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From: Josh1985 on 15 May 2010 02:27 Correct me if I am wrong but in order for a themed website's page banner to display the proper text the navigation must be in the correct order meaning the page the navigation is on and then the linked page, and etc? Correct? If so I have a major problem! My navigation is treating each set of navigation links separately which to me seems to not tie into the whole global site with the index being the parent page then all other pages below that, correct? Here is a link to the navigation as it is right now: "http://sl-life.awardspace.biz/currentnavstructurelayout.htm" Could someone tell me how i can make the navigation be in the correct order? If you need to see an example of how i want the correct layout to be write me back and i will show you that page as well i am still working on that diagram. Any help is greatly appreciated.
From: Stefan B Rusynko on 15 May 2010 04:39 FP navigation does not allow for the use of place markers (non-page links) in the Nav View / bars You need to create a page for all your Not a page links if you want to use FP nav bars and navigation with a theme For the navigation you show (with Non-Pages) you need to use a DHTML menu structure See http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/ -- _____________________________________________ SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ] "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-; _____________________________________________ "Josh1985" <Josh1985(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FE8F1B6C-B396-4DDF-B0A8-4F7F64C86DED(a)microsoft.com... Correct me if I am wrong but in order for a themed website's page banner to display the proper text the navigation must be in the correct order meaning the page the navigation is on and then the linked page, and etc? Correct? If so I have a major problem! My navigation is treating each set of navigation links separately which to me seems to not tie into the whole global site with the index being the parent page then all other pages below that, correct? Here is a link to the navigation as it is right now: "http://sl-life.awardspace.biz/currentnavstructurelayout.htm" Could someone tell me how i can make the navigation be in the correct order? If you need to see an example of how i want the correct layout to be write me back and i will show you that page as well i am still working on that diagram. Any help is greatly appreciated.
From: Josh1985 on 15 May 2010 13:30 Thank you for your response Stephan That is exactly my point; Instead of actually showing the navigation structure of the whole website all I see for the navigation section of the Web Site tab is the navigation menus I created. Not one page in the navigation section of that web site tab goes in the order of start page and branches out. I also have no idea why. All I did was place the navigation bars where i wanted them on the pages now I can't create the site's navigation structure with those navigation bars. If I used "place markers" that was not my intention. I was just trying to link the the pages the way I wanted them to appear on the pages. Everything that says "(Not a Page)" is the name of the navigation bar I created. If I were to add all the links under one menu I would probably have 50 links in one link bar right? I thought a navigation bar was supposed to be easier than using interactive buttons and look better than a plain text link. I don't get how me putting navigation bars on my pages according to the page's them would not allow me to go back to the navigation section of the Web Site tab and structure the sites navigation order. Any help is greatly appreciated. "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote: > FP navigation does not allow for the use of place markers (non-page links) in the Nav View / bars > You need to create a page for all your Not a page links if you want to use FP nav bars and navigation with a theme > > For the navigation you show (with Non-Pages) you need to use a DHTML menu structure > See http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/ > > -- > > _____________________________________________ > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ] > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-; > _____________________________________________ > > > "Josh1985" <Josh1985(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FE8F1B6C-B396-4DDF-B0A8-4F7F64C86DED(a)microsoft.com... > Correct me if I am wrong but in order for a themed website's page banner to > display the proper text the navigation must be in the correct order meaning > the page the navigation is on and then the linked page, and etc? Correct? If > so I have a major problem! My navigation is treating each set of navigation > links separately which to me seems to not tie into the whole global site with > the index being the parent page then all other pages below that, correct? > > Here is a link to the navigation as it is right now: > "http://sl-life.awardspace.biz/currentnavstructurelayout.htm" Could someone > tell me how i can make the navigation be in the correct order? If you need to > see an example of how i want the correct layout to be write me back and i > will show you that page as well i am still working on that diagram. Any help > is greatly appreciated. > > > . >
From: Rob Giordano [MS MVP] on 15 May 2010 20:54 I think you are creating separate navigation bars, which you actually can do, but they will be treated as separate navigation bars (duh) but like Ron says they have to be pages if you're using FP's menus...or use something from DynamicDrive. If you use FPs navigation and create separate nav bars with the head link actually being a page you will be able to order them on the page by sliding them around on the navigation view. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob Giordano Microsoft MVP Expression Web "Josh1985" <Josh1985(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:01E8BD19-5161-46DC-A02B-D6591EFDC65B(a)microsoft.com... > Thank you for your response Stephan That is exactly my point; Instead > of > actually showing the navigation structure of the whole website all I see > for > the navigation section of the Web Site tab is the navigation menus I > created. > Not one page in the navigation section of that web site tab goes in the > order of start page and branches out. I also have no idea why. All I did > was > place the navigation bars where i wanted them on the pages now I can't > create > the site's navigation structure with those navigation bars. > If I used "place markers" that was not my intention. I was just trying > to link the the pages the way I wanted them to appear on the pages. > Everything that says "(Not a Page)" is the name of the navigation bar I > created. If I were to add all the links under one menu I would probably > have > 50 links in one link bar right? I thought a navigation bar was supposed to > be > easier than using interactive buttons and look better than a plain text > link. > I don't get how me putting navigation bars on my pages according to the > page's them would not allow me to go back to the navigation section of the > Web Site tab and structure the sites navigation order. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote: > >> FP navigation does not allow for the use of place markers (non-page >> links) in the Nav View / bars >> You need to create a page for all your Not a page links if you want to >> use FP nav bars and navigation with a theme >> >> For the navigation you show (with Non-Pages) you need to use a DHTML menu >> structure >> See http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/ >> >> -- >> >> _____________________________________________ >> SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ] >> "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-; >> _____________________________________________ >> >> >> "Josh1985" <Josh1985(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:FE8F1B6C-B396-4DDF-B0A8-4F7F64C86DED(a)microsoft.com... >> Correct me if I am wrong but in order for a themed website's page banner >> to >> display the proper text the navigation must be in the correct order >> meaning >> the page the navigation is on and then the linked page, and etc? Correct? >> If >> so I have a major problem! My navigation is treating each set of >> navigation >> links separately which to me seems to not tie into the whole global site >> with >> the index being the parent page then all other pages below that, correct? >> >> Here is a link to the navigation as it is right now: >> "http://sl-life.awardspace.biz/currentnavstructurelayout.htm" Could >> someone >> tell me how i can make the navigation be in the correct order? If you >> need to >> see an example of how i want the correct layout to be write me back and i >> will show you that page as well i am still working on that diagram. Any >> help >> is greatly appreciated. >> >> >> . >>
From: Josh1985 on 15 May 2010 22:30
That is all i wanted to do. I don't know why FP made the link bars separate in the first place. All I wanted to do was make the set of navigation links in the left hand side of the index page and the businesses links be global navs to appear on all pages reguardles of whether they were a business page or not. Then on pages like the visitecgeneral.htm page, i wanted to include the two gobal navs above just like every other page but also include 3 additions that would only apply to the viisitec business's pages. The additions were a Subsidiaries nav section, a Product Lines nav section, and a Notecards navigation section. all of which should branch out from the visitec business page in the navigation structure. But now things seem to be so different from my actual intended result I have no idea how to rework the navigation so i get the same look on all pages as it is now and just fix the navigation structure. How do i fix this? "Rob Giordano [MS MVP]" wrote: > I think you are creating separate navigation bars, which you actually can > do, but they will be treated as separate navigation bars (duh) but like Ron > says they have to be pages if you're using FP's menus...or use something > from DynamicDrive. If you use FPs navigation and create separate nav bars > with the head link actually being a page you will be able to order them on > the page by sliding them around on the navigation view. > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Rob Giordano > Microsoft MVP Expression Web > > > > > > > "Josh1985" <Josh1985(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:01E8BD19-5161-46DC-A02B-D6591EFDC65B(a)microsoft.com... > > Thank you for your response Stephan That is exactly my point; Instead > > of > > actually showing the navigation structure of the whole website all I see > > for > > the navigation section of the Web Site tab is the navigation menus I > > created. > > Not one page in the navigation section of that web site tab goes in the > > order of start page and branches out. I also have no idea why. All I did > > was > > place the navigation bars where i wanted them on the pages now I can't > > create > > the site's navigation structure with those navigation bars. > > If I used "place markers" that was not my intention. I was just trying > > to link the the pages the way I wanted them to appear on the pages. > > Everything that says "(Not a Page)" is the name of the navigation bar I > > created. If I were to add all the links under one menu I would probably > > have > > 50 links in one link bar right? I thought a navigation bar was supposed to > > be > > easier than using interactive buttons and look better than a plain text > > link. > > I don't get how me putting navigation bars on my pages according to the > > page's them would not allow me to go back to the navigation section of the > > Web Site tab and structure the sites navigation order. > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote: > > > >> FP navigation does not allow for the use of place markers (non-page > >> links) in the Nav View / bars > >> You need to create a page for all your Not a page links if you want to > >> use FP nav bars and navigation with a theme > >> > >> For the navigation you show (with Non-Pages) you need to use a DHTML menu > >> structure > >> See http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/ > >> > >> -- > >> > >> _____________________________________________ > >> SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ] > >> "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-; > >> _____________________________________________ > >> > >> > >> "Josh1985" <Josh1985(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:FE8F1B6C-B396-4DDF-B0A8-4F7F64C86DED(a)microsoft.com... > >> Correct me if I am wrong but in order for a themed website's page banner > >> to > >> display the proper text the navigation must be in the correct order > >> meaning > >> the page the navigation is on and then the linked page, and etc? Correct? > >> If > >> so I have a major problem! My navigation is treating each set of > >> navigation > >> links separately which to me seems to not tie into the whole global site > >> with > >> the index being the parent page then all other pages below that, correct? > >> > >> Here is a link to the navigation as it is right now: > >> "http://sl-life.awardspace.biz/currentnavstructurelayout.htm" Could > >> someone > >> tell me how i can make the navigation be in the correct order? If you > >> need to > >> see an example of how i want the correct layout to be write me back and i > >> will show you that page as well i am still working on that diagram. Any > >> help > >> is greatly appreciated. > >> > >> > >> . > >> > |