / 23px";

Best Regards,
Kostas
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Reply From: Likno Customer Support

Dear Mike,

The easiest way to find how to do anything server-side related, is to create the style you want in AllWebMenus, compile it and look at the compiled file.

Try something like this:

mystyle2.radius0= "7px 7px 0px 0px / 7px 7px 0px 0px";

Best Regards,
Kostas
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