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Menu
Builder enjoys the same rollover functions as JavaScript,
but in a simple package that can be easily copied to your
web pages. To increase your directory, simply paste another
Menu Builder to the page. There
is no limit to how many can be used on a page or the variations
possible.
Display
a background tile
The menu Builder
applet will display a background tile of any size. The image is
tiled to seamlessly fill the area regardless of the original size.
If a tile is not required this parameter can be left blank.
Display image #1
In its rested
state Menu Builder displays image #1. If it is a transparent GIF
file, it will be superimposed over the background color or tile.
If a tile is not nominated, the applet background color will be
seen behind a transparent GIF.
Swap
to image #2 on MouseOver
Image #2 is
shown on MouseOver and replaces image #1. If swap image is not needed
leave the parameter blank.
Display a fixed text message on top
The text message
is a button feature. The button title remains visible throughout
the swap image processes. Color, font style, size and spacing can
be edited in the parameters.
Play
a sound on MouseOver
Menu Builder
can be used to play AU sounds on MouseOver.
Displays a message in the status bar
On MouseOver
a status message can be displayed in the status bar at the bottom
of the visitor's browser window.
Link
to a page or targeted frame on MouseClick
Here is where you
insert the page to be called when the visitor clicks on the Menu Builder
button. To navigate within framesets a frame name must be nominated
also.
NOTE:
That applet
backgrounds are cannot be made transparent. If using a transparent
GIF that allows part of the background to be seen, the applet background
color must be matched to that of the page.
The applet
size must be set manually. It will not automatically adjust
to the image size. Nor will the image adjust to fit the applet.
Unless cropping is the desired effect, the images and the applet
size must be matched carefully.
If
you are editing in Page view your applet will not show the images
and will look like what you see below. To align your menu it should
be in a "table" as seen below. The table can be used to
control the spacing between buttons:
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No
table spacing
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When
aligning tables for tight fits, editors tend to add seemingly unnecessary
spaces that need to be removed. If you cannot get your table to
smugly fit around the image, check the html code and remove all
spaces at the end of the table lines, and then close up the gap
between the last TD tag and the image reference.
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