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Wordpress Plugins Frequently Asked Questions - Floating Menu

Adding jQuery to your theme files using wp_enqueue_script

If jQuery is hardcoded into your theme files this may cause plugins that rely on jQuery to break as reloading the jQuery library a second time overwrites previously loaded jQuery plugin files.

To avoid this you can add jQuery via your functions.php file using a built-in WordPress function. This will coordinate between all of the files that require the library … more

Widget does not appear on page when using twentyeleven theme

The twentyeleven theme has a setting, which allows you to turn off the sidebar for pages/posts.

If your widget is only appearing on the home page go to:

Admin-Appearance-Theme Options

Check the setting for “Default Layout” – make sure that the “One-column, no sidebar” option is NOT selected. … more

The menu appears on the page but does not work

There are several reasons why the menu may fail to load properly:

1. The necessary code is missing from the page footer. The plugin adds the required jQuery code to your template footer. Make sure that your template files contain the wp_footer() function – this is usually located just before the closing body tag in your theme’s footer file.

2. … more

Custom skin file gets overwritten every time the plugin updates

Whenever WordPress updates any plugin file ALL files in the plugin directory are first deleted and the updated files reinstalled.

This means that any modifications you may have done to the plugin files or if you have created your own custom skin in the plugin’s skin folder, will all be deleted.

Any changes you make to the plugins CSS should … more

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  • CarcassRulez 2012 Apr 12 at 6:54 am

    just found it, and it is exactly what I was looking for, however would you be so kind to point me in the right direction for transforming it to a floating “movable” menu (ie using the mouse to control it’s position on the screen) ?

    • Admin 2012 Apr 13 at 1:53 pm

      Hi,

      No idea sorry

  • Monique 2012 Apr 03 at 5:12 pm

    Hi there.
    Thank you for a fab plugin!
    Just wondered, when I select no theme for my menus, a bullet point appears. I wonder how I remove those.
    Thank you
    Monique

    • Admin 2012 Apr 03 at 5:16 pm

      Hi,

      In your custom CSS you will need to add list-style:none; to the menu

      • Monique 2012 Apr 03 at 5:43 pm

        Thank you for getting back to me so quickly, I am using Pagelines and added that in but it didn’t seem to work, is there anything else I need to add with
        list-style:none;

        Thank you

        • Admin 2012 Apr 03 at 5:45 pm

          Hi,

          No that should be it for removing standard bullet points

  • Matthew 2012 Mar 03 at 9:07 am

    Is there a way to have this button appear on some pages but not others? Possibly by adding custom fields?

    Thanks for your help!

    -Matthew

    • Admin 2012 Mar 04 at 4:10 am

      Hi,

      You would need to create dynamic widget areas that you can turn on/off for individual pages/posts and then add the menu to this widget area

  • Steven 2011 Dec 16 at 10:57 pm

    i added the vertical menu and it works great. the only thing is when i run Error Console in Safari, I get 

    TypeError: 'null' is not an object (evaluating 'offset.top')

    it’s not really a problem since it works great in firefox, ie, chrome, safari, and i dont get any popup errors, but i’d still like to get rid of that error when i run the error console.

    any ideas?

  • orlando 2011 Dec 14 at 5:51 pm

    Is this menu seo friendly? I know java drop down menus are not. Can you help?

    • Admin 2011 Dec 14 at 6:16 pm

      hi,

      Yes 100%. Since its created using jQuery there is no inline javascript, which may interfere with SEO and the menu is created from a standard HTML list of links

  • Steven 2011 Dec 13 at 10:42 pm

    This is an awesome menu. great tutorials too. I appreciate.

    How possible would it be to to combine the vertical mega menu with the floating menu?

    If it is possible, should i start with the floating menu, then combine it with the vertical mega menu, or vice versa?

    Or is this something that would have to be done by scratch?

    thanks again.

    • Admin 2011 Dec 13 at 10:52 pm

      Hi,

      It isnt possible to combine the 2 directly due to how the floating menu works. The best way would probably be to take a mega menu and add additional jQuery code to make it float … although the mega menu plugin would need some revisions made to how it calculates the position of the sub-menus as it currently does this based on its location in the browser window

  • Mike 2011 Nov 26 at 12:38 pm

    Hi Lee
    I think this is a great plugin. Just wondered if it was possible to justify it’s position from the center of the page instead of the left or right edge of the browser window?
    That way the position would remain constant no matter the size of the browser window. The idea is to align it with a sidebar so as when you scroll up and down the page, the menu appears to float up and down in the side bar.
    Cheers Mike

    • Admin 2011 Nov 27 at 2:59 am

      Hi,

      I have just added the option to version 1.4 – there is now a checkbox which allows you to set alignment based on center instead of the side of the browser window

  • Matthew 2011 Nov 20 at 1:05 am

    hi, this is great, but I can only get one floater at a time! Any thoughts as to what I need to do to get 2 or more going like you do on your site!?

    Many thanks… Matthew

    • Admin 2011 Nov 20 at 1:25 am

      Hi,

      What is stopping you from adding more than one – do you get any error messages or problems with the site?

  • Peter Armenti 2011 Oct 30 at 6:29 am

    Hello.. I would like to use this to display images or content other than menus.. can you help explain how I might do this? Thanks for your work and potential help.

    • Admin 2011 Oct 30 at 1:42 pm

      Hi,

      This particular plugin only handles menus unfortunately. You can however apply the jQuery floater plugin manually if you wish to use it for other content. Instructions can be found at – http://www.designchemical.com/lab/jquery-floater-plugin/getting-started/

      • huii 2012 Mar 30 at 3:00 pm

        hello,
        I apply jQuery floater plugin manually to display some texts and checkbox without menu. The floater plugin works great. But the “checked” attribute of the html checkbox is always the same as default load. When checkbox attribute checked default, the javascript always detect its checked, even if I cancel the checked. Can you give me some suggestions? Thank you !!

        • Admin 2012 Mar 30 at 6:00 pm

          If you are using javascript to check the box then you need to run this after the floating menu has initialised

  • Андрей Плечев 2011 Oct 17 at 7:34 pm

    Hi, Lee!
    Thanks for the useful plugin! Could you help me with it additional setup?
    If you add all of my categories into a single widget, then its disclosure would be too lengthy menu.
    How do I get when opening menus, sub-categories have been hidden and open when you click on the parent category?
    Now I have to use for each category a separate widget and it displays the same categories: http://balsait.ru
    Sorry for my English! :)

  • Yoh 2011 Sep 24 at 6:01 pm

    Thanks for your quick reply.
    Where in the CSS can I add this?

    • Admin 2011 Sep 24 at 6:04 pm

      You can add it anywhere in your theme’s style sheet

      • Yoh 2011 Sep 24 at 6:22 pm

        I add this in the theme’s style sheet. Inside was improved but out line still not working.

  • Yoh 2011 Sep 23 at 4:12 pm

    Thanks for your great work.
    Outline or layout of the menu looks doesn’t form vertically with Chrome and IE9 using Wp3.2.1

    • Admin 2011 Sep 23 at 6:02 pm

      Hi,

      Your theme’s styling is affecting the menu layout. try adding the following CSS rule to your theme’s style sheet:

      .dc-floater-content .menu {
float: none!important;
height: auto!important;
}

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