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philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 06:51:11 Hi I have popout menus at the LHS of my website but as the years have moved on I don't need certain parts, but cannot find out to edit the structure that was changed on origional set-up so the 2nd item went to 1 of 3 text pages. The 3rd and 4th item go to different sub categories. Considering how old the website is I am not what version of popout it is On my website www.hobbyholidays.co.uk the 2nd item in the menu "Workshops" we no longer need. The 3rd item "Quilt Shop" I want to remove at a later date or send customers to our new website www.qu1lt.co.uk. However I cannot find how it is controlled. Cannot see it in "MAIN.DWT" Thanks phil
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 07:08:47 Hi Phil That's a very old menu system and should really be replaced by the css pop-out or accordion menu from here https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/help/css-menus.asp - then if you need to remove any categories from the menu you can do that via the css file. Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 07:41:11 Ok thanks, I can try that. But is there there anything I should remove from "MAIN.DWT" Regards Phil phil
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 07:45:42 It might be best to send me the dwt file in an email and I can tell you exactly what to replace then. Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 09:14:03 Sorry Andy I have taken out all that (and can tell from the file size from the original) even downloaded the file by an alternative method. Even done "Empty cashe and Hard re-load" and nothing seems to have changed. I have changed templates/main.dwt. Is that the right file? Regards Phil phil
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 09:27:43 That looks like the right file. Make a very small change in main.dwt within Dreamweaver and agree to the prompt to update all pages - then upload those changed pages. Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 09:30:03 Yes that is what I have done. but no change. phil
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 09:39:54 Do you get a prompt to update pages and are those pages which are updated listed in the success window afterwards? Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 10:48:37 Yes, I have just done it again to make 100% sure and a Hard re-load as well phil
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 11:04:30 What was the old method of changing this menu. Regards Phil phil
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 11:08:14 You did upload all store files and not just the dwt file? Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 11:40:25 Hi you are right. On our other website www.qu1lt.co.uk when I update the main template in Dreamweaver CS5 it automatically asks me if I want to update the rest of the pages. But in Hobbyholidays its not doing that. How do I make it so it does, or how do I update that part of the pages. Thanks phil
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 11:52:17 Try going to Site > Advanced > Recreate site cache and then make a small change to main.dwt and see if that gives it a kick. Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 13:17:37 Thanks very much, that has sort of sorted it. But I now have 2 smaller problems. I need now to make the words of the sub menus more visible. The help file says add " load of stuff" to Style.css. Where is that file, or is it possibly called "ectcart.css on mine. Also I have lost a few other menu items from the LHS "Links" and "Search" how can I re-create them. Thanks Phil phil
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/06/2019 : 13:44:18 It looks like you have a file style.css - what did you want to change in the menu display? Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/07/2019 : 00:01:20 Hi on this page of your website - https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/help/css-menus.asp - it says - "You will now want to change the appearance of the menu so it fits into your existing design. The menu above uses the following css that can be added to your main css file, in most templates this is called style.css." - the first section is - "ul.ectmenu1 { list-style: none; border:0px solid; font-size:10px; padding:0px; background-color: #fdedc9; } But there is loads more, too much to type here The menu I have now is the wrong colour letters, it is missing "links" and "Search". When the sub menus pop out, they are the wrong colour and they have no background colour, so the words confusingly appear over the page content below. I cannot find "style.css" in my file structure. The only css file I can find is in /css/ectcart.css Should I put the content mentioned above in there, or is there a style.css hidden away some where, or do you have a better method to solve my 2 problems. Regards Phil phil
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/07/2019 : 00:10:45 You have the css file called style.css along with your other store files - that's at hobbyholidays.co.uk/style.css In that file, add the following ul.ectmenu1 { list-style: none; border:0px solid; font-size:10px; padding:0px; background-color: #fff; } li.ectmenu1 { border: 1px dotted #e69d01; padding:0px; background-color:#fff; } li.ectsubverticalmenu3 a{ display:block; padding:4px; } li.ectsubverticalmenu3 a:hover{ display:block; padding:4px; background-color: #e69d01; color: #fff; } li.ectmenu1 a{ display:block; padding:4px; } li.ectmenu1 a:hover{ background-color: #e69d01; color: #fff; } Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/07/2019 : 00:29:29 To add non-category pages to the menu like search, make sure you have this in includes.php $menucategoriesatroot=TRUE; Then in the categories admin page set up a new category called search, with the Category URL (Optional) set to search.php Do the same for any other links you want to add to the menu Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/07/2019 : 02:40:07 Sorry I'm not a programmer but I can get by doing a little. I have found style.css - made the changes and its worked - but now I'm trying to customise the colours to match the rest of the website. Currently they are orange where the website is Grey. However what ever I do to the extra bit I have just put into "style.css" see your reply above, it does not seem to make any changes. I made a new arrow.gif called arrowHH.gif in grey, changed the line where arrow is called up. I posted the new file to images. I changed - ul.ectmenu1 { list-style: none; border:0px solid; font-size:10px; padding:0px; background-color: #fdedc9; the fdedc9 to ccccc and still no change What am I doing wrong Regards Phil phil
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 05/07/2019 : 02:47:50 If you want to use an image in the menu that would be like this li.ectsubverticalmenu3 a{ display:block; padding:4px; background-image:url(images/arrowHH.gif); } li.ectsubverticalmenu3 a:hover{ display:block; padding:4px; background-image:url(images/arrowHH.gif); background-color: #ccc; color: #fff; } Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
philjma Starting Member United Kingdom 30 Posts	Posted - 05/07/2019 : 02:53:44 Sorry I did not take your text but took it from the website. Taken yours now, and it is better, red letters with white background but it still highlights orange on mouseover. So still need to know how to change it Regards Phil phil
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