Download: ProMenu Basic

[Robert Simons]

Where would I find the skin template image folders where I need to upload the images for the various templates?

if your referring to each skin's images location .. that would be in public/style_images/Theme Folder Name

but if your referring to the menu images and where they should be placed ... I have a copy of the images required for the menu in the zip ... in a folder called _menu_icons .. take that folder and place it in every public/style_images/Theme Folder Name you currently have installed

[Steph40]

I'm having a small issue with the theme Pulse from Tom Christian. The drop down seems to have a real hard time getting down lol.

Check it out here

www.enseignercpartager.org

It's not the default theme so you will have to change to pulse to try.

Just tryed with chrome and it's fine, fine with explorer 9 too, so Firefox 10 seems to be the problem for me.

Steph40 :)

[Robert Simons]

I'm having a small issue with the theme Pulse from Tom Christian. The drop down seems to have a real hard time getting down lol.

Check it out here

www.enseignercpartager.org

It's not the default theme so you will have to change to pulse to try.

Just tryed with chrome and it's fine, fine with explorer 9 too, so Firefox 10 seems to be the problem for me.

Steph40 :smile:

I looked .. only see Simple, Mobile, and Couleurs

BTW .. any thoughts or ideas on my recent proposal to the current ProMenu clients?

[Steph40]

Oddly enough, I have given access to all to the theme, it shows in drop down change theme but when I clics on it it doesn't appear. It should be the default theme. Again noob stuck lol.

I'm all for it, I know you have put a lot of time on that mod and it sure is worth more then 10$ to me. Specially with the new feature you are working on. So go for it, I will follow you.


Steph40 :)

[Steph40]

Ok you should be able to check it out now

www.enseignercpartager.org

Steph40 :)

[Robert Simons]

Ok you should be able to check it out now

www.enseignercpartager.org

Steph40 :smile:

yeah..some themes are a bear..especially with the current stylesheet I have in place ...even with it being well marked it can be difficult to alter to some themes...

I do offer a service to make these alteration for you..though I prefer not too if at all possible ...

with that said..I have redesigned the stylesheet in the new release to make it alot easier to manipulate .. and uses as much of the main style as possible...

here is what I have so far ( though revamped to fit 1.2.0 as classes and id's have changed in the 2.0.0 build so it will work with the current release available )

/********************************************************************************/

/* ProMenu CSS - By Robert Simons - ©2012 Provisionists LLC     	    */

/********************************************************************************/

/* promenu.css                    					    */

/********************************************************************************/


#primary_nav .promenu ul

{

    background: #1C3B5F; /* Change this to alter your main background color of submenus*/			  

    font-size: 0.95em;

    position: absolute;

    z-index: 10000;

    margin: 0;

    padding: 0;

}


#primary_nav .promenu a

{

    text-shadow: none;

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.active

{

    background: #ffffff; /* Change this to alter your background color when active*/

    color:  #0B5794; /* Change this to alter your font color when hovered active*/

    border: 0;

    font-weight: bold;

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.active:hover

{

    background: #173455; /* Change this to alter your background color when active hovered*/

    color: #ffffff; /* Change this to alter your font color when active hovered*/

    border: 0;

}


#primary_nav .promenu ul li

{    

    min-width: 150px; /* Change this to alter the minimum width of submenus */

    margin: 0;

    padding: 0;

    display: block !important;

    float: none;

    text-align: left;

    text-transform: none;

    border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.08);

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.menucat:hover

{

    border: 0;

    cursor:default !important; /* DO NOT CHANGE ... this stops the cursor from appearing on categories*/

}


#primary_nav .promenu li 

{

    position:relative; 

    float:left; 

    margin-right:2px

}


#primary_nav .promenu ul 

{

    display:none;

    position:absolute; 

    left:0; 

    opacity:.97;

    filter:alpha(opacity=97);

    list-style:none

}


#primary_nav .promenu li ul.right_open

{

    left:140px; /* Change this to alter the right position of the submenu */

    top:-5px    /* Change this to alter the top position of the submenu */

}


#primary_nav .promenu li ul.left_open

{

    left:-145px; /* Change this to alter the left position of the submenu */

    top:-5px    /* Change this to alter the top position of submenu */

}


#primary_nav .promenu li ul.first

{

    left:0px; /* Change this to alter the left position of the first dropdown menu */

    top:30px    /* Change this to alter the top position of the first dropdown submenu */

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.down_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.active:hover.down_arrow

{

    background: url({style_images_url}/_menu_icons/down_arrow.png ) no-repeat right;

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.active.down_arrow

{

    background: url({style_images_url}/_menu_icons/down_arrow_active.png ) no-repeat right;

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.right_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.active:hover.right_arrow

{

    background: url({style_images_url}/_menu_icons/right_arrow.png ) no-repeat right;

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.active.right_arrow

{

    background: url({style_images_url}/_menu_icons/right_arrow_active.png ) no-repeat right;

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.down_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.right_arrow

{

    background-color:#1C3B5F; /* Change this to alter your background inactive color .. ONLY EFFECTS MENUS WITH SUBS */

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.active.down_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.active.right_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.active:hover.down_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.active:hover.right_arrow

{

    background-color:#FFFFFF; /* Change this to alter your background active color .. ONLY EFFECTS MENUS WITH SUBS */

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.active.right_arrow:hover, #primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.right_arrow:hover, #primary_nav .promenu a.active.down_arrow:hover, #primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.down_arrow:hover

{

    background-color:#173455; /* Change this to alter your background color when hovered .. ONLY EFFECTS MENUS WITH SUBS */

}


#primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.down_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.right_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.active.down_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.active.right_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.active:hover.down_arrow, #primary_nav .promenu a.active:hover.right_arrow,#primary_nav .promenu a.active.right_arrow:hover, #primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.right_arrow:hover, #primary_nav .promenu a.active.down_arrow:hover, #primary_nav .promenu a.inactive.down_arrow:hover

{

    padding-right: 20px; /* Change this to alter your arrow indicator padding on inactive, active, or hovered  .. ONLY EFFECTS MENUS WITH SUBS */

}

try rebuilding using that style .. see if that helps .. if not..you can always commission me to do it for you

[Steph40]

Thank you Robert

The changes made the dropdown smaller but it still is slow. No biggy just not gonna use it as my main theme. Your menu works fine on all other theme I own so it's all good.


Steph40 :)

[Steph40]

Still weird that the same code reacts differently according to theme and browser. Well, I guess not so weird now that I think of it lol. :tongue:


steph40

[Robert Simons]

Still weird that the same code reacts differently according to theme and browser. Well, I guess not so weird now that think of it lol. :tongue:

steph40

ya its not odd to get different reactions like that...as far as the spacing..thats due to no padding being defined in the main style...you can add one in

change:

#primary_nav .promenu a

{

text-shadow: none;

}

to

#primary_nav .promenu a

{

padding: 6px 20px 8px 10px;

text-shadow: none;

}

adjusting according to suit your needs

[Steph40]

Thank you :D

[Markus Lassfolk]

Robert, with the level of support you give to your customers/users and the amount of work you put into the product, I fully support that you change the licensing into a renewal subscription.

[Roogle]

[u][size=5]Attention Current Clients!!![/size][/u]

I have a question to pose to the current ProMenu clients ..

As everyone knows, ProMenu has grown extensively since its creation and has become quite the chore to develop and maintain ... and with the level of support that some ppl will require to properly operate this system (especially with the newest version about to be released).. I really feel this application needs to be under a renewal hat.

As I've previously stated, I don't have any plans on re-releasing ProMenu every time a new release comes available ( as I find that lame ) .. there will always be a version (current and previous stable) available for current IPS releases under a single download location .. but ... if I want to change this package to run renewals .. I would have to re-release it...

so here is the question(s) I pose

1) would anyone mind if I where to change this application to be renewal based .. keep in mind this wont happen until I do release the multi-hook version (which will be any week now)

2) if I were to setup as renewal, it would require a re-release .. due to these factors...I would re-release the menu (under renewal), and migrate all current clients invoices to the new release (as I don't feel current clients should have to repay to obtain this new package) , then delete this current package

3)Your opinions on pricing .. as everyone can see I low balled the price of ProMenu initially to get some exposure ... and with the new version coming up its time to rethink prices ... I'm leaning towards $25-$30 for the initial purchase price and $10 a year on the renewal fees

all thoughts and suggestions welcome

and thank you everyone for being so understanding!!!!!!

Sounds good to me, For a menu that's much better than Fusion Menu and also a developer who is active and giving great support unlike the fusion menu developer who's forum has many unanswered questions dating back quite far. It's a price that's worth it, and the small fee of $10 per year is the price of a big mac meal...no problem! :)

[Robert Simons]

I've been working the styles for the new menu locations ... and before I go any further with the styling, I have a couple questions too pose to everyone

1) is anyone really interested in the "grey utility bar" for a menu location .. I personally find it kinda useless and ugly ... so if no one wants it I will eliminate it from the project

2) after some thought, I decided to make the "footer" location more like a sitemap....no dropdowns .... just links and categories

links to the demos are in my signature if you wish to take a peek ... only 3.2 Dev area contains the current changes ...

any thoughts or suggestions are always welcome

[Viper V2]

yes, I would say remove the greay bar. I find ti not much use either.


I do have a question, how do we get it to do like your examples and insted of when a person hovers over the application and the submenus open uder it tha that they have to click the parent menu and the submenus will then open under it. Right now mine is set to where if they hover over it they all open? I know I am missing a setting somehere. Thanks

[Robert Simons]

yes, I would say remove the greay bar. I find ti not much use either.

I do have a question, how do we get it to do like your examples and insted of when a person hovers over the application and the submenus open uder it tha that they have to click the parent menu and the submenus will then open under it. Right now mine is set to where if they hover over it they all open? I know I am missing a setting somehere. Thanks

your not missing anything..that's part of the new features being added to the next release..users will have the choice of click all, click then hover subs, or all hover (all global settings of coarse) .. plus settings for menu effects, display speeds in and out, etc

and your thoughts on the footer menu as a site map?

[Markus Lassfolk]

I've been working the styles for the new menu locations ... and before I go any further with the styling, I have a couple questions too pose to everyone

1) is anyone really interested in the "grey utility bar" for a menu location .. I personally find it kinda useless and ugly ... so if no one wants it I will eliminate it from the project

2) after some thought, I decided to make the "footer" location more like a sitemap....no dropdowns .... just links and categories

links to the demos are in my signature if you wish to take a peek ... only 3.2 Dev area contains the current changes ...

any thoughts or suggestions are always welcome

I agree, I don't see any use for the gray utility bar.
Though would like to know if it will be possible to have different menu options for the various manues, or if they will always show the same?

For example, in my "Forums" menu, I've added all Categories as options for quick naviation.
But I would not want them to show like that in the Footer, as that will be too "High" and take too much space.

[Robert Simons]

I agree, I don't see any use for the gray utility bar.

Though would like to know if it will be possible to have different menu options for the various manues, or if they will always show the same?

For example, in my "Forums" menu, I've added all Categories as options for quick naviation.

But I would not want them to show like that in the Footer, as that will be too "High" and take too much space.

I know the demo can be misconceiving as they are all the same...the reason for that is I'm just lazy and didn't feel like building 125+ menus...so I built one set and cloned the rest for testing purposes.. but yes..each "group" has its own set of menus..and can be displayed in any fashion the end user desires

I have re-arranged the menus and added in some new ones to show everyone they aren't the same menus per section

[netrix64]

I personally would use this gray bar as an link system for my pages so I would have some use for it, but I would style it more decent (I prefer it to look like the one IPS used on their page).
I also would prefer the ability to toggle the bottom navigation to show up or not.

[Robert Simons]

I personally would use this gray bar as an link system for my pages so I would have some use for it, but I would style it more decent (I prefer it to look like the one IPS used on their page).

I also would prefer the ability to toggle the bottom navigation to show up or not.

every navigation area will have a setting to enable/disable (plus any other settings that may apply specifically to that area) display of that navigation area

this next release will give the end user the ability to create their own display hooks/blocks if they so desire .. so I'm only try to cover the main logical areas for defaults .. I personally don't feel this area falls in that category .. but decided to poll it to be on the safe side .. if only a handful of people want it .. I will remove it from the base install .. but offer up the display hook for the utility bar as a separate "free" entity

[netrix64]

Did I get you right? You will add it as an Addon to the main product? This seems to be a good idea. So you would have an Addon folder in the downloaded archive where some Addon positions can be found as a hook?

[Robert Simons]

Did I get you right? You will add it as an Addon to the main product? This seems to be a good idea. So you would have an Addon folder in the downloaded archive where some Addon positions can be found as a hook?

all the menu areas you currently see on the 3.2 development area will come with a base install (minus the utility bar most likely) ... though each area is independent .. template bit..style sheet...settings..all contained within each areas display hook

as far as the utility bar...if more than one or two people want it .. I'll release it as its own download .. if not...the few that do want it can just contact me direct for it .. or request help building their own custom (though limited to avoid abuse) hook/block area.. as that is part of the support .. also why I proposed to the clients my reasons for wanting to migrate to yearly renewals on the next release (still polling that one but so far...everyone is on board with a $10 yearly renewal fee) .. and just in case you missed that post .. yes.. all current clients will be upgraded to the new version for free .. since it will require a re-release to establish a renewal fee ... and all clients at that point will receive 1 year allotment before any renewal fees are due from the day I release the next version

[Robert Simons]

I see 3.3 is officially out..I'll work on a patch for the few issues promenu will have with 3.3 (removal tools) and hopefully have a quick minor release out by tomarrow

[GoGators]

I see 3.3 is officially out..I'll work on a patch for the few issues promenu will have with 3.3 (removal tools) and hopefully have a quick minor release out by tomarrow

That's good, because my menu stopped working completely. I had to disable it.

[Robert Simons]

That's good, because my menu stopped working completely. I had to disable it.

how would it stop working completely ... as it does work on 3.3 .. other than some template issues...it works as intended on 3.3 .. even the removal tools seems functional now on a non beta 3.3 (though I haven't installed IPC yet..and I know I have to add in an extra check for it as the IP.Navigation will directly effect this) ... so exactly what wasn't working on it when you upgraded?

[Robert Simons]

ok..from what I can tell .. 1.1.2 should be fully functional with 3.3 ...

if you have IPC 2.3.0 installed (only with 3.3.0) .. you will need to disable the hook IP.Content Menu Bar as it will conflict with the ProMenu hooks

I am currently creating a package to update the stylesheet to accommodate IPB's template changes and adjusting the directions to the documentation.