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Thread: Hyperlinks show before menu is displayed

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Bruce

post date:
2010-01-20 14:28:42
I added a menu to my page and each time the page loads, the hyperlinks to each page blink on the screen and then go away. How can I stop that? My client is very annoyed by it.

Also, I added a layer div to hold the menu and the menu doesn't display inside the layer. I have to move it half way across the screen to get it positioned correctly.
Brad Lawryk

post date:
2010-01-20 16:46:22
Can you provide a link to the page?

Brad
Cristian Dorobantescu [Extend Studio]

post date:
2010-01-22 03:36:16
Hi Bruce,

I have answered the links issue here: http://www.extendstudio.com/forum/18/1217/on-page-load-the-menu-links-appear.html

As for positioning, the div that includes the menu is not included in the header div. You should deploy the menu in the header div.

Let me know if this works,
Cristian
Andrei Rinciog [Extend Studio]

post date:
2010-01-22 10:10:14
Hello,

If you want to hide the links before the menu is rendered this is what you must do:

- First, download this menuDisplay.js file from here: http://www.extendstudio.com/product_assets/support_files/menuDisplay_no_texts.zip
- Place it on your server, inside the 'includes' folder. Make sure you replace the existing one.
- Edit your pages and search for this tag in the menu structure:
<div id="menu_holder_[your_menu_name">
- Add a style attribute to make that div invisble:
<div id="menu_holder_[your_menu_name]" style="visibility:hidden;">

We will make an update for the Creative Menus to include the possibility to hide that div by default. However, the patches are not ready yet. Until then, do not edit your menu as it will cancel all the changes.

Note: by applying this all the menu links will be invisible to search engines. So, if you want SEO please do not apply this workaround.

Regards,
Andrei Rinciog
Support Engineer - Extend Studio
Bruce

post date:
2010-01-22 17:07:10
Bruce

post date:
2010-01-22 17:08:20
I tried making the div visibility hidden per your instructions and now the menu doesn't appear at all on my page.
Andrei Rinciog [Extend Studio]

post date:
2010-01-25 05:46:17
Hello Bruce,

Have you also downloaded the js file from here? http://www.extendstudio.com/product_assets/support_files/menuDisplay_no_texts.zip

Please follow the above instructions step by step for this to work.

Tell me if you need more help.

Regards,
Andrei Rinciog
Bruce

post date:
2010-01-25 10:32:59
Yes, I downloaded the zip file and installed it. Followed the instructions and the menu never showed up. I guess I did something wrong. I'll try again to see if I can get it to work. It may be a day or two before I can get to it.