ABCMenuMan Product FAQ
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This is a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for the
ABCMenuMan product. Please read through ALL the questions until you find what you are
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your question.
How
do I speed up the animation/it seems to be slow?
How
do I make my page open up in a frame?
How do I change colours?
How do I get the menu items to not stay hilighted and get frames to
work?
How do I get rid of the testing locally
message while testing locally?
All I get is a solid blue (or other
colour). How do I fix this?
How
do I speed up the animation/it seems to be
slow?
- Make sure you have the numFrames parameter
set correctly. numFrames is used for the number of animations in the MENU, NOT
the number of frames and/or menu items. If you wish to change the number of
menu items you have, set the numItems. I.e.,
<param name=numFrames value="8">
<param name=numItems value="A NUMBER YOU PUT HERE">
- Also -- if you do NOT want sound -- remove
the parameter for sound. DO NOT do something like
<param name=playsound value="*"> or "no sound" -- REMOVE
the parameter.
If you are running UNIX, please note that it is CASE SENSITIVE (i.e., 'UPPERCASE' versus
'lowercase' makes a difference in the name of the file. So "CLICK.AU" and
"click.au" would be two entirely different files).
How
do I make my page open up in a frame?
Make sure you have the 'FRAMELINKx' and
'LINKx' parameters set correctly. LINKx (where x is the current menu item) refers your website
link (i.e., main_page.htm). The FRAMELINKx is the frame you want that menu item to open
in.
Also -- MAKE SURE your frame name is set correctly. I.e., if your 'right frame' in named
'rightframe', then make sure the FRAMELINKx parameters are equal to 'rightframe'. I.e.,
<param name="framelink1" value="rightframe">.
If you need more details on how to use frames in general, please do a web search because
they can cover frames comprehensively.
How do I change colours?
If you wish to change the ACTUAL BACKGROUND
of the menu when loaded (aside from the loading and font colours, that are covered in the
documentation) do the following.
You will need to use some graphics software
(a very good piece of software is called 'Paint Shop PRO'). Simply open the menu.gif file,
and then fill the top menu item with whatever colour you want. If you need further
instructions on how to do a 'fill', please refer to the graphics editor documentation.
How
do I get the menu items to not stay hilighted and get frames to work?
Make sure the files are running from your website for the website that the license key was
issued for.
How
do I get rid of the testing locally message while testing
locally?
The 'testing locally' message appears while you are testing locally (just
on your computer). As soon as you upload the software to your website, the
message will disappear.
All I get is
a solid blue (or other
colour). How do I fix this?
If this happens, it means you have forgotten to copy the menu.gif (or
whichever menu file) you are using to your directory. Make sure this file
is in the same directory as the .class file, any sound files, and your
HTML
page in order to work. Also -- if you changed the parameter for the .gif
file (such as menu_1.gif), make sure you have copied this other menu file
to your directory.
