andy206uk — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 15:45:19 +0000

ahhhhh dynamic drive... i remember that from when i first got started... i got my first mouse trail script from their!

brady.k — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 15:27:41 +0000

theres a way to do it in dhtml...check out dynamicdrive.com

andy206uk — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 14:53:38 +0000

thats just a direct cut from the code we use... it can be much simpler. php isnt all that complicated, and theres loads of easy scripts out there on the net! i dont know how i coped before i learnt php!

oce222 — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 14:25:25 +0000

wow that is pretty useful... I may be using that... thanks

johnbaby — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:51:32 +0000

I am so sorry ,I don't know anything about php!

thank you all the same for your help!! Thanks andy206uk!!

andy206uk — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:47:17 +0000

oops... aplogies for knocking the page out so far...

andy206uk — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:46:24 +0000

Hi,

We used this method at welsh-historic-inns.com as well... its fairly simple... just set a flag at the top of the page ie

<?php $page="about"; ?>'

then put an if statement so that if your on that page the css is set to .menu_on rather than .menu_off or something...

Heres an example of the code, it might be a bit messy, but it does the job...

<?php
if ($page_type == "about") {
$about_class = "logoColumn";
}
if ($page_type == "news") {
$news_class = "logoColumn";
}
if ($page_type == "links") {
$links_class = "logoColumn";
}
if ($page_type == "contact") {
$contact_class = "logoColumn";
} 
?>

<!-- menu -->
	  <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
        <tr> 
          <td class="<?php echo $about_class; ?>"
onMouseOver="this.className='logoColumn';" 
onMouseOut="this.className='<?php echo $about_class; ?>';"
onMouseUp="location.href='about.php'">
<img src="images/pix_spacer.gif" width="4" height="19" border="0" align="absmiddle">
<a href="about.php" class="menu">About 
            Us</a></td>
        </tr>

johnbaby — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:44:23 +0000

Thanks for reply!!

I know how to highlight the menu item when mouse over or click the menu item using css and javascript ,but it works on the same page not a new opened page.

Suzanne — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:21:56 +0000

If you do have a script, you can use server-side scripting to set a flag or id that the JavaScript can then read, but it's fairly difficult to make suggestions beyond this without seeing your page.

http://secrets.synapticimpulse.com/ uses php scripting to set conditional CSS. The CSS controls the highlighting. You're welcome to view the source.

You can use it in static pages as well (no JavaScript needed), by doing what I have in the source (style element in the head for the currently active page), as DaveyBoy suggested.

If you have it scripted, ask in the Scripting forum here and I will post how I did the scripting. Someone else will be able to likely give you a better option (for scripting) as well.

DaveyBoy — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 11:17:21 +0000

hmmm well i am sure there are some codes to do this, but can't you just highlight it yourself on the respective page? That is assuming you have the nav on the page itself and not as a script.