Navigation dropdown not working

[Owen Drumm]

I have a navigation dropdown at http://www.healthandfitnesssuperstore.com that when used goes to http://www.healthandfitnesssuperstor...CTION=SHOWCART whatever section you chose.

Anyone got any ideas on this one?

[fergusw]

Looks like the HTML for the drop down has been copied and pasted from the preview HTML.

It is showing

<option value="../../../Act_PreviewWarningPage.html?ACTION=SHOWCART">Shop By Categories</option>

which is clearly wrong. Check the HTML code that is creating the dropdown in your design tab. It should contain actinic variables, not just hard coded html.

[NormanRouxel]

You are using Actinic JavaScript arrays to produce that navigation. This come from the file Act_section_tree.js. For some reason your file contains

var section_tree = new CreateArray(2);
section_tree[1].sName = "Shop By Categories";
section_tree[1].sURL = "../../../Act_PreviewWarningPage.html?ACTION=SHOWCART";
section_tree[1].sImage = "";
section_tree[1].nSectionId = "1";
section_tree[1].nImageWidth = "16";
section_tree[1].nImageHeight = "16";
section_tree[1].pChild= new CreateArray(29);
section_tree[1].pChild[1].sName = "Amino Acids";
section_tree[1].pChild[1].sURL = "../../../Act_PreviewWarningPage.html?ACTION=SHOWCART";

And those URL entries are what would be used while Previewing.

There were problems with this file not being updated with the site upload in early V8 but you're on 8.5.2.

Try doing a site refresh and see if that fixes it.

[Owen Drumm]

Looks like the HTML for the drop down has been copied and pasted from the preview HTML.

It is showing

HTML Code:

<option value="../../../Act_PreviewWarningPage.html?ACTION=SHOWCART">Shop By Categories</option>



Where do you get that from? This is what I see.

<script language=Javascript1.1>document.write(ACT_DropListBox(section_tree))</script>
when I look in Actinic and I see the following when I look at the source code:

<script language=Javascript1.1>document.write(ACT_DropListBox(section_tree))</script>

[Owen Drumm]

You are using Actinic JavaScript arrays to produce that navigation. This come from the file Act_section_tree.js. For some reason your file contains

var section_tree = new CreateArray(2);
section_tree[1].sName = "Shop By Categories";
section_tree[1].sURL = "../../../Act_PreviewWarningPage.html?ACTION=SHOWCART";
section_tree[1].sImage = "";
section_tree[1].nSectionId = "1";
section_tree[1].nImageWidth = "16";
section_tree[1].nImageHeight = "16";
section_tree[1].pChild= new CreateArray(29);
section_tree[1].pChild[1].sName = "Amino Acids";
section_tree[1].pChild[1].sURL = "../../../Act_PreviewWarningPage.html?ACTION=SHOWCART";

And those URL entries are what would be used while Previewing.

There were problems with this file not being updated with the site upload in early V8 but you're on 8.5.2.

Try doing a site refresh and see if that fixes it.

I have refreshed the site in the past and it fixes it but then a couple of days later after another upload it reverts to the same error.

[NormanRouxel]

The file Act_section_tree.js is created from the line

<actinic:variable name="JavaScriptArray" value="All Data From All Sections" />

Which should be in the HEAD area of your overall layout. Check that you have this.

[Owen Drumm]

The file Act_section_tree.js is created from the line

<actinic:variable name="JavaScriptArray" value="All Data From All Sections" />

Which should be in the HEAD area of your overall layout. Check that you have this.

The layout code "All Data From All Sections" is there with a value of <script type="text/javascript" src="Act_section_tree.js"></script>

[NormanRouxel]

OK all seems to be in place but not working right. Time for Actinic support I think as the problem seems to be in the code generation.

[fergusw]

AS Norman said, Actinic is uploading the javascript array file which incorrectly contains links to the preview pages.

The bug I think Norman might be referring to was regarding having a version of this file in the site1 folder. Do you have a Act_section_tree.js file in your site1 folder? If so, what are the contents?
i.e. does it show

section_tree[1].sURL = "../../../Act_PreviewWarningPage.html?ACTION=SHOWCART";

in it?

This file should be generated by Actinic dynamically at upload time, therefore you could simply try deleting this file from that location to force Actinic to make a new one (what it does during a refresh)

[Owen Drumm]

This file should be generated by Actinic dynamically at upload time, therefore you could simply try deleting this file from that location to force Actinic to make a new one (what it does during a refresh)

OK, I will delete this file and refresh the site and see if it works.

[Owen Drumm]

Deleting Act_section_tree.js and refreshing the website has sorted the problem. If it re-occurs on the next upload I shall try tech support.