SIDEBAR problem

[craftco2007]

Hi guys

Im currently updating our website and wish to add a new left-side navigation bar thats inline with the company logo and have the section links to sit inside but have no clue as to where to include the new image or what code i need! I've phoned customer support for some guidence and all i got was put some html code for a background image inside the Left Custom Sidebar Box! Very helpful! Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to resolve this as the customer support workers dont seem to have a clue!

http://www.craftcompany.co.uk

Regards Matt

[gabrielcrowe]

there are plenty of manuals in the support pages in pdf format and plenty of help in the help menu. the customisation you seek relies on knowledge of html, and the support people obviously cant possibly know what code you need.

i suggest snuggling up with a good book, and also, a book on html.

try this

[leehack]

Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to resolve this as the customer support workers dont seem to have a clue!

Learn html and CSS and you will understand what they mean and what you need to do. This is not a problem with the software, it is a design issue, i would be astonished if support got heavily involved into design requests, that is not their purpose.

[craftco2007]

Ok thanks i do have a pretty good knowledge of html however if i make any changes in this code it makes no difference on the page!

</td>
<td valign="top">
<a name="top"></a>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />" width="2%"><img src="theme_tab1_left.gif" alt="Left tab" /></td>
<td bgcolor="<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />" width="92%" height="20"><span class="boxheading"><actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22PageType%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22Section%22"><actinic:variable name="PageType" /></actinic:block><actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22PageType%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22Section%22"><actinic:variable name="SectionName" /></actinic:block></span></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />" width="6%" align="right"><img src="theme_tab1_right.gif" alt="Right tab" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="bulk" colspan="3" style="padding:5px;">

[craftco2007]

I can get the image i require onto the page but dont know how to float the links over the image as this is javascript.

[craftco2007]

<actinic:variable name="SideBar" value="Smart Left Sidebar" />
</td>
<td valign="top">
<a name="top"></a>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />" width="2%"><img src="SideBar-Left.gif" alt="Left tab" /></td>
<td bgcolor="<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />" width="92%" height="20"><span class="boxheading"><actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22PageType%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22Section%22"><actinic:variable name="PageType" /></actinic:block><actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22PageType%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22Section%22"><actinic:variable name="SectionName" /></actinic:block></span></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />" width="6%" align="right"><img src="theme_tab1_right.gif" alt="Right tab" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="bulk" colspan="3" style="padding:5px;">

I've inserted the image i want behind the links on the first td line. It results in the text moving to the left of the image and the main middle section dropping below. If i edit any of the lines of code i get similar results.

[craftco2007]

when i double click on the pink underlined smart left sidebar link in the works best with smart broucher pages, I get

standard top level selection list</br>
left custom sidebar list</br>
sidebar best sellers list in a box
sidebar new products list in a box

I've pasted your code into each one and the only one it effects is the
Standard top level selection list but even then it tiles the image down the page putting all sections and sub sections into each instance of the image but leaves the first section. (cake boards and boxes) un-touched and still aligned to the left of the page seperate from the new image!?! I dont think this is a simple html fix as first 4t!
Thanks for taking the time to try and help me resolve this. much appreciated

[craftco2007]

im jus trying to put an image onto the page (side navigation bar) and then have the javascript text links ontop.
When I click the sidebar in the design view i get TopLevelSelectionLink in pink underlined text in the code section. Think it might be because we had the site custome built.