History of TopBarTutorial

Differences from version 6 to 8



@@ -19,7 +19,25 @@

 
 *to change the header and the site name goto Admin-->Kernel-->Server Settings-->Page Settings "Site Title" and "Site Slogan"
 *to change the site name in the horizontal menu goto Admin-->Kernel-->General Settings-->Miscellaneous "Menu Title"
-*to change the menu items goto Nexus-->Menus--> Create/Edit menus - here you will have to create a new menu and prepend, append or replace the existing horizontal suckerfish menu (all the other menus apply to somethign else)
+*to change the menu items goto Nexus-->Menus--> Create/Edit menus - here you will have to create a new menu and prepend, append or replace the existing horizontal suckerfish menu (all the other menus apply to something else)
+
+!!Where does the Title, Slogan, and User Greeting come from?
+the top is controlled by this template:
+{code source=php}
+kernel/templates/top.tpl
+{code}
+
+for your own convenience, copy the file to your own theme directory
+{code source=php}
+themes/styles/<style>/kernel/top.tpl
+{code}
+any changes found in this file will override the original file.
+
+!Editing the Top file
+Under the Div id bittop, is a new DIV, holding the user greeting.
+When that Div finishes the Site Header H1 kicks in, followed by the Site slogan, H3.
+Removing everything between the opening and closing DIV tags will result in an empty header bar. This may be preferable if you have a fancy image / flash you want to insert. Just remember that such things are not indexed by search engines.
+
 
 !!Where does the top bar come from?
 the top bar is controlled by this template:

@@ -72,23 +90,23 @@

 !! Custom Menu
 the custom menu is a simple XHTML unordered list with a few classes set for the links and looks something like this:
 {code()}
-<ul id="nav" class="menu hor">
+<ul id="nav">
  <li>
- <a class="head" href="/link/to/page">Foo</a>
+ <a href="/link/to/page">Foo</a>
  <ul>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Pile</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Of</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Foo</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Pile</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Of</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Foo</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li>
 
  <li>
- <a class="head" href="/link/to/page">Bar</a>
+ <a href="/link/to/page">Bar</a>
  <ul>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Another</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Pile</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Of</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Foo</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Another</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Pile</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Of</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Foo</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li>
 </ul>

@@ -101,13 +119,13 @@

 {* this link is for textbrowsers *}
 <div id="bittopbar">
 {if $gBitUser->isAdmin()}
- <a style="display:none;position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;" href="#top">{tr}go to top{/tr}</a>
- <ul id="nav" class="menu hor">
- <li class="m-home"><a class="item" href="{$gBitLoc.BIT_ROOT_URL}">{tr}{$siteTitle|default:"Home"}{/tr}</a></li>
+ <a href="#top">{tr}go to top{/tr}</a>
+ <ul id="nav">
+ <li><a href="{$gBitLoc.BIT_ROOT_URL}">{tr}{$siteTitle|default:"Home"}{/tr}</a></li>
  {foreach key=key item=menu from=$appMenu}
  {if $menu.title && $menu.titleUrl && $menu.template}
- <li class="m-{$key}{if $gBitLoc.ACTIVE_PACKAGE eq $menu.adminPanel} current{/if}">
- <a class="{if $gBitSystemPrefs.feature_top_bar_dropdown eq 'y'}head{else}item{/if}{if $gBitLoc.ACTIVE_PACKAGE eq $menu.adminPanel} selected{/if}" href="{$menu.titleUrl}">{tr}{$menu.title}{/tr}</a>
+ <li>
+ <a href="{$menu.titleUrl}">{tr}{$menu.title}{/tr}</a>
  {if $gBitSystemPrefs.feature_top_bar_dropdown eq 'y'}
  { include file="`$menu.template`"}
  {/if}

@@ -115,18 +133,18 @@

  {/if}
  {/foreach}
  {if $gBitUser->isAdmin()}
- <li class="m-admin{if $gBitLoc.ACTIVE_PACKAGE eq 'kernel'} current{/if}">
- <a class="{if $gBitSystemPrefs.feature_top_bar_dropdown eq 'y'}head{else}item{/if}{if $gBitLoc.ACTIVE_PACKAGE eq 'kernel'} selected{/if}" href="{$gBitLoc.KERNEL_PKG_URL}admin/index.php">{tr}Administration{/tr}</a>
+ <li>
+ <a href="{$gBitLoc.KERNEL_PKG_URL}admin/index.php">{tr}Administration{/tr}</a>
  {if $gBitSystemPrefs.feature_top_bar_dropdown eq 'y'}
  <ul>
  {foreach key=key item=menu from=$adminMenu}
  <li>
- <a class="head" href="{$gBitLoc.KERNEL_PKG_URL}admin/index.php">{tr}{$key|capitalize}{/tr}</a>
+ <a href="{$gBitLoc.KERNEL_PKG_URL}admin/index.php">{tr}{$key|capitalize}{/tr}</a>
  { include file=`$menu.tpl`}
  </li>
  {/foreach}
  <li>
- <a class="head" href="{$gBitLoc.KERNEL_PKG_URL}admin/index.php">{tr}Layout and Design{/tr}</a>
+ <a href="{$gBitLoc.KERNEL_PKG_URL}admin/index.php">{tr}Layout and Design{/tr}</a>
  { include file="bitpackage:kernel/menu_layout_admin.tpl"}
  </li>
  </ul>

@@ -134,26 +152,26 @@

  </li>
  {/if}
  </ul>
- <div class="clear"></div>
- <a style="padding:0;margin:0;border:0;" name="top"></a>
+ <div></div>
+ <a name="top"></a>
 {else}
- <ul id="nav" class="menu hor">
+ <ul id="nav">
  <li>
- <a class="head" href="/link/to/page">Foo</a>
+ <a href="/link/to/page">Foo</a>
  <ul>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Pile</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Of</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Foo</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Pile</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Of</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Foo</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li>
 
  <li>
- <a class="head" href="/link/to/page">Bar</a>
+ <a href="/link/to/page">Bar</a>
  <ul>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Another</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Pile</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Of</a></li>
- <li><a class="item" href="/link/to/page">Foo</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Another</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Pile</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Of</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/link/to/page">Foo</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li>
  </ul>
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