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Automatic menu manual

Manual

Here is an explanation on how to use our component:

First, download the component. Then install it as any component through the extensions-install/uninstall menu.

Click here to download the component

Then open the menu through the components menu

Now you will see the following screen:

Click on parameters, and you will get the following parameters page:

The parameters correspond to the basic parameters you also find for the menu items. Please consult the joomla documentation for more information. When you are done with the parameters, you can click on "update menu" and your menu will be created.

Now, you have to publish the module and enable it on the pages.

Please leave all your comments and ideas bellow!

Please report your bugs here (no registration required)

Comments

not working

Tim (68.149.239.xxx) 20-08-2008 21:51:56

I installed it.
I have sections, categories and articles setup.
I have the
automatic menu module setup.

I clicked "update menu"... and nothing
happened. What am I missing here?....

re: not working

Kati (SAdministrator) 22-08-2008 08:07:13

Hello,
Yes, several people had this before. In the download section there is a
component called automatic menu beta (not automatic menu 2 beta) you could try
it, it resolved the problems for some people. Let me know if it works

doesnt work still

Anonymous (128.111.69.xxx) 17-11-2008 09:17:22

I tried both

and None of it worked
I am willing to send you any log files
etc which may help you debug this

Anonymous (128.111.69.xxx) 17-11-2008 09:26:31

I was able to make it finally work - i had to enable menu assignment to
"all"

Kati (SAdministrator) 17-11-2008 09:59:50

good

sorry didn't think of mentioning this...

Sections Working Perfecly

Daniel (189.102.185.xxx) 18-08-2008 14:06:07

I had version 1.5 and was about to come here and post a request for a per
section way to organize. Now version 2 has it and its working perfecly! Thanks
for this great tool! really speeds up updating my website, thx!!!

Great Component - Wish to see this...

Robin (196.2.124.xxx) 01-08-2008 08:42:13

Hi guys

GREAT component... no problems just a big THANKS. Life is easier
now!

One thing I would love to see is the preservation of ordering in the
automatic_menu component. Once installed and the order of menu items is set, I
would LOVE this order to be preserved when the UPDATE MENU is executed.

Other
than that.... almost perfect!!

Re: Great Component - Wish to see this...

Kati (SAdministrator) 02-08-2008 09:45:16

Hello,
First of all thanks

Yes, for now on an update the menu is totally
deleted and not updated. We will implement this soon I hope so that the menu
will be really updated instead of recreated... We'll keep you posted..

Error on clicking update menu

Clement Gitonga (196.12.143.xxx) 13-06-2008 14:32:16

I'm trying out this component and when I click on update menu, I get the
following error
Parse error: syntax error,
unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in C:\xampp\htdocs\Joomla_new\adminis trator\components
2;com_automatic_menu\a dmin.automatic_menu.html.php on line 46

error

Kati (SAdministrator) 13-06-2008 14:48:14

Hello,

I copied your bug report to the forum, so we can discuss it better.
Could you maybe tell me what your menu name / title are (or whether they contain
any specific caracters)
Here is the link to your post:
http://www.thetricky.net/index.php?option=com_fire
board&itemid=272&func=view&id=18&catid=3

you don't need registration.
Cheers

feature request

Benjamin (80.218.60.xxx) 13-06-2008 15:10:38

Great component.

What I would like to see is:

* I create an Menu depending
on one section or category.

* This Menu is displayed only if one of the
articles are displayed (instead of manually choosing them in the list of the
module properties.)

This would be a great simplification for my website users
- that\'s why I would even try to program it myself. Perhaps this is a good
basis of cooperation.

Great idea

Kati (SAdministrator) 13-06-2008 12:10:30

Hello,

I imagine you're already using the beta version. I think you're idea is
great as it would be useful for our website as well. I haven't looked at a way
to acheive this... I'll have a look this weekend and tell you whether it's quite
easy (and I will just quickly include it myself) or whether it would be a good
idea to do this together. I'll keep you updated.
Cheers

another way of doing this ...

Benjamin Pick (84.180.1.xxx) 16-06-2008 09:17:37

hello,

I just realized and tested that this is a way of doing
this:

http://de.siteof.de/extended-menu-faq-split -menu.html

I think extended
menu is already capable of doing what your automenu does - but it does much
more, that's why its parametrasation is far from intuive.

Benjamin

re: another way of doing this ...

Kati (SAdministrator) 16-06-2008 09:29:54

Hello,

I am aware there are similar components which are very good....
However, I decided to program my own component because the others didn't suit my
needs, especially in terms of usability and the way it functions ( create a
normal joomla menu... )
Happy you found a component that suits you...

I'll probably still try to implement your idea for the next release...

re

Benjamin (84.180.31.xxx) 18-06-2008 11:14:01

well, no ...

I didn't say that I'm happy with it: I tried the example, and it
worked, but I don't understand why; I tried my own application, and I can't get
it running.

What did your investigations show?

I'm also thinking about a
(optional) plugin that updates the corresponding menu every time an article is
saved.

Hey

Kati (SAdministrator) 18-06-2008 12:12:40

Oh ok... My problem is currently getting the itemid for section and category
view... I can send you my code tonight if you want...

The automatic update
would be very cool... I am investigating that as well as we've had several
request...Haven't figured it out yet...

internationalization bug

Benjamin (84.180.33.xxx) 13-06-2008 11:17:23

When I run the component, a notice appears:

Undefined offset 0 in
joomla/administrator/components/com_automatic_menu
/admin.automatic_menu.html.php on line 87

Reason: The SQL command returns 0
rows, as in my german joomla 'articles' is rendered as "Beiträge".

Re: internationalization bug

Kati (SAdministrator) 13-06-2008 13:53:58

Thanks for the remark. We'll have a look at how to make it compatible with
joomla version which are not in english. Should be available soon..

Problem

Tom (78.86.135.xxx) 13-06-2008 01:23:23

Hello, this seems like a very useful component and what I've been looking for,
however my installation is not working correctly. The menu layout produced is
currently like this -

Section 1
Category 1
Article 1
Section 1
Category
1
Article 1
Section 1
Category 1
Article 1

Instead of -

Section 1

Category 1
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Category 2
Article 1

Article 2
Article 3

Any idea why this would happen?

Would love to get
it working correctly!

Cheers

Format

Tom (78.86.135.xxx) 13-06-2008 15:36:01

Here maybe this will help (the formatting wasnt clear in the other post).

My
content structure is -

Section
-Category1
--Article1
--Article2
etc
-Category2
--Article1
--Article2 etc

The module produces the following menu
structure when updated -

Section
-Category1
--Article1
Section
-Category
1
--Article1
Section
-Category1
--Article1

Only showing one article/category
repeatedly. Any ideas? thanks

forum

Kati (SAdministrator) 13-06-2008 15:43:21

Hello,

We can discuss it in the forum... I already copied your entry and
posted an answer.
http://www.thetricky.net/index.php?option=
com_fireboard&itemid=272&func=view&catid=3&id=27#2 7

suggestions

gd (59.100.70.xxx) 12-06-2008 06:16:32

this is great, wish i had found it before having the template done.

not sure
if it is possible,
could the update produce several modules based on
sections.

or at least have several copies of the module, one for each section?

and lastly, seems to generate a menu based on the article. so i have for a
menu
sect
-cat
--artic

where i really wanted
sect
-cat -blog list of articles.

re:suggestions

Kati (SAdministrator) 12-06-2008 17:20:16

Hello,

Thanks for the suggestions. The first suggestion will be possible in
the next release. It is already available as a beta version if you'd like to
test it.
The second is not possible and not planned. If we get more requests,
we will look if it's possible without making the component too complicated.

love to test beta

glenn (59.100.70.xxx) 13-06-2008 00:26:29

will give the beta a test if you like. just point me at a download and will try
it out.

beta

Kati (SAdministrator) 13-06-2008 09:38:08

It's on the overview page. But here is the direct link:
http://www.thetricky.net/automatic_menu%202.zip

I f you have time, we'd be
happy to have some feedback and we have a forum in case of bugs.
Cheers

Mr

Jento (203.17.167.xxx) 11-06-2008 08:12:25

When I update the menu, it removes the submenu structure and place all the menus
in the same level

re: Mr

Kati (SAdministrator) 11-06-2008 17:42:41

Hello,

The menu is based on the structure of categories and sections. Are you
sure you put your articles into categories and sections? If possible, for bugs /
problems write to the forum (no membership required) I hope this solved the
problem...

Drop Down Menus

Gerald (194.171.12.xxx) 05-06-2008 00:55:44

Can this be integrated with a drop down menu. I mean with another menu module
type? or can this be modified so I can have another type of Menu?

re: drop down menus

Kati (SAdministrator) 05-06-2008 08:12:58

Hello,

As long as your drop down (or other type) of menu makes use of the
standard menus of joomla, yes. Therefore, it really depends on how you're going
to make it into a drop-down menu. If it's just a module you're using it should
probably be ok.

Other types of menu (drop down)

Gerald (194.171.12.xxx) 05-06-2008 00:53:35

Do you know how to integrate this automatic updater to another type of menu, or
how to make it with a drop down menu?

great script

sl (125.163.75.xxx) 04-06-2008 17:57:15

Great extension ! v2 really usefull.
Suit my site beautifully

Suggestion: like
your extension name (automatic menu) there should be auto update option for
selected menu by one click, eg by choosing component-automatic menu, suppose
some menu auto update, no need to make selection and click update
button.

Thanks

re: great script

Kati (SAdministrator) 05-06-2008 08:06:50

glad you like it!
As you seem not to be the only one looking for such an update
button, we will certainly integrate it in the version for release, thank you for
your feedback!

Generate a menu with the categories for the curren

Rafa (80.34.196.xxx) 03-06-2008 11:07:23

Hi,

Is it posible to create a contextual menu for the categories for the
current section the user is in?

Thanks!

Contextual menu

Kati (SAdministrator) 03-06-2008 15:19:04

Hello,

If I understand you right, you want to have a menu which is updated
on-the-fly while the user is surfing? This is not possible with our component as
the goal of our component is to create standard menu items for joomla which are
static. Maybe you can find another extension that will do what you are looking
for.

Empty meny

Klashma (72.0.216.xxx) 27-05-2008 04:55:55

Hello,

Where do you tell it what section / category to create a menu
from?

Thanks.

Empty menu

Kati (SAdministrator) 27-05-2008 12:09:37

Hello,

For now, the menu is built automatically from all sections and
categories you have created. We are working on a version which will come out in
the next 2-3 months which will let you select the section(s) / category(ies). If
the menu doesn't work, please send us an e-mail so we can help you with it...

testing version

Kati (SAdministrator) 01-06-2008 16:37:33

Hello,

We just created a new version which allows the selection of categories
/
sections as well as a few other things. It is still beta and has not
been
entirely tested. However, if you want to try it out, you can download it
here:
http://www.thetricky.net/automatic_menu%202. zip

P lease let us know what
you
think of it! (and if you come accross any problems)

testing version * feed back

Klashma (72.0.216.xxx) 02-06-2008 12:06:10

Thanks for beta! It appears to be partially working, but the automatic menu
interface is full of PHP Notices... Here is a very small sample...
Notice:
Undefined variable: row in \administrator\components\com_automati
c_menu\views\automatic_menu\tmpl\f orm.php on line 31

Notice:
Trying to get property of non-object in
\administrator\components\com_automati
c_menu\views\automatic_menu\tmpl\f orm.php on line 31

Notice:
Undefined variable: sectionId in
\administrator\components\com_automati
c_menu\views\automatic_menu\tmpl\f orm.php on line 36

Notice:
Undefined variable: row in \administrator\components\com_automati
c_menu\views\automatic_menu\tmpl\f orm.php on line 31

Notice:
Trying to get property of non-object in
\administrator\components\com_automati
c_menu\views\automat...

Thanks

Kati (SAdministrator) 02-06-2008 13:11:41

Thanks for the feedback!
A new version is now available under the same link
which should correct the error messages you get!

Testing * Feed back

Klashma (72.0.216.xxx) 03-06-2008 12:24:34

Hello again! Good work!

Two things I found:
- Where did the "update
all" menu button go?
- When clicking update selected menus without any
menus selected, a blank menu appears in the menu list.

Thanks!

Menu

Kati (SAdministrator) 03-06-2008 12:52:46

Hello,

Thanks again for helping.

- The issue with the creation of
an empty menu is resolved.
- Concerning the update all, you need to check all
the menus to update before doing the update. (can be done in one click with the
checkbox next to the ID)

Menus do not update anymore

Klashma (72.0.216.xxx) 04-06-2008 04:20:57

Hello,

Today I've created all my content their sections / categories. For
some reason, the automatic menu system does not populate the menus anymore. I
will create an empty menu, but that's it.
Is there any way to troubleshoot
this?

Thanks,
S.

re:Menus do not update anymore

Kati (SAdministrator) 05-06-2008 08:09:05

Hello, I copied your message to our new forum where it will be easier to discuss
your issue. I hope this is ok with you...Could you give me some more details
about when it stopped working?

Forum link to your
message:
http://www.thetricky.net/index.php?option
=com_fireboard&Itemid=271&func=view&id=1&catid=3

Forum

Kati (SAdministrator) 12-06-2008 22:19:20

In case you have tried to post to the forum, we fixed the issue of "code not
correct" and there shouldn't be any problems for posting anymore!

Is it possible to work on vertical menu?

edgar (60.248.143.xxx) 22-05-2008 12:32:06

Looks great, but I got one question, does it works with vertical menu?

Vertical menu

Kati (SAdministrator) 22-05-2008 14:13:24

Thanks

The layout doesn't actually depend on our component. You can define
the menu to be vertical in the corresponding module properties. (as you would do
with a manual menu)

Hope this helped...

old version is work but new version not work

Prommart (125.25.181.xxx) 20-05-2008 09:07:25

I use old version it's work fine, but new version can't work, it not create
menu, where link for old version.
Thank you

Old version

Kati (SAdministrator) 21-05-2008 16:17:27

I am not sure which version you have. I put a link on the overview page. I hope
it's the one you are interested in. However, we would be happy if you could tell
us about your problem so we can fix it in the new version since others might be
experiencing the same problem...
Hope this is useful!

brilliant

Fraser (24.86.133.xxx) 05-05-2008 00:03:24

Wow, this is a great time-saver! Thanks!
Feature request/idea: since I use one
giant section for all related categories, how about an auto-menu for categories
only? Or is this already possible in the current auto-menu...

:)

Kati (SAdministrator) 05-05-2008 12:28:44

Thanks, happy you like it

Good idea, we'll see what we can do and let
you know if we have a version where this can be done!

testing version

Kati (SAdministrator) 01-06-2008 16:36:46

Hello,

We just created a new version which allows the selection of categories
/ sections as well as a few other things. It is still beta and has not been
entirely tested. However, if you want to try it out, you can download it here:
http://www.thetricky.net/automatic_menu%202.zip

P lease let us know what you
think of it! (and if you come accross any problems)

Error

Dmitry (80.240.100.xxx) 04-05-2008 15:14:33

Hello! I can not work with this component, since appears mistake: Parse error:
parse error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or
T_VAR or '}' in z:homer.ruwwwadministratorcomponentscom_automatic_
menuadmin.automatic_menu.html.php on line 9

PHP version

Kati (80.218.60.xxx) 05-05-2008 17:30:39

hello,

I think you get this error because you don't have PHP 5 installed. We
just uploaded a new version which is tested with PHP 4, hope it works now

Great idea

Emphyrio (77.56.60.xxx) 04-06-2008 14:21:12

Great idea; it could really save time when you have lots of content on your
site. Does it always generate menus with three levels? Or is there some clever
trick to have more levels?

levels

admin (83.78.55.xxx) 04-05-2008 15:58:12

Hello,

Happy that you liked it. No, for now it always makes menus with three
levels as this is the hierarchy joomla imposes with the structure of
sections-categories-content items.

I hope this answers your question.

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