Help w/ Categories Menu

[caspire]

Hello everyone,

 

I am adding a dynamic menu like this:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/hvmenu/index.htm

Its kinda hiding on the left when you go to the above link (black/white).

 

So...I am adding one of those menu's in place of the normal "Categories" section on the left of the osCommerce layout. I can get the links in the menu to navigate to the areas that I want to, but this is not including the session id. The link on one of the menu items looks like the following:

 

www.mydomain.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_17

 

How do I make it so the session id is also included in the url? Do I need it?

With the session id the link looks something like this:

 

www.mydomain.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_17&osCsid=54aa8ad9325961fede3b5a96f0b59313

 

Thanks for your help. :thumbsup:

[Guest]

This has already been done and contributed - the best IMO is Drop Down Categories - HV Menu

 

Matti

[boxtel]

Hello everyone,

 

I am adding a dynamic menu like this:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/hvmenu/index.htm

Its kinda hiding on the left when you go to the above link (black/white).

 

So...I am adding one of those menu's in place of the normal "Categories" section on the left of the osCommerce layout. I can get the links in the menu to navigate to the areas that I want to, but this is not including the session id. The link on one of the menu items looks like the following:

 

www.mydomain.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_17

 

How do I make it so the session id is also included in the url? Do I need it?

With the session id the link looks something like this:

 

www.mydomain.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_17&osCsid=54aa8ad9325961fede3b5a96f0b59313

 

Thanks for your help.  :thumbsup:

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

you cannot use js with sessions unless you let php write the js.

 

look in contributions because that js menu is already in there with php integration

[mcki0127]

In the file includes\functions\htmal_output

 

there's this function:

 

function tep_href_link($page = '', $parameters = '', $connection = 'NONSSL', $add_session_id = true, $search_engine_safe = true)

 

I'm not positive about this, but don't you just set the 4th argument to true?

[caspire]

Thanks everyone...you guys are fast! :thumbsup:

[Sincraft]

actually I would suggest you dont use any JS or DHTML menus as search engines will not be able to find your products. If you must use this, make sure you have a sitemap contrib. The sitemap contrib allows your products etc to be crawled..

[♥Vger]

I've taken a look at that menu on that website you quoted and think it looks terrible. It doesn't even close on mouse out. I'm currently using a contribution which puts the categories into a drop down in the header. This is great, except that it only works in IE. The placement of the menu does not work in Mozilla, so I am having to put a browser detection script into the head section of each page and provide a seperate 'header' file for Mozilla browsers, referencing a seperate class in the stylesheet. Finally I have it working in the various browsers. The point of this is that positioning of drop-down JS based menus can be a nightmare, and will work differently for different browsers, so you're going to have to find a workaround for those problems.

 

Vger

Hello everyone,

 

I am adding a dynamic menu like this:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/hvmenu/index.htm

Its kinda hiding on the left when you go to the above link (black/white).

 

So...I am adding one of those menu's in place of the normal "Categories" section on the left of the osCommerce layout. I can get the links in the menu to navigate to the areas that I want to, but this is not including the session id. The link on one of the menu items looks like the following:

 

www.mydomain.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_17

 

How do I make it so the session id is also included in the url? Do I need it?

With the session id the link looks something like this:

 

www.mydomain.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_17&osCsid=54aa8ad9325961fede3b5a96f0b59313

 

Thanks for your help.  :thumbsup:

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

[caspire]

actually I would suggest you dont use any JS or DHTML menus as search engines will not be able to find your products.  If you must use this, make sure you have a sitemap contrib.  The sitemap contrib allows your products etc to be crawled..

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Where can I learn how to make a sitemap contrib? Because I am using the HV Menu?

 

Thanks

[caspire]

Doh...Im an idiot. Haha. You meant a contribution for a sitemap of my site. Found it...Thanks LOL :)