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120 lines
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NICE MENUS MODULE
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Currently maintained by: Addison Berry (add1sun)
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Orginally created by: Jake Gordon (jakeg) http://drupal.org/user/15674/contact and http://www.jakeg.co.uk/
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This module makes it easy to add dropdown and flyout menus, using the Superfish jQuery plugin (http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birch/plugins/superfish), and falling back to CSS-only functionality when JS is disabled.
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Please report any bugs, feature requests, etc. at: http://drupal.org/project/issues/nice_menus.
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Installation
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1. Copy nice_modules folder to your sites/all/modules directory.
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2. At Administer -> Site building -> Modules (admin/build/modules) enable the module.
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3. Configure the module settings at Administer -> Site configuration -> Nice Menus (admin/settings/nice_menus).
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4. Configure the Nice Menus block(s) at Administer -> Site building -> Blocks (admin/build/block), setting the source menu and menu style, etc.
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5. Return to the blocks page and enable the Nice menus block(s), e.g. 'Nice Menu 1 (Nice Menu)' by putting it in a region.
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6. See below sections on Customization and Advanced Theming as well as the handbook page (http://drupal.org/node/185543) for more tips.
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Upgrading
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For upgrades between versions, read the UPGRADE.txt file included with the module.
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Issues
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You can track known issues at http://drupal.org/project/issues/nice_menus.
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Customization
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The module includes a default CSS layout file (nice_menus_default.css) which is loaded for all pages. If you don't like the default layout, it is suggested that you create a separate customized CSS file, and replace the default CSS file at Administer -> Themes -> Configure -> Global settings -> "Path to custom nice menus CSS file". This ensures smooth future upgrades as no editing of the module files is necessary. NOTE: you should not edit the regular nice_menus.css file since this contains the "logic" that makes Nice menus work.
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To help understand the CSS, the HTML looks like this, where
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x is a number;
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TYPE is down/left/right;
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PATH is the menu path such as node/343;
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MID is the menu id such as 33:
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<ul id='nice-menu-x' class='nice-menu nice-menu-TYPE'>
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<li id='menu-MID' class='menu-path-PATH'><a href='#'>This is a menu item</a></li>
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<li class='menuparent menu-path-PATH'><a href='#'>A submenu</a>
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<ul...><li...>...</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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...
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</ul>
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If you have more than one nice-menu and want to target a particular one,
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use its id (e.g. ul#nice-menu-2).
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A good starting point for your custom file is to make a copy of the default file, then edit it to taste. Here are some common customization examples for your own stylesheet:
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Make hovered links white with a black background:
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ul.nice-menu li a:hover {
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color: white;
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background: black;
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}
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Make the link to the current page that you're on black with yellow text:
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ul.nice-menu li a.active {
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color: yellow;
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background: black;
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}
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Get rid of all borders:
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ul.nice-menu,
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ul.nice-menu ul,
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ul.nice-menu li {
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border: 0;
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}
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Get rid of the borders and background colour for all top-level menu items:
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ul.nice-menu,
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ul.nice-menu ul,
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ul.nice-menu li {
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border: 0;
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background: none;
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}
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ul.nice-menu-right li.menuparent,
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ul.nice-menu-right li li.menuparent {
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background: url('arrow-right.png') right center no-repeat;
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}
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li.menuparent li, li.menuparent ul {
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background: #eee;
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}
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Have a nice menu stick right at the top of the page e.g. for an admin menu:
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#block-nice_menus-1 {
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position: absolute;
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top: 0;
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left: 0;
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}
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In Firefox, as above but where the menu doesn't move as you scroll down the page:
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#block-nice_menus-1 {
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position: fixed;
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top: 0;
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left: 0;
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}
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That should get you started. Really this is just about knowing your CSS and styling it the way you want it.
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Advanced theming
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If you're creating or modifying your own theme, you can integrate Nice menus more deeply by making use of these functions:
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theme_nice_menus() -- themes any menu tree as a Nice menu.
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theme_nice_menus_main_menu() -- themes your main menu as a Nice menu.
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theme_nice_menus_secondary_menu() -- themes your secondary menu as a Nice menu.
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If you really know what you're doing, you can probably even customize the menu tree in creative ways, as those functions allow you to pass in a custom menu tree.
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