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1. sprydrivingmecrazy,

Apr 23, 2012 11:38 AM in reply to sprydrivingmecrazy

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I'm using Adobe Web Premium CS3 Dreamweaver. Is this a stupid question or you have no idea? Any thoughts?

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2. Sudarshan Thiagarajan,

Apr 23, 2012 11:58 AM in reply to sprydrivingmecrazy

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When you say 'it doesn't work', do you mean it just doesn't show up or its not letting you click on links?

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3. Sudarshan Thiagarajan,

Apr 23, 2012 12:00 PM in reply to Sudarshan Thiagarajan

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Also, did you run a validator on Dreamweaver to see if your file contains any errors?

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4. Jim Carpenter,

Apr 23, 2012 12:08 PM in reply to Sudarshan Thiagarajan

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I think what she means is that when you select a menu item, it doesn't open up the submenu items! Same thing on Apple touch and iPad.

Jim

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5. Sudarshan Thiagarajan,

Apr 23, 2012 12:20 PM in reply to sprydrivingmecrazy

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Okay, I get it.

I'm assuming you're running an older version of Spry.

Older versions of Spry aren't touch-devices friendly. To achieve the functionality in touch devices, you could probably use onClick or onDblClick functions instead of onHover. Or, you could make a .htaccess file to redirect mobile users to a separate html file all by itself and load minimal, mobile-friendly functionality there. It's a compromise we have to make.

However, Spry UI (aliased as Spry 2.0) supports touch-screen devices. You can read about it here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/ui/

Also, there's a very popular plug-in for Dreamweaver that lets you customize and optimize menus to load across devices. It's paid-for but worth it if you're specific about loading your site on mobile devices (especially touch-enabled). You can look it up here: http://www.projectseven.com/products/menusystems/pmm2/ug-examples/acce ssible/index.htm

On the other hand, you could style your menu using pure CSS. This will work across all touch-enabled mobile devices without a glitch as it doesn't load any external functions of any .js files.

The choice is yours to make and I know its a tough one - but I hope you find a workaround! Good luck!

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6. Jim Carpenter,

Apr 23, 2012 12:53 PM in reply to Sudarshan Thiagarajan

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Good sound advice. I will look into it as I have had a similar problem.

Edited: The spry update widget didn't work for me, but the PV7 looks like a viable fix.

Jim

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7. sprydrivingmecrazy,

Apr 23, 2012 1:16 PM in reply to Jim Carpenter

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Right it doesn't open up the submenu items, and I have run a validator, sorry I have alot of errors to work on, but I'll be back after I've fixed them. It makes more since that my Dreamweaver is out of date for androids. But I will go back through the code.

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8. Sudarshan Thiagarajan,

Apr 25, 2012 5:56 AM in reply to sprydrivingmecrazy

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Did you give Spry UI (2.0) a try yet?

If you've got it to work, please post your response here. It'll help other fellow members.

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9. Jim Carpenter,

Apr 25, 2012 6:59 AM in reply to Sudarshan Thiagarajan

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I got the spry 2.0 widget for DW5.5 and it didn't seem to work, but then I was just playing with it on my beta site. I will get something to work... or not

Jim

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10. Sudarshan Thiagarajan,

Apr 25, 2012 9:27 AM in reply to Jim Carpenter

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Jim Carpenter wrote:

I got the spry 2.0 widget for DW5.5 and it didn't seem to work

Hey Jim,

Could you please elaborate - what went wrong? What errors did you receive, etc?

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11. Jim Carpenter,

Apr 25, 2012 12:00 PM in reply to Sudarshan Thiagarajan

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Looking back at the example I did, it does work. It just takes a little more time to load, which yesterday, I probably didn't have the patience. Looking at it now, it seems to work so I will pursue this on my other project as the spry menu didn't work for me. After it worked on my apple device, I had other staff test it on RIM and Android and it worked there also. Thanks for the tip, I now have to rewrite a couple of SSIs to make it work.

Jim

Added: I got it to work, not I am just tweaking it a bit.

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12. Nancy O.,

Apr 25, 2012 12:16 PM in reply to sprydrivingmecrazy

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Log-in to the Adobe Exchange with your Widget Browser and grab Spry Menu 2.0 which supports touch screens.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/widgetbrowser/

When you've got it styled the way you want it in Widget Browser, Save Widget Files to your Local Site folder.

Below is a working example of Spry Menu 2.0 and a couple of other Spry widgets. View source to see how the Spry support files are organized.

http://alt-web.com/DEMOS/Spry-test.html

Nancy O.

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13. Sudarshan Thiagarajan,

Apr 25, 2012 10:45 PM in reply to Jim Carpenter

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Glad it worked. Good luck.

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14. Jim Carpenter,

Apr 26, 2012 6:16 AM in reply to Nancy O.

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Ok, first post didn't go through, sorry if this is a duplicate.

Thank you Nancy for the example. It was precise, accurate and I appriciate all the great examples you have shared. I did download the widget and got a working menu but it seems there is a lot of overhead (many js files). I also was able to get my older spry menu to work on Apple, RIM and Android, so I am moving forward with that one for now.

Also thank you Sudarshan, your information was right on target.

I think the original poster should be able to get a working menu from the information on this thread.

Jim

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