What are Navbars? Navbars are Fusion generated-navigation aids, which
appear as a series of linked buttons in your web pages. Navbars use the Primary and Secondary buttons defined in the currently-applied style. You can customize navbars to display buttons for different levels of your web
site's structure, to use button images from another site style, or to appear as text rather than as images. For more information about implementing navbars, see our User Guide Chapter 17, Creating Navigation Bars and
Banners. Can I customize the links in the navbar? You can set Fusion
navbars to display the First level of a web site, the level above the current page, the same level as the current page, or the level below the current page. You can also specify whether or not Fusion should include a
link to the web site's Home page. To choose the level of your web site which a navbar displays, select the navbar, and click the Options button in the Properties palette. Select First, Parent, Current, or Child,
according to the level of your web site for which the navbar should display links. The level shown is always relative to the page on which the navbar is located.If you want to link to external sites, or mix and match
links to pages which are on different levels of your web site, you need to add your own custom navigation aids to the desired pages. To maintain a consistent appearance in your web site, you could insert the same images
used by your Fusion navbars, add text to them, and link them to the desired locations. A component is available which can help customize navigation bars. This component is the LinkMaster. To learn more about the
LinkMaster component visit Coolmaps site http://www.coolmaps.com How can I split up the navbar or make it wrap to another line if it is too long?
Currently you cannot break a navbar into more than one section or cause it to wrap to another line. There are three possibilities: you can make
adjustments to the navbar's text or images, so that the single bar will fit into the desired location; you can choose to create your own navigation elements either with linked images or linked text; or you can choose to
get the LinkMaster component now available from Coolmaps which allows you to control these type of changes.To change images, you either need to apply a new image to your currently assigned site style for the navbar
buttons, or replace the images in the navbar directly using custom images. For more information on how to do these operations see our User Guide Chapter 16, Using SiteStyles, and Chapter 17, Creating Navigation Bars and
Banners. To change the text information in a text navbar, you need to change the custom button name for the page. This is accessed by selecting the page for which you need to change the button name in Site view, then
choosing the Custom Names button on the Page properties. Fill in the desired name in the Navigation Button field. To learn about the LinkMaster component, visit the Coolmaps site at http://www.coolmaps.com How can I make my navbars into rollover images? NetObjects Fusion 4.0 has the ability to
place JavaScript automatically for you to turn your navbars into rollover images. To select the rollover option, select the navbar, and on the Navbar properties sheet check the User Rollover Button checkbox. When you
preview or publish your site, your navbars now dynamically change images when you mouse over them. How can I change the images for my navbar or banner?
For any navbar or banner you can apply any style available in the style view. You can choose to use the assigned site style, or select any
other style to mix and match the styles on your page. If you want, you can also change images by applying a new image to your currently assigned site style for the navbar buttons or banners. Additionally you can replace
the images in the navbar or banner directly using custom images. For more information on how to do these operations see our User Guide Chapter 16, Using SiteStyles, and Chapter 17, Creating Navigation Bars and Banners.
How can I change the words on my navbar or banner? You can use the Custom
Names feature to change the text appearing in banners and navbars. In the Site view, select the page for which you need to change the button or banner name, click the Custom Names button in the Properties palette, and
enter the desired text into the appropriate text boxes. You can also change page names while you were in PageView by pressing F12, then selecting the Page Tab in the properties palette, and clicking on the "Custom
Names" button. What do I do if one of my button images won't show the text anymore? If button images are not showing any text this usually indicates that you replaced the auto-generated images used from styles with a custom image. Custom
images can be added by double-clicking on a button image and choosing a new image at the Image Open dialog, or by clicking the Browse button on the Button properties sheet. When an image is chosen in this way, the
chosen image is copied to the folder for the currently assigned SiteStyle, and given a name which corresponds to the site name and page in which the image is being used. To return to using an auto-generated image with
text on it double-click on the button and select the Remove Customization option on the Navbar Button Property sheet. The custom button is removed and the default style button with text returns. Custom buttons are set
separately for regular and rollover buttons. |
