History of NexusPackage
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Nexus 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, including the wiki book feature, breadcrumbs, categories, backlinks, and other special modules 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. Three menu typesNexus 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. Only the suckerfish style menu can be used horizontally.Steps to create a custom horizontal menu. 1. Ensure that the theme you are using supports a horizontal menu in the top bar. Menu 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.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 and content accessibility.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.Note: this is now possible, but the structure menu isn't automatically updated yet. this might not be possible for ReleaseOne due to the way that structures work. Use NexusPackage as default menu systemnexus caches everything and therefore doesn't require a singe db access after generation. This would allow us to create menus that can be altered by users instead of using the template based menus used at the moment.Add a package specific parameterenable the display of a given package only while a user is browsing a particular package. this would allow for large menus that only show relevant pacakge specific links when required.Allow users to create their own menusthis will require some work and is currently not very high on my priority list.CoolMenuswould be good to have a plugin that supports coolmenu menusGreater plugin customisabilityit should be possible to allow users to specify more criteria for a given plugin.Better positioningwe need to implement the positioning of nexus based menus in the top bar as well as in the side columns. | 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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