Easily Manageable Menu

Report · Aug 26, 2007

I have created several templates to allow us to place our work instructions on the intranet. My documents' main structure has two main content containers. The 1 on the left was built to contain an outline/menu that allows the operators to quickly get to the anchor in the main content container that they need.

The documents, css, and templates work well. But, I am new to Dreamweaver, and I would like to set up a menu that the Document managers in each area can configure for the individual document. These document managers will not be familiar with templates, html, etc. We will teach them a few basics about creating new documents with templates, using text elements, typing within the editable regions, etc.

However, I thought that I could set up an unordered list in the template that would allow the document managers to type in the key words for the menu, click the bullet icon to convert them to list elements, and tab to indent the elements to a subelement, and add the link. This works well for the initial setup, and I can make it work by ensuring that I put certain parts within the list tags of the previous element, but once the list is created, it is VERY difficult for someone not familiar with HTML to add an element or a subelement.

Is there a way to do this, perhaps with an extension? And, is there an example available?
Thanks,
Jan

Report · Aug 28, 2007

"Jan Willis" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I have created several templates to allow us to place our work instructions
>on
> the intranet. My documents' main structure has two main content
> containers.
> The 1 on the left was built to contain an outline/menu that allows the
> operators to quickly get to the anchor in the main content container that
> they
> need.
>
> The documents, css, and templates work well. But, I am new to
> Dreamweaver,
> and I would like to set up a menu that the Document managers in each area
> can
> configure for the individual document. These document managers will not
> be
> familiar with templates, html, etc. We will teach them a few basics about
> creating new documents with templates, using text elements, typing within
> the
> editable regions, etc.
>
> However, I thought that I could set up an unordered list in the template
> that
> would allow the document managers to type in the key words for the menu,
> click
> the bullet icon to convert them to list elements, and tab to indent the
> elements to a subelement, and add the link. This works well for the
> initial
> setup, and I can make it work by ensuring that I put certain parts within
> the
> list tags of the previous element, but once the list is created, it is
> VERY
> difficult for someone not familiar with HTML to add an element or a
> subelement.
>
> Is there a way to do this, perhaps with an extension? And, is there an
> example available?
> Thanks,
> Jan

Maybe List-O-Rama is what you're looking for, it supports several horizontal
and vertical styles.
http://www.dmxzone.com/showDetail.asp?TypeId=3&NewsId=5618

Joris