Jquery menus for DW CC

[bradm44645584]

So Spry is gone in DW CC. Spry of course made deploying menus very quick and easy. Does anyone have any suggestions for an equivalent tool for menus using Jquery?

Thanks

[guptabhawna05]

Hi madwebllc,

There is one free Widget available on Adobe Exchange "Advanced CSS Menu Light" using jQuery. You can give it  a try.

You can access it through DW CC.

1. Window menu < Extensions < Adobe Exchange.

2.  Click on Fee tab in the Exchange Panel.

3. Click "Advanced CSS Menu Light" and follow on screen instructions to install it.

The ZXP installer is downloaded to the user's documents folder.

Thanks

Bhawna

[bradm44645584]

I managed to get the tool you suggested installed, after a number of errors referencing the path was not recognized, and the publisher could not be verified. But when I attempt to use the extension, it was unresponsive when I went to Insert > Ajatix > Advanced CSS Drop Down Menu Light. 

Perhaps it is not compatible with CC?

Any ideas of what may be going on? Or perhaps another extension?

And a question that hopefully Adobe staff can answer. DW CC has many great widgets under Jqueryui, why was a menu option left off?

[ScottFromSB]

Yes, I had exactly the same problem installing and then the Ajatix menu option appears active in Dreamweaver but it is nonresponsive. I am using Dreamweaver CC version 13.0 Build 6390 and use Window 7. I am hoping for a soluton.

[bradm44645584]

I hate to be that guy posting updates to my thread asking why I have't heard anything. I just can't help but be very curious, why of all options under jqueryui to not be added, why is the menu widget left off?

Please.. anyone from Adobe staff. I can't be the only one wondering this.

[Preran]

Hi all,

Thank you for  your feedback. Will ask around and get back with an answer. With the weekend, the wait might be a little longer.

Thanks,

Preran

[bradm44645584]

Sounds good and thank you, I look forward to hearing from the staff later on

[LoisReed]

I haven't seen the staff get back on this and the final post here has an automatic download. Is there an extention from adobe extention manager that gives the jquery drop down menu? Why this has been eliminated, I don't know.

Preran???

[Walkiry]

Hi! On the first lines of this post, I reab about the the Advanced CSS Menu Light extension. I tried to install it but it dont works!… No need to leave this extension installed. Can u tell me how can i desinstall it now? Thanks for ur help!

[Nancy OShea]

Deactivate it with your Extension Manager.

Nancy O.

[Walkiry]

I had never heard before.about this option! Thks!

[ScottFromSB]

I have been working with Alex at Ajatix. He was great and worked with me until the problem was solved. Here is the link.

1. www.ajatix.com/downloads/com.ajatix.AdvancedCSSMenuLight_2.1.5.zxp
   1. Download
   2. Close Dreamweaver, if open
   3. Open Adobe Extension Manager CC
   4. Select File, Install Extension
   5. Browse for the downloaded .ZXP
   6. Follow prompts
   7. Launch Dreamweaver

Scott S-)

[Hawaii_no_ka_oi]

This link worked great for me! Thanks for posting

[ajatix_com]

"There is one free Widget available on Adobe Exchange "Advanced CSS Menu Light" using jQuery."

Advanced CSS Drop Down Menu Light is a CSS menu. It does not use jQuery, Spry or any other JavaScript framework. It does not use JavaScript at all. In fact this makes it compatible with any framework there is. It can be used alongside any version of jQuery, ExtJS, MooTools, etc. You can even disable JavaScript in your browser and the menu will work.

Modern menus are not about JavaScript, they are about CSS. Some of them may use small portions of JavaScript for added functionality (progressive enhancement), but JavaScript is no longer a key technology in that area

P.S. They are also about semantics.

[LoisReed]

Thanks!!! I love it, and am finding it very easy to customize - I have to add drop menus to an old site (http://www.artandsoul108.com/) and with chrome webmaster tools I am loving it. webmaster tools are giving me the exact place to edit the css.

I did try and merge this with my global css and it broke, but I am sure that is an easy fix when I am not under time pressures.

Again THANK YOU.

I'll check it on the iphone when it is loaded. Presently, I am building it...

[ALsp]

I'm afraid that if you want to joint the mobile-device/responsive

bandwagon, then you are going to have to use JavaScript unless you want

a very simple menu or one with drop-downs that do not work well (or at

all) in touch devices.

--

Al Sparber - PVII

http://www.projectseven.com

The Finest Dreamweaver Menus | Galleries | Widgets

Since 1998

[LoisReed]

for now, until the staff answers, I am using my old DW - which I have been for my stylesheet as well since I find editing it much easier there

[Preran]

Lois,

Apologies for not getting back earlier. I am following up with the product team today.

Thanks,

Preran

[Greenlife_Gardens]

Hello Preran,

I was using the spry menubar widget in Dw CS6 and found it brilliant, I upgraded to Dw CC lately (Took a dive in at the deep end) so it seems. I am as confused as many other users that there was not a JQuery UI widget available to step in to the shoes and out perform its old predecessor. At the moment in this respect Dw CC is in reverse gear it seems to me. I am lucky because I can open the old sites in Dw CS6 and insert spry that way but that’s not the point. I can’t get my head around the omission of such brilliant functionality. I really do hope that there is a jQuery UI menu bar widget in the making and available soon. A CC membership is not cheap.

What do others think?

Imelda Martin.       

[bradm44645584]

I manged to get the add in from Ajatix working, but its limited with functions unless you pay for them. And I am thinking most would agree with me when I say using something native to Adobe DW far beats any most widgets.  Plus as Imelda say pefectly, Adobe CC membership is not cheap, so having this fucntion removed makes no sense.

We are almost a month beyond when we were told the answer would be provided. I hope we can get an update very soon.

Thanks

[jkibbe]

Hi Preran, We are all waiting on this, any response on a fix yet? This is a huge omission.

Thank you, jkibbe

[Preran]

Hi jkibbe,

I understand. I rechecked with the product team today. They have asked me to wait. Will update as soon as I have an answer.

Thanks,

Preran

[LoisReed]

We all look forward to it! Thank you.

[Dennis48755]

I too, am curious, and would like to know the reason behind, why Adobe choose NOT to include the jQuery UI Menu Widget when they inculded 8 of the 11 existing widgets.

Dennis

[LoisReed]

honestly, after trying this for the intro price for the first year, I am finding only the upgrades to photoshop worth anything. I am sticking with my old dreamweaver. When the year is up, and it is time to renew, I am likely to purchase photoshop and drop creative cloud all together if it remains this unimpressive. I do think  I made a big mistake siging on with it