A. LIVE PREVIEW FIRST!
Click here to view all available menu options. Read to the end before using!
B. MENU FEATURES & REGISTRATION
- This flash menu support 1 and 2 level menus like in Macromedia.com with 6 different color schemas.
- Changing interface is extremely easy because the menu skins are loaded from external images.
Browse to mamboroot/modules/mbt_macro_flashmenu/swf/skinname, you can see that 8 different images are used to form the menu skin. The name of the image describes its own function and position in the menu.
- Besides all parameters in this configuration panel. You can edit the css files to make more changes to the display of main and sub menus (link, hover, active, loading text...) The css file is in mamboroot/modules/mbt_macro_flashmenu/ folder. Remember to edit the right file according to the color schema you select.
-For the unregistered version, there will be a credit link to MamboTheme.com. Please note that MBT credit is invisible in localhost but it will be visible when you publish your site online. 01 license of Macro Flash Menu for 01 website is USD15.
C. INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
1. Install normally as other Mambo modules/.
2. Choose a suitable position and area for the menu.
3. "Show title" parameter should be set to "No".
4. "If you 2 level menu. You should create sub menus before testing".
5. Change the module parameters to match your website.
D. CHANGES LOG
1. Version 1.0
- First release
2. Version 1.1
- More colorschemas added, better performance
3. Version 1.1.1
- Due to many bugs in Version 1.1, this release was released 2 days after the release of Version 1.1
4. Version 2.0 Beta
- Many big changes: menu skins configurable, more parameter and options are added
5. Version 2.0 Stable
- Menutype added, you can choose which menu to use instead of loading the mainmenu.
- Menu style I & II added - This is the intergration of all Version 1.x + 2.x colorschemas making a total of 12 menu options for you to choose.
- Reported bugs (alignment, spacing..) fixed, registration are now possible with registration key.
- Previous versions connect to mambotheme.com registration checking. In 2.0 stable version, no connection to mambotheme.com is made (saving more loading time).
- Credit links will be displayed on unregistered version of previous releases.
- An option of embedded images for menu is offered. Read "Final notice" for more.
E. FINAL NOTICES
- The .SWF file is very lightweight (7Kb). However, the skin images will be loaded when menu is reloaded. However, If the images are embedded permanently the loading time will be reduced to only 40%: (almost no loading time!). When you are satified with your menu skin, and would like to have this enhancement, send your completed skin images to support@mambotheme.com and We will return customized embedded .SWF file. This support is for registered version only. Please include your payment email when requesting this support.
-If you make changes to the skins images or use other colorschemes. You must:
---- 1. Place the skin folder in modules/mbt_macro_flashmenu/swf and use the folder name for colorschema. Remember to change Color Schema in Parameters to Other as well.
---- 2. Use the .JPG format. All customed images width & height should be the same or nearly the same as default skin images. Especially, the rollover images should be the same.
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