Re: Menu system

Check out www.dynamicdrive.com for a selection of menus... they can easily
be added into the theme files.

"Gunnar Langemark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:at1gr5$36k$1-FogMEOs31dotat4ziPANHlKoq+OfwspIVIuBW6zZ0iQ@public.gmane.org
> I have seen the menu/article/category/map-search-view system.
> It's awsome! It rocks!
> Things like this only happens when analysis digs deep enough to se the
> abstract nature of data that rules underneath the specific article token,
a
> token which so often confuse the mysterious "average user", and maybe even
> more so the no less mysterious "average client". This client - whom I
often
> meet in the communication process when specifying needs and "wishlist
> items" - often has one wishlist item which I would like to mention right
> here. It's a specific type of menu!
>
> AND NOW presenting the dhtml menu type:
>
> This is the infamous nested pull-down-out layered menu coded in javascript
> and css.
>
> Will we ever have such a thing in this system?
>
> When I consult with clients they want to make decisions about things they
> think they understand. Menus is such a thing. Often they do not understand
> the flexibility of the category system they get in a certain content
> management system.Often they do not really appreciate the workflow -
because
> it's not hardcoded to reflect the workflow in their organisation.
> But a menu! That is something they all feel they can have an opinion
about.
> And what's more: Most clients do not really understand that colour-palette
> and width and height of areas on the screen - are easier to ajust than it
is
> to put in a whole different menu.
> That's why I now try to have a "spare" menu design in my pocket, so that
the
> client can choose between more than one. Actually I decided to do this
after
> a client complained that they were told they had freedom of design, but
when
> it came to the menu - they only had one menu to choose between.
> In order to retain this client I had to have a new menu system coded for
the
> CMS system. Not the way to make a profit.
>
> Over and out
>
> Gunnar
>
>