Maxscape::Menu class for dynamic navigation.

Maxscape::Menu Package

Member Functions

Synopsis

Menusystem that works with the content database.

Description

The maXscape Maxscape::Menu package supplies the basic functionality to deal with site navigation and menu systems related to the content database.

The Maxscape runtime system can be configured to create a Maxscape::Menu" object by default and fill it's members with the data about categories and pages of the current page category level.

Note, that the displayMainMenuHyperlink method is app server or site global and defined in GlobalServerApplication.pm, resp. ServerApplication.pm.

Examples

new

Synopsis

$Menu = Maxscape::Menu->new (Page       => $Page,
                            'Font'      => $Font,
                            'FontEnd'   => $FontEnd,
                            'otherText' => $otherText,
);

Description

Creates a new 'Maxscape::Menu' navigation object.

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HashOfListsEntryToHash

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initialiseMainMenu

Synopsis

$Menu->initialiseMainMenu ($Page);

Examples

my $Text .= $Menu->initialiseMainMenu ($self, $MenuCallbackFunctionName);

Description

Initialises the 'Menu->{mainMenu}' member to the reference returned by the subroutine '$MenuCallbackFunctionName'.

registerCurrentCategoriesAndPages

Synopsis

$Menu->registerCurrentCategoriesAndPages ($self);

Description

Registers the pages current level nodes from the previously collected data.

Examples

if ($Page->{Context}->{'Query.Mode'}) {
  $Menu->registerCurrentCategoriesAndPages($Page);
}

CategoryLink

Synopsis

Description

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PageMenuProperty

Synopsis

$self->PageMenuProperty ("otherText", $UserChannelText . $otherMenuText);

Description

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pushCategories

Synopsis

$self->pushCategories ($Page->{Elements}->{Categories});

Description

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displayCategories

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Description

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displayCategoryMenu

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registerPageMenuNodeHyperlink

Synopsis

$self->registerPageMenuNodeHyperlink ($Category);

Description

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_registerPageMenuNodeHyperlink

Synopsis

$self->_registerPageMenuNodeHyperlink ($Category);

Description

The default function. Not in use!!!

Examples

displayPageMenuNodeHyperlink

Synopsis

$self->displayPageMenuNodeHyperlink (Category => ${$self->{Categories}}[$i]);

Description

The default function. Not in use!!!

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displayMenu

Synopsis

Description

Function is not in use.

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displayCategory

Synopsis

$self->displayCategory ();

Description

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setSequenceLinksAnchorCSS_Class

Synopsis

$self->setSequenceLinksAnchorCSS_Class ();

Description

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SequenceLinks

Synopsis

$self->SequenceLinks ();

Description

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displayMainMenu

Synopsis

Displays the categories and pages of node tree in the content database.

Description

Displays categories and pages of the content database. Several meta data are used to control if and how a node is displayed. E.g, to control if a node is actually displayed, the SHOW_INDEX column of the PAGE table is used. The position in the menue is given by the SHOW_INDEX number. Note, that the displayMainMenuHyperlink method is app server or site global and defined in GlobalServerApplication.pm, resp. ServerApplication.pm.

Examples

@{[$Page->{Menu}->displayMainMenu (
  SubCategoryIndent => "$::SP$::SP$::SP",
  Image             => $Page->{Layout}{MenuImage},
  selectedImage     => $Page->{Layout}{selectedMenuImage},
  ReplaceCategory   => {
                         "//Search"   => $Page->{MenuAnchor}{Search},
                         "//Comments" => $Page->{MenuAnchor}{Comments},
                         "//Contact" => $Page->{MenuAnchor}{Chat},
                       },
)]}

@{[$Page->{Menu}->displayMainMenu (
  dontShowMainCategories => 1,
  dontShowRootCategory   => 1,
  SubCategoryIndent      => "$::SP$::SP$::SP",
  CSSLinkClass           => 'leftSideMenu',
  MenuSelectedLinkBgColor   => $Page->{Layout}->{leftSideMenuSelectedLinkBgColor},
  MenuSelectedLinkTextColor => $Page->{Layout}->{leftSideMenuSelectedLinkTextColor},
  leftMenuUserAdminPageText => 'Home',
)]}

PathDepth

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displayMainMenuCategories

Synopsis

my $Menu = $Page->{Menu}->displayMainMenuCategories ();

Description

Displays the categories and pages of the node tree in the content database. To control if a node is actually displayed, the SHOW_INDEX column of the PAGE table is used. The position in the menue is given by the SHOW_INDEX number.

Examples

my $Menu = $Page->{Menu}->displayMainMenuCategories (
  CSSLinkClass    => "Menu",
  Categories   => $Page->{Context}->{MainCategories},
  myCategory   => $Page->Category(),
  myPage       => $Page->PageName(),
  Type         => 'horizontal',
  Indent       => '',
  MenuSelectedLinkBgColor   => $Page->{Layout}{TopMenuSelectedLinkBgColor},
  MenuSelectedLinkTextColor => $Page->{Layout}{MenuSelectedLinkTextColor},
  DisplayStart => 0,
  DisplayStop  => $#{$Page->{Context}->{MainCategories}},
  ReplaceCategory   => {
                         $ReplaceCategory   => '',
                       },
  additionalMenuLinks => $displayMemberButton, #$editTopMenuButton,
);

displayMainMenuHyperlink

Synopsis

$Page->{Menu}->displayMainMenuHyperlink (Category => ${$Page->{Categories}}[$i]);

Description

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MenuHeaderRule

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selectRandomImage

Synopsis

$Page->selectRandomImage ();

Description

createProject

Synopsis

$Page->createProject ($PageTreeDocumentRoot);

Description

checkProjectName

Synopsis

$Page->checkProjectName ($PageTreeDocumentRoot, $ProjectName);

Description

createProjectPages

Synopsis

$Page->createProjectPages ($PageTreeDocumentRoot, $ProjectName);

Description

manageProject

Synopsis

$Page->manageProject ($PageTreeDocumentRoot);

Description

checkProjectMemberNames

Synopsis

$Page->checkProjectMemberNames ($PageTreeDocumentRoot, $ProjectName);