Creating a 2nd Nav Bar at the Foot of the Page

[mwilliamson]

Probably an elementary question, but how do I create a 2nd Nav Bar at the foot of each page?

Any help appreciated.

[DaveT]

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Hello

The actinic Navbar is created using NETQUOTEVAR:FOOTERGUIDE in the template Act_Primary.html.

If you copy that variable down to just above the closing </body> tag in that template it wil display your actinic navigation bar options such as view basket, etc.

Alternatively you can hard code it there, or into the footer text in Design Options. Just make sure if it is in the footer box to surround any html with
!!< and >!! at the start and end of the string of code.

Best wishes.

[DBurrows]

I am looking to do this also but is it possible to change to layout of the 2nd navigation layout. For example the layout i wish to have in the footer of the page would take the form:

SECTION1 | SECTION2 | SECTION3 etc (with a "space, |, space after each section link).
At the moment the links are hardcoded but it would nice to have this automated!

[DaveT]

In the Advanced User guide there is a section on using NETQUOTEVARs for each actual nav item.

I don't have them all to hand but they are like NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBCARTLINK, NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBCHECKOUTLINK, etc where each one controls the item individually.

So you could include <a href="NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBCHECKOUTLINK">Checkout</a> | <a href="...... perhaps.

[DBurrows]

I think (well i thought) we was after doing store sections not addtocart / search / contactus links - sorry.

[cdicken]

You could use NETQUOTEVAR:TOPLEVELSECTIONSTOP to insert an automatic section list (if you are not using it elsewhere). Insert this variable into Act_Primary.html towards the bottom then...

In 'Design | Options | Sections' set the column count for the top-level section list to how every many section links you want in a row.

Then in 'Design | Options | Layouts' edit the 'Top Level Section Link Layout' template to include in a '|'.

[DBurrows]

And if i am already using it?
(I changed the yahoo style sections code to this to improve speed as mentioned in another post).

[cdicken]

And if i am already using it?

You are left with hard-coding the section links.

[DBurrows]

Is there a NQV that builds Top level section links AND the next subsection - much like the yahoo sections used in the smart theme?

[cdicken]

I'm afraid there isn't. Sorry about that.

[mwilliamson]

I followed the guidance in the quote below to create a 2nd Nav-Search Bar. Which has worked.

Hello

The actinic Navbar is created using NETQUOTEVAR:FOOTERGUIDE in the template Act_Primary.html.

If you copy that variable down to just above the closing </body> tag in that template it wil display your actinic navigation bar options such as view basket, etc.

Alternatively you can hard code it there, or into the footer text in Design Options. Just make sure if it is in the footer box to surround any html with
!!< and >!! at the start and end of the string of code.

Best wishes.

But, subsequently, I've obviously moved some code around unintentionally and the page now breaks before the 2nd Nav-Bar - so that it appears to the right-hand side of the main page (see attached).

What do I need to do to get this 2nd Nav-Bar appearing at the foot of the page? Any suggestions appreciated.

[cdicken]

It's coming to be something to do with the HTML tables which build your overall layout. There is some incompatibility somewhere.

I suggest viewing the source of the generated page using something like Dreamweaver and see if it is more informative. Either that or let us know your URL and we may be able to identify the problem for you.

[mwilliamson]

Thanks for the offer Chris.

I've put a basic HTML version of the Actinic site up at:

http://www.newsister.co.uk/

This shows the problem of the 2nd Nav-Bar in Actinic (which should be a the foot of the page) being out of positon and to the right-handside of the main page.

Any suggestions on how to correct this are appreciated.

[cdicken]

Hi there

I have taken a look at your site and found the problem.

The main table code (which contains the left navigation bar and the page content) contains the following line:

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" height="100%" align="left">

Please remove the align="left" and the bottom navigation bar will snap into the correct place.

I think this change will be made in Act_Primary.html.

Also, I notice you have no <body> tags in your design. You need to add these in really in order to have valid HTML. Add <body> just after <HTML> and add </body> just before </HTML>

[mwilliamson]

First class advice. Your advice worked perfectly.

Thanks.