History of NexusPackage
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there has already been one additional plugin written by somone else. this plugin creates dropdowns that take you to the desired page when selected. Current issuesNexus is still in it's very early developement stages and thus has still got a lot of problems associated with it. currently i'm working on writing an efficient caching mechanism.FeaturesNexus and LibertyNexus works closely with libertyPackage and makes it is easy to create menus to any content found therein. of course it's possible to create links to anywhere else as well. in fact, nexus allows you to specify what type of link it is and will create functional links accordingly. all you have to do is enter the correct content id, structure id or path within tikipro. external links are automatically recognised and a special class (external) that it's easy to mark these with a particular style.Pluginsnexus supports plugins for various different menus. this means that if you would like to use a different style of menu, you can add the approppriate plugin.Suckerfish menusCSS dropdown menus are functional including the javascript stuff to get it working for MSIE.Formelement menusThis will generate a menu that resides in a dropdown box and upon selecting a given option, it takes you to that page.TikiWiki menusThis plugin allows you to create menus reminiscent of the well known tikiwiki menus. The main difference to it's big brother is, that you can create a menu as many levels deep as you desire.Flexible interfacenexus provides you with an easy to use interface to structurise your menus. they can be any number of levels deep, giving you unlimited freedom when it comes to menu creation.Menu designMenu look is determined exclusively through CSS. this means that changing the look of the menu only requires some knowlegde of CSS.ToDoInsert code into various packagescurrenlty only the wiki has the required code to insert items into a menu while editing the page.Iconswould be nice to allow the usage of icons.Structureswould be good to allow the conversion of a structure to a nexus compatible menu (import is working appart from position assignment of items). might be good to read the structure straight from the db to ensure that the menu is updated automatically. | Nexus MenusNexus is a Package that works closely with the LibertyPackage and makes it is easy to create menus pointing to any content in bitweaver, or any external URL. Nexus works with other tools in bitweaver to help users navigate the site.Find nexus at: http://yoursitename.com/nexus/menus.php Nexus will create functional links to all internal and external content; all you have to do is enter the correct content id, structure id or path. External links are rendered with a special class (.external) which makes it easy to control their appearance with a particular CSS style. Help revise this package Nexus is still under development. If after testing nexus you have some feedback on the usability or the features please don't hesitate to add them to the end of the page or leave a comment. Available pluginsNexus supports three types of menus, which can variously appear in the top bar or in modules in the left or right columns.
Create a horizontal menu in the top bar.A customized horizontal "menu bar" whose look and feel is controlled by the site's CSS can be created with or without dropdowns.Steps to create a custom horizontal menu. bitweaver version 1
error message: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "/home/yoursite/public_html/bitweaver/temp/nexus/modules/top_bar_inc.tpl" in /home/yoursite/public_html/bitweaver/util/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php on line 1095 A fix is in CVS update the file to http://bitweaver.cvs.sourceforge.net/bitweaver/_bit_nexus/menus.php?revision=1.1.1.1.2.8&view=markup or later . . . and i'm not sure where you go from there. The menu that appeared before still exists in the database, but is gone from the screen, and there is no way to get it back. ttfn bitweaver version 2
Some sample CSS for the horizontal menu
Generally the dropdown should be working if the regular bitweaver dropdown menu works since it uses the same classes. Nexus Features
Package TODOs and feedback.
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