Hard Coding Navigation

[Buzby]

I am currently using a navigation bar which is refereed to I believe as Yahoo sections.

Is it possible to change this menu so that it doesn't access the pages via the CGI bin but goes straight to the page as though it was hard coded.

The reason being that linking through the CGI bin is dramatically slowing the site down. Hard coded links are instant but CGI links can on some occasions take up to 10 seconds.

Any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards

Jason

[Buzby]

In addition to the above I have noticed that under network settings where it says

Path from CGI-BIN to acatalog directory as viewed by the FTP server (leave blank unless advised)

I have /acatalog/ entered in the box and use passive FTP transfers ticked.

Could any of the above be the culprit?

Kind regards

Jason

[pinbrook]

Is it possible to change this menu so that it doesn't access the pages via the CGI bin but goes straight to the page as though it was hard coded.

you will have to change the navigation to a different type, see the advanced user guide that describes all the navigation options available

[Buzby]

Many thanks Jo, I have found the section on page 36 of the design manual.

It would appear that the file that creates the url's is Act_section_tree.js

Would it be possible to edit this file so that it generates hard coded links instead of links that navigate through the CGI-BIN?

I know that this will affect customer accounts but as I don't really use these it would be a small price to pay.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks

Jason

[NormanRouxel]

If you're a Catalog site you can tweak this so that the links are direct to the pages. If you are a Business site you'll probably have to go through the cgi-bin so don't use.

Look in Act_Primary.html (back it up first) for the code

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
function YahooSections(ar)
{
var strIDs = '';
for (var i=1;i<=ar.length;i++)
  {
  if (ar[i].sURL != null)
    {
    strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><b><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].sName + '</font></b></span></a><br>';
      {
      if (ar[i].pChild)
        {
        for (var j=1;j<=ar[i].pChild.length;j++)
          {
          if (ar[i].pChild[j].sURL != null)
            {
            strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].pChild[j].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].pChild[j].sName + '</font></span></a><br>';
            }
          }
        }
      }
    strIDs += '<br>'
    }
  }
return strIDs
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

replace it with

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
function directURL(link){	// extract page name from lines like http://mega/cgi-bin/ss000747.pl?SECTIONID=Basic%5fProducts%2ehtml&NOLOGIN=1
  if ( link.indexOf('Act_PreviewWarningPage') > -1 ) return link;	// no change if previewing
  var mainpath = 'NETQUOTEVAR:BASEHREF';	// path to site
  if ( mainpath.indexOf('/acatalog/') == -1 ) mainpath = mainpath + 'acatalog/'; // fix brochure home page
  return mainpath + link.replace(/.*SECTIONID=(.*)&NOLOGIN=1/i, '$1');
}

function YahooSections(ar)
{
var strIDs = '';
for (var i=1;i<=ar.length;i++)
  {
  if (ar[i].sURL != null)
    {
    strIDs += '<a href="' + directURL(ar[i].sURL) + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].sName + '</font></span></a><br>';
      {
      if (ar[i].pChild)
        {
        for (var j=1;j<=ar[i].pChild.length;j++)
          {
          if (ar[i].pChild[j].sURL != null)
            {
            strIDs += '<a href="' + directURL(ar[i].pChild[j].sURL) + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].pChild[j].sName + '</font></span></a><br>';
            }
          }
        }
      }
    strIDs += '<br>'
    }
  }
return strIDs
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

Also do the same for Act_BrochurePrimary.html.

[Buzby]

Many thanks Norman.

I am unable to find the code to replace. I am using your Collapso menu so this code must be different from that above.

I am using Business but will try it on a test server first.

Kind regards

Jason

[NormanRouxel]

If you're using customer accounts, you'll have to stick with the cgi-bin type links. They are needed to keep the customer logged in.

[richardh9999]

If you're using customer accounts, you'll have to stick with the cgi-bin type links. They are needed to keep the customer logged in.

Hi Norman
I am just starting to try to set up customer accounts and have a hard-coded 'relative' menu. Would you be able to tell me what the relative code should be for my hard-coding so that the menus will work with both logged-in customers and non-logged-in please?
Regards
Richard

[Toby B]

Hi Richard,

This article here:

http://knowledge.actinic.com/acatalo...ic.html#aKB698

Contains info and an example on how to correctly hardcode links.

I just used…

<a href="/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?SECTIONID=Books%2ehtml&NOLOGIN=1">click</a>

…on my test site