Build Animated Menu Expression Screenshots

Video Tutorial

Menu, Button, and Icon Collection

      

Features

How to use Vista Buttons with FrontPage

To install the drop menu into your html page you should do the following things:

1). Create and save your buttons in any temp folder using Vista Buttons application. You canuse "Save as HTML" function.




You can enter any name you like, for example enter "menu":



So you'll have menu.html file and "menu-files" folder with all menu files.



2). You can add javascript drop menu to a single page or to many pages using Shared Borders, Include Page or Dynamic Web Template so that you won't have to add it into each page separately.

Insert a javascript menu to many pages by shared borders in FrontPage

- Start FrontPage and open your website. When the website opens, it should look like this:



- To create the shared border page you should do the following things:
Choose "Format/Shared Borders..." from the main menu. This will bring up the Shared Borders dialog.



- Make sure "All pages" is chosen in the 'Apply to' section. Check the "Top" checkbox to activate the top shared border page and click the OK button to close the dialog.
A new subfolder should appear in the Folder List section in the main FrontPage window with the top.htm file in it. This is our top shared border page.



Notice that you can choose any other shared border position to install the drop menu as well.

- Now you can add a menu for your site. Open the shared border page (double-click top.htm in Folder list window) and switch to the Design view mode. Decide where you would like the menu to appear in your page. Click in the spot you want the code to appear in and type the phrase: your code here



- Open the generated in Vista Buttons menu.htmlpage in any text editor. Copy all code within the following tags:
      <!-- Begin Vista-Buttons.com -->
        ...
      <!-- End Vista-Buttons.com -->

- Go back to FrontPage. Switch to HTML View. Go to the "Edit Menu" with FrontPage and select the "Paste" option to paste the menu code that we copied to the clipboard earlier. Since the phrase we typed was highlighted, it will be replaced when we paste the code in.



- To display the mouseover state images correctly you should change vbImgPath parameter. Find the following code
var vbImgPath="menu-files/"
and change it to
var vbImgPath="_borders/menu-files/"



- Now you should copy the "menu-files" folder into the same folder with your top.html shared border. (You should show hidden files to see files of your website. Go to "Tools/Folder options").





- Notice that in the Design mode your menu may be displayed not in the proper way. You should view the menu in the Preview mode.



- Select the Preview mode to display the top.html page live (in Internet Explorer). Notice that your mouseover images can be not displayed when you hover over menu items in the Preview mode. It is normal. You'll see all images when you open index.htm page in the Preview mode.



- That's all. You've added all necessary code to your page, so let's test it. Open your index page (double-click index.htm in Folder list window) and switch to the Preview mode.



- If everything goes well, save and publish your website. If something seems wrong, double-check that you followed all the steps correctly.

- If you still run into trouble, we'd be happy to assist you further. You can post your problem to us at , and meanwhile describe your files in details.

Support

FAQ

• "..How do I make the sub-menu backgrounds non-transparent so that web page text that is behind the sub-menus when the website menus open does not appear?"
  
  
• ".. Is there a way to add images to the image collection of the button software?
  
  
Web2 0 Buttons Expression Design
• "..Please provide step by step instructions on how to create and add a button for a buttons websites menu."
  
  
• "..The submenu of a menu buttons do not appear in front of a flash movie, it is allways under it. "
  
  
• ".. However now I'm just wanting to edit the webpage menu itself."
  
  
• "..I want the web page navigation bar in the top frame but the sub menus to appear in the bottom frame."
  
  

See also

Expression Web help Expression web dropdown menu; Use XML with Expression Web Don't just assume that if you build a web site using expression Gone are the animated gifs and silly

JavaScript Tree Menu, Free download Navigation Menu Tree The collapsible menu maker integrates with with Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Expression Web and is an important DHTML JavaScript tree menu software in my works, I build a

Sothink Menu Builder suite Download (Shareware, USD $99.00 Build drop-down or tree-like menus in easiest way! - Provide an animated look and feel to your web It works well with Dreamweaver, Expression Web

What's new in Expression Blend 2? Microsoft Expression Blend 2 lets you create Windows You must build the project to be able to see and Code Editor settings under Options in the Tools menu.

How to use Tool Menu in Microsoft Expression Blend Tool Menu in Microsoft Expression Blend has the option for Creating Layer, Make Button, Make Control, Make Image 3D, Make Brush Resource, Edit Brush Resource, Font

Javascript Collapsible Menu Integrated Expression Web Animated Icons; Multiple Styles; Image-Based Menu Custom Build + Single License; Multiple Site Can this javascript collapsible menu be integrated into Expression Web?

Sothink Menu Builder suite Download (Shareware, USD $99.00 Build drop-down or tree-like menus in easiest way! - Provide an animated look and feel to your web It works well with Dreamweaver, Expression Web

Javascript Collapsible Menu Integrated Expression Web Animated Icons; Multiple Styles; Image-Based Menu Custom Build + Single License; Multiple Site Can this javascript collapsible menu be integrated into Expression Web?

Expression Web help Expression web dropdown menu; Use XML with Expression Web Don't just assume that if you build a web site using expression Gone are the animated gifs and silly

Microsoft Expression Community Gallery Share your work with other members of the Expression Each menu is animated out to the front. ISSUES: You will need t inspire designers and developers out there to build

Walkthrough: Creating a Silverlight Clock by Using Expression To write XAML, you can use a visual design tool, such as Expression Click the Project menu and then click Run Project to build and run the application.

Training Videos for Expression Blend Hey Guys, Has anyone tried building a animated pulldown menu in Expression Blend and ported that over to a VS 2008 Project or Website? Can you build Animated Components

How To Make Animated Navigation. Web Menu How To This ability lets you to build various menus of any complexity expression blend, xmlns, usercontrol, targets How to Make a Smooth Animated Menu with jQuery. Demo

How do I use AIM Expressions? you can build your own mini-you from the Avatar gallery. You can also use the 3-D animated window, click Menu, and then click Settings. Click the Expressions tab

How To Make Animated Navigation. Web Menu How To This ability lets you to build various menus of any complexity expression blend, xmlns, usercontrol, targets How to Make a Smooth Animated Menu with jQuery. Demo

How to use Tool Menu in Microsoft Expression Blend Tool Menu in Microsoft Expression Blend has the option for Creating Layer, Make Button, Make Control, Make Image 3D, Make Brush Resource, Edit Brush Resource, Font