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[dcwp-jquery-accordion menu="Test Menu"]

[dcwp-jquery-accordion menu="Test Menu" event="hover" save="true" disable="true" count="true" expand="true"]

779 Comments

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  Sami 2012 Feb 17 at 9:51 pm

  Hi Lee

  I have installed your widget but it doesn’t seem to be working.

  1. Menus don’t close (Auto Expand Based on Current Page/Item is disable)
  2. I have Disable Parent Links but it’s still linking the parent menu items.

  The site i’m working on is http://www.onlinecasinosa.co.za

  Could you please help me out.

  Thanking you in advance.

  Sami

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  • 
    Lee 2012 Feb 17 at 10:27 pm

    Hi,

    See FAQ – http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/faq/the-menu-appears-on-the-page-but-does-not-work/

    The code is missing from the footer. Add

    <?php wp_footer(); ?>
    

    To the footer template file

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  Andy 2012 Feb 17 at 6:30 pm

  Hi,
  I’m using the plugin on a widgetized area in a sidebar. All is working except it doesn’t apply any skin. I have tried to change class names, but nothing. No css is applied to the div containing the widget.

  Any ideas on how to get skins working?
  Thanks for your fantastic menus!

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  • 
    Lee 2012 Feb 17 at 9:10 pm

    Hi,

    Do you have a link to the site?

    Reply
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  Robin Saha 2012 Feb 17 at 1:02 pm

  Hello,

  When my side is first loading the active menu of current page not show active.

  but when i click the welcome page (home) its works fine. but at the loading i see the welcome page but welcome page menu not active.

  u can check from here – creativerobin.com/wordpress

  right now i m using the shorcode -

  i need to add anything here or i need write one line css for this.

  THANKS AGAIN -

  ROB

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  • 
    Lee 2012 Feb 17 at 1:17 pm

    Hi,

    As per previous answers you need to use the WordPress menu classes:

    #dc_jqaccordion_widget-%ID%-item ul li.current-menu-item > a
    

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      Robin Saha 2012 Feb 17 at 1:41 pm

      Dear,

      Sorry to tell u i already tried this in demo.css in the jquery accordian

      #dc_jqaccordion_widget-%ID%-item ul li.current-menu-item > a {background-color: #58b2da;color: #fff;}

      but its not worked. when the site first load my home page button not active show but when i click home page then its active.

      Many Thanks for ur all support
      ROB

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      • 
        Lee 2012 Feb 17 at 2:04 pm

        Try:

        #dc_jqaccordion_widget-%ID%-item ul li.current-menu-item > a {background-color: #58b2da!important; color: #fff!important;}

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        • 
          Robin Saha 2012 Feb 17 at 2:31 pm

          Hello mate,

          I used – Not worked. I install the full site – http://cms.intueri.ch/

          Again – when i just open the first time of the site all showing but my active button not showing perfectly. After i click any of them then its showing perfectly.

          But i want when someone click first time the first active button work perfectly. I hope u understand. U can check –

          http://cms.intueri.ch/

          THANKS
          ROB
        • 
          Lee 2012 Feb 17 at 5:12 pm

          There may be other css rules overiding it in your theme style sheet then
        • 
          Robin Saha 2012 Feb 18 at 8:46 pm

          Dear –

          I checked my all css after u tell me this but i m confirm from my side there are really not any other css which conflict with this.

          I m trying really very hard to solve it and not sure really can fix this or not. IF u have time can u pls see one more time and can tell one proper solution.

          http://cms.intueri.ch/

          after i first click any menu then its ok but at the very loading first time the menu not blinks

          MANY MANY THANKS
          ROBIN
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    Francisco Rocha 2012 Feb 19 at 7:36 pm

    I am having difficulties in implementing the jquery-vertical-accordion-menu-widget.
    I am using a WOO Theme (Premium News) and strange behavior happens.
    The menu automatically expands and refuses to shrink using the over mouse or using clicks.
    I tried several solutions without success including all your FAQ tips (adding-jquery-to-your-theme-files-using-wp_enqueue_script, etc…)

    I leave here the page link so that you understand better what I am to explain: http://papatestes.paparoka.com/

    Please help with this and thanking you in advance

    Francisco

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    • 
      Lee 2012 Feb 19 at 8:01 pm

      There is CSS in the custom.css file which is overriding the menu styles:

      .sub-menu, ul.children { visibility: visible !important; display: block !important; }

      Reply
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  Jon Jaxn 2012 Feb 16 at 4:03 pm

  Great plug-in and it’s doing just what I wanted, so thanks.

  I’d like to use a simple JQ collapse in my posts, which also works okay… But. I can’t get the two to work together. A conflict it seems. The Collapse seems to ‘require’ (I’m not all that sure what I’m talking about here, so forgive me if that’s the wrong terminology) jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js, but if I add that, then the Accordion menu widget fails.

  I’ve struggled before with NoConflict and would dearly like to crack that – I’m sure that’s where the solutions lies…

  Any suggestions, please?

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    Lee 2012 Feb 16 at 6:05 pm

    Hi,

    The problem isnt with noConflict. its caused by the accordion menu jquery plugin being overwritten if jquery is loaded a 2nd time (as well as other jquery based plugins you many be using). You should only load the library once and this should always be done using the wp_enqueue_script function. See FAQ –

    http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/faq/adding-jquery-to-your-theme-files-using-wp_enqueue_script/

    Reply
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  Robin Saha 2012 Feb 13 at 6:09 pm

  Hello mate,

  I need a help. I use this accordion menu one of my wordpress site. Now if someone click on parent menu the child item showing and then in the parent menu and child menu both are showing the active menu color. But i want if someone click on child item then only child menu active menu color shows no need to show the parent menu active color. U can see my menu from -

  http://www.creativerobin.com/wordpress

  I need this help – can u pls tell me wht exact css i need to fix on this.

  THANKS
  ROB

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  • 
    Lee 2012 Feb 13 at 6:15 pm

    Hi,

    See following FAQ for options on how to get the current menu item – How to identfiy the current menu item in an accordion menu

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    • 
      Robin Saha 2012 Feb 14 at 5:30 pm

      Hello mate,

      Sorry. My problem is not solved yet. Here its again – and i m really surprised if someone helps to fix this issue.

      IF I PUT THIS CODE my parent menu active color show

      #dc_jqaccordion_widget-%ID%-item ul a.dcjq-parent.active {background-color: #58b2da;color: #fff;}

      but i want if i click on child item then parent menu color not active.only child menu color active then. u can see my problems in the navigation here -

      http://www.creativerobin.com/wordpress

      I m really appreciate if some one help me out to fix it – i m in real trouble and passing lot of time in it.

      Reply
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        Lee 2012 Feb 14 at 5:38 pm

        The plugin sets all parent items active as it uses this to identify which sub-menus should be open.

        You need to use the built-in WordPress class system to then identify the parents:

        #dc_jqaccordion_widget-%ID%-item ul li.current-menu-parent > a.dcjq-parent.active {background-color: #fff;color: #58b2da;}
        

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          Robin Saha 2012 Feb 14 at 5:51 pm

          GREAT – AWESOME

          Problem Solved – Many Many thanks – u save my lot lot of time really.

          Thank u very much. Have a gr8 time.
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  James 2012 Feb 09 at 11:04 pm

  Great plugin! Seems to be throwing an error for me in WordPress 3.3.1:

  Notice: wp_enqueue_script was called incorrectly. Scripts and styles should not be registered or enqueued until the wp_enqueue_scripts, admin_enqueue_scripts, or init hooks. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 3.3.) in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/162645/webspace/httpdocs/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3587

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  • 
    Lee 2012 Feb 11 at 2:59 pm

    Hi,

    See version 3.1.1

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  Pat 2012 Feb 07 at 12:33 am

  I set up your plugin on a test website in Visual Studio to the way I intend to use it in a project. I am using two instances of the accordion with one on top of the another. One accordion eventType to ‘click’ and the other to ‘hover’ And it works brilliantly.

  Now when I tried to do the same in a project only one accordion initiates. Switching between each of the accordions reveals no issue with either accordion. What I do notice is the ‘dcjqaccordion.2.9.js’ file has errors. There is a ‘duplicate declaration’ error for the argument ‘options’

   $.fn.dcAccordion = function (options) {

  it seems the argument is not used

   this.each(function (options) {

  with the error message ‘declaration hides parameter options from outer scope’

  Using the earlier version dcjqaccordion.2.7.js makes no difference in fact it doesn’t even need a link added to the webpage for the errors to be triggered.
  I would really love to use your plugin as it will give this current project the functionality it needs.

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    Lee 2012 Feb 13 at 8:14 am

    Hi,

    Im not sure what the problem is unfortunately. There are no errors with dcjqaccordion.2.9.js and the options declaration is correct for setting up the plugin defaults. Options is only declared once in the following code:

    //call in the default otions
    		var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
    

    This is where it either uses the default values declared in the lines above or the parameters passed in the initialisation script.

    Are you sure that the error message refers to jQuery as Ive not seen it before?

    The demo page for the latest jquery accordion plugin runs 6 different menus all with different settings through one plugin.

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  Peter 2012 Jan 28 at 2:48 pm

  Hi,
  it’s a great plugin, but I face one problem.
  When I use a space in between two words, then the menu breaks down in two lines or with a different scripture like in Thai http://www.d-sign.asia/portfolio?lang=th in several lines. (hover over the 1st item to see it in the submenu)

  How can I change that ?

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  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 28 at 4:50 pm

    Hi,

    You can add “white-space: nowrap;” to your menu CSS to prevent it splitting into 2 lines

    Reply
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      Peter 2012 Jan 29 at 12:08 am

      Thanks for the quick response.
      I cannot find any file called menu.css and this happens also, if there is a “-” minus between words like in CD-Design and what about the foreign language like in http://www.d-sign.asia/portfolio?lang=th, where there is no space between the signs and it breaks up in several lines ?

      Reply
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        Peter 2012 Jan 29 at 12:54 am

        Sometimes I am a bit slow … evthg fine now. Thanks

        Reply
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  Nive 2012 Jan 21 at 2:35 am

  Hi, i loved this plugin. This is the kind of accordion i was looking for. I am developing a new site where i would like to use this. My site is Joomla site, does this accordion work in joomla. Waiting for your early response. Thanx

  Reply
  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 21 at 12:15 pm

    Hi,

    This is the wordpress plugin version. You can try using just the jquery plugin to create the accordion – http://www.designchemical.com/lab/jquery-vertical-accordion-menu-plugin/getting-started/

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  David Bradley 2012 Jan 20 at 11:19 pm

  The plugin has stopped working after the update. The “no skin” theme seems to be stuck. Any help?

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  • 
    David Bradley 2012 Jan 20 at 11:20 pm

    i take that back, they are all busted. I have deleted and re-installed. I don’t know what else to do. Thank you

    Reply
  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 21 at 12:24 pm

    Hi,

    The update only changed the way the auto-close option worked. It should not have affected any other part of the plugin

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  Duncan 2012 Jan 20 at 11:12 pm

  Hi there. I just wondered if it would be possible to only make the dropdown animation happen onclick of the arrow and leave the parent link on the rest of the button.

  I am having issues where i want to see the contents of 1 menu item without wanting to go to the parent page.

  Equally i want to be able to go to that page if click the main bit of the button. Would be interested to know your thoughts on this.

  Reply
  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 22 at 12:49 am

    Hi,

    The current plugin doesnt have this feature unfortunately. it would require modifying the jquery accordion plugin.

    Reply
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  Andrew Walker 2012 Jan 19 at 4:34 pm

  This is a wonderful plugin, and I have recommended it to everyone I know. May I ask one thing (there’s always one thing isn’t there?) – whenever our site loads, or you navigate from page to page, the accordion menus (left, top) load in their open state, then close shortly afterwards – not life-threatening, but distracting nonetheless. May I ask for your advice as to how to stop, or at least minimise, this lag?
  All help gratefully received, if there’s no cure it won’t stop me recommending the plugin.
  Andrew Walker, webmonkey

  Reply
  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 19 at 4:50 pm

    Hi,

    See FAQ – The accordion sub-menus briefly appear open whilst the page is loading

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      Andrew Walker 2012 Jan 19 at 9:03 pm

      Thank you for your reply Lee
      The required line is (I hope) in the right place (see below for the CSS) but to no avail. Perhaps it is an Atahualpa-theme-thing (if it’s not my misplacement of the code)?
      —-

      /*
      Theme Name: Atahualpa
      Theme URI: http://wordpress.bytesforall.com/
      Description: 268 options to build your individual theme, without getting worked up over browser compatibilty issues. Up to 4 sidebars, fixed or flexible width layout, custom widget areas, drop down menus, SEO features, rotating header images and an active support forum with over 30,000 posts. New: Style import / export feature and improved speed.
      Version: 3.5.1
      Author: BytesForAll
      Author URI: http://forum.bytesforall.com/
      Tags: white, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, fixed-width, flexible-width, custom-colors, custom-header, theme-options, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, threaded-comments, sticky-post, translation-ready
      */
      
      .dcjq-accordion ul li ul {
      	display: none;
      	}
      
      .aligncenter {
      	display: block;
      	margin-left: auto;
      	margin-right: auto;
      	}
      
      .alignleft {
      	float: left;
      	}
      
      .alignright {
      	float: right;
      	}
      

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      • 
        Lee 2012 Jan 19 at 10:06 pm

        Hi,

        The CSS can be added anywhere within your theme’s style sheet

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        • 
          Andrew Walker 2012 Jan 19 at 11:41 pm

          OK, thanks anyway. Must be one of those things. Keep up the good work.
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  Angela 2012 Jan 18 at 10:46 pm

  The auto-close option doesn’t seem to be working in your demos or when I implement the widget on my site. I see that the parents animate back to a collapsed state but the sub menus below them remain visible. Is there a solution?

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  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 18 at 11:19 pm

    Hi,

    Updating the plugin files now – version 3.1 contains the fix for this bug

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    • 
      Angela 2012 Jan 18 at 11:57 pm

      Awesome! Thank you. Great plugin and tutorial!

      Reply
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  Angel 2012 Jan 14 at 12:44 am

  hello, i have a question when i click on one the stories on menu. it loads the story correctly but sometimes for a few seconds or just a second it will show the entire entire menu opened. why is that?

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    Lee 2012 Jan 14 at 2:43 am

    Hi,

    Its the menu prior to the jquery loading. See faq – The accordion sub-menus briefly appear open whilst the page is loading

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  Lezus 2012 Jan 13 at 4:52 am

  Hi,

  Great Plugin, but I am having some trouble. I had to transfer hots and in the process, the plugin stopped working. The styling and hiding are all working, just the functions of show and hide is not. The error that I keep getting is :

  Error: $cookie is not a function

  the url of the page is:

  http://www.theonn.ca/resources

  Thanks!

  Reply
  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 17 at 2:41 pm

    You host may have blocked the download of the cookie script for security reason. There are comments a few months ago which cover the same problem. Check those and then check with your host if they have any restrictions

    Reply
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  Den 2012 Jan 12 at 5:37 pm

  Hi.
  i found a bug

  see screenshot
  http://s1.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2012/01/c6341edea7979ae40927ec818525e154.png

  in wordpress
  in Design -> Menu (/wp-admin/nav-menus.php)
  sub-categories are outside the
  pell-mell

  sorry for my english

  Reply
  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 12 at 5:50 pm

    Hi,

    The plugin doesnt actually generate the menu or have any effect on the wordpress menu admin. The plugin only adds jquery accordion effects to existing menus

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    • 
      Den 2012 Jan 12 at 7:02 pm

      it is bug wordpress?
      but in category menu
      all subcategory are in category

      Reply
      • 
        Den 2012 Jan 12 at 11:06 pm

        sorry my mistake
        all work!

        Reply
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  Susan Tiger 2012 Jan 10 at 5:15 pm

  Currently I use
  wp_list_pages(‘child_of=’.wpe_highest_ancestor().’&title_li=&sort_column=menu_order’)
  to build my standard site menu.

  Can I use this or something similar easy to fill your plugin?

  Reply
  • 
    Susan Tiger 2012 Jan 10 at 5:18 pm

    oh, it seems that User “Osamah” already had a similar question… sorry!

    Reply
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  Martin 2012 Jan 06 at 5:54 pm

  Hi, Just updated to WordPress 3.3.1 and the menu is broken…I tried to deactivate and activate the plugin but its still the same….

  Reply
  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 06 at 6:16 pm

    Hi,

    It has been tested with 3.3.1 and the plugin works OK. Check that you dont have javascript errors elsewhere which may be affecting the plugin

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  Osamah 2012 Jan 04 at 11:08 pm

  Hey

  I have one more question:
  Can I use this plugin with the [wp_list_categories]-tag? And if yes, where do I have to put it?
  Because on my page, I want to let it just list up some categories with the include-command of [wp_list_categories]! If I use it the way described here, I have to manually add new categories to the custom_menu. Thats not my intention and it is too much work! With [wp_list_categories] it is done automatically!

  Thank you!^^
  Grüße from Berlin

  Reply
  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 05 at 6:40 am

    Hi,

    The plugin only works with custom menus. You could manually apply the jquery only version though, which you can then use on any unordered list:

    http://www.designchemical.com/lab/jquery-vertical-accordion-menu-plugin/getting-started/

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  Paul 2012 Jan 02 at 6:58 pm

  Hi, seems my last qusstion didn’t get through. I would like to use it with categories and archive widgets. I see there’s a raw jQuery version, would that be the solution?

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  • 
    Lee 2012 Jan 02 at 7:03 pm

    Hi,

    Yes you could just use the jquery accordion plugin. This will automatically create an accordion menu from any HTML unordered list

    Reply
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  Carla Gomes 2012 Jan 02 at 1:14 am

  Hi there and thanks for the plugin
  Was wondering is it possible to use the “load” function or something like that, so the accordion menu links open external content in a div and not take us to another page?

  Thanks in advance and best wishes for 2012

  Reply
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    Lee 2012 Jan 02 at 1:49 am

    Hi,

    Yes it can definitely be done as it works like any other link. Just need to add the custom jQuery for the AJAX call. The following page shows an accordion category menu, which loads the results via AJAX:

    http://www.dootv.com

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    • 
      Carla Gomes 2012 Jan 02 at 3:31 am

      Oh nice.
      And could you help me out a little with that?

      Reply
      • 
        Carla Gomes 2012 Jan 02 at 4:29 pm

        I mean offcourse, with making it a permanent effect in your plugin
        (with what variables and php to look for, etc…)

        Reply
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  Trish Jones 2011 Dec 31 at 4:46 am

  I’m getting a conflict on http://www.echemic.com with the other plugins and not sure why. Any suggestions?

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    Lee 2011 Dec 31 at 6:30 am

    your theme is loading jquery a second time – see faq – http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/faq/adding-jquery-to-your-theme-files-using-wp_enqueue_script/

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      Trish Jones 2011 Dec 31 at 6:31 pm

      Hi Lee,

      Thank you for being so prompt in your response. Since JQuery isn’t my speciality (I had a coder do it and he just then went AWOL), could you tell me which element I remove. I can see the added script reference at the bottom of my functions.php file, but not sure whether to remove that and add in your suggested code.

      Thanks in advance for your help.

      Trish

      Reply
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        Lee 2011 Dec 31 at 6:47 pm

        Hi,

        It looks like the code may be in your header.php file. Check the file for the following line:

        <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js&quot; ></script>
        

        If its there then remove it. If not let me know

        Reply
        • 
          Trish Jones 2011 Dec 31 at 8:16 pm

          Hi Lee,

          My developer is back on the case and sorting it now. Will let you know once resolved. Again, thanks for your help.
        • 
          Lee 2011 Dec 31 at 9:53 pm

          Hi,

          Make sure he fixes it the correct way by removing the hardcoded jquery library script and using the wp_enqueue_script function otherwise you will continue to get problems with other jquery based plugins in future.
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  Josh 2011 Dec 31 at 12:13 am

  Great menu Plugin! Thank you!
  This was exactly what I needed for my members area on my site. Looks amazing and works great.

  Thanks!
  -josh

  Reply
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    Lee 2011 Dec 31 at 12:48 am

    Hi,

    Thank you. Glad you like it!

    Reply
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  Osamah 2011 Dec 30 at 8:40 pm

  Hi

  It’s a great plugin wonderful, but I have a problem:
  I want to give some pages and categories an own menu. This is not working, because I have to use a custom menu, can you help me fast?

  Greetings from Berlin
  Osamah

  Reply
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    Lee 2011 Dec 30 at 8:52 pm

    Hi,

    Just create a new custom menu with the relevant pages/categories and assign this to an accordion menu widget

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    • 
      Osamah 2011 Dec 30 at 9:01 pm

      Fast answer!^^

      I mean I have category A with sidebar A using menu A
      and at the same time category B with sidebar B using menu B
      Do I have to use this Tutorial: http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-tips/wordpress-tutorial-adding-a-widget-area-to-your-theme-files/ ?

      Reply
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  Vieper 2011 Dec 29 at 7:07 pm

  Hey, great plugin!
  I just have a questions:
  - I want to create a Menu with 2 Ranges like this:

  > Category 1
  > Category 1B
  > Product A
  > Product B
  > …
  > Category 1C
  > …
  > Category 2
  > …

  No Problem to create, BUT “Category 1″ and “Category 1B” looks similar, their is no different in Padding-left or something like this. I want the “Category 1B” to engage or the “Category1″ strong and the “Category 1B” not. Is their any possibility to let them look different?

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    Vieper 2011 Dec 29 at 11:03 pm

    I mean:

    >_Category 1 (parent1)
    >___Category 1B (parent2)
    >_____Product A (child)
    >_____Product B (child)
    >___Category 1C (parent2)
    >_ Category 2 (parent1)

    Reply
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    Lee 2011 Dec 31 at 12:44 am

    Hi,

    Yes no problem. The styling is all handled by the CSS so you just need to create a custom style sheet that gives you the desired padding, etc. The following FAQ has more info on this including a sample CSS file you can use as a starter – this contains all of the CSS selectors required for the accordion menu:

    Creating a custom skin for the wordpress jQuery vertical accordion menu plugin

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      Vieper 2011 Dec 31 at 4:02 pm

      Ok great, I found what I needed! Thanks for help. The css style i was looking for, is the following (it works for me):

      #dc_jqaccordion_widget-%ID%-item ul li ul a.dcjq-parent, #dc_jqaccordion_widget-%ID%-item ul li ul a.dcjq-parent:hover 

      Reply
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  Elena 2011 Dec 27 at 9:01 pm

  Hello, everyone!
  How menu can stay expand based on current page when I go to children page which is not visible?
  

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    Lee 2011 Dec 28 at 2:25 pm

    Hi,

    Select the expand based on current menu item option

    Reply
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      Elena 2012 Jan 05 at 7:51 pm

      Hello, everyone!
      Great plugin
      1. Can I make menu have different colors for every menu Item?
      
      2. Example:
      
      Parent-A
      Child-1
      Child-A11
      Child-A12
      Child-A13
      Child-2
      Child-A21
      Child-A22
      Child-A23................
      
      I select Auto Expand Based on Current Page/Item, but no result.
      I want menu stay expand on Child-1 when I go to Child-A11 (or Child-A12, or Child-A13) from some links in my Child-1 page but Child-A11,Child-A12 and Child-A13 are not visible in the menu.
      
      Thank you very much!
      

      Reply
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        Lee 2012 Jan 05 at 8:21 pm

        Hi,

        1. Yes wordpress gives every menu item a unique ID. You can use this to style them individually

        2. Auto-expand is basically controlled by WordPress and what class it applies to the links – therefore it will only work if wordpress recognises the current page and gives the parent menu items the CSS class to identify them as parents. This will not work if the page is a custom link or a post

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  Paul 2011 Dec 27 at 5:49 pm

  Hi,

  if I want to apply the accordion to categories and archives widgets, should I go with the pure jQuery plugin?

  Reply
  • 
    Lee 2011 Dec 28 at 2:23 pm

    Hi,

    Yes. The WordPress plugin version only works with custom menus

    Reply
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  lakul 2011 Dec 22 at 12:38 am

  When I use the direct link (eg http://domain.com/?page_id=81) to a page in a browser open, the corresponding link in the menu is not highlighted.
  What can I do?

  Many greetings lakul

  Reply
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    Lee 2011 Dec 22 at 1:52 am

    Hi,

    See FAQ – How to identfiy the current menu item in an accordion menu

    Reply
    • 
      lakul 2011 Dec 22 at 3:48 am

      Hi,

      Thanks, but unfortunately this is not a solution to my problem. I would like to open the link to a submenu in a different browser. If the page is loaded will also open the submenu. If I now open the submenu link, the menu is completely closed.

      Reply
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  Dobleclic 2011 Dec 19 at 4:43 pm

  hi Lee,
  thanks for this great plugin!
  i have some problems since i have upgrade to wp 3.3
  i think the wp3.3 jquery version is newer… so i´m having some incompatibilities…
  thanks!!

  Reply
  • 
    Lee 2011 Dec 19 at 7:26 pm

    Hi,

    The plugin should be fully compatible with 3.3. Check that you arent getting javascript errors elsewhere on the page, which would stop the menu from loading

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  Mihai 2011 Dec 19 at 5:15 am

  Hello Lee,

  Thanks for a great plugin. I have a small problem tho. I’m trying to use it on my webpage http://www.promolab.ro but it doesn’t work with the current theme (travel blogger 1.3.5). It works fine with twenty ten but not with travelblogger. Do you know how can I fix that?
  Thank you.

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    Lee 2011 Dec 19 at 5:27 am

    Hi,

    The problem is caused by the up and down image gallery plugin incorrectly loading jquery a 2nd time

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  Michelle 2011 Dec 19 at 12:41 am

  Great plugin! I just have one issue I can’t seem to find an answer for. Each time a menu item is clicked the page reloads instead of just appearing. Is this normal or should it be much quicker?

  If you could look here at this test: mdmserver.us/unitedway/resources just click on any of those in the left sidebar and you’ll see what I mean. Your opinion is appreciated.

  Thank you!

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    Lee 2011 Dec 22 at 2:36 am

    Hi,

    Do you have the “disable link” option checked? If not the page will load the URL for the parent link

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  vadims 2011 Dec 16 at 6:11 am

  Hello Lee.
  Your plugin is really great but I have stuck when it comes to have categories inside a menu. My menu is like

  Page 1 (parent)
     Page 1_1 (child)
     Category 1_2 (child)

  When I open a post of the category, the menu is closed and no item is highlighted.
  Is it possible to include category support?

  Thanks

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    Lee 2011 Dec 16 at 7:58 am

    Hi,

    The actual menu and what classes are added is handled by WordPress not the actual plugin. The plugin will set the menu item to “active” when the class “current-menu-item” is added.

    You could though use the save state option, which is built into the plugin. This will remember open sub-menus using a cookie

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  JP B 2011 Dec 14 at 10:08 pm

  First off, great widget. I had it installed and running great on my site until I updated WordPress today. The widget now only appears fully expanded. Could you provide some advise as to how I can fix this issue?

  Here’s an example:

  http://www.artforaidsinternational.org/what-we-do/

  Thanks, and great work.

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    Lee 2011 Dec 14 at 10:16 pm

    Hi,

    There is an error with the lightbox plugin you are using, which is preventing the menu jquery code from starting. The accordion menu should be fully compatible with 3.3

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      JP B 2011 Dec 15 at 9:12 am

      Thanks so much for the quick response. I updated the lightbox plugin just before I upgraded WordPress. I should have realized it was an issue with that plugin and not WP compatibility.

      Great product and support. Thanks.

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      JP B 2011 Dec 25 at 2:56 am

      Hi Lee, thanks for your quick support last time. I noticed the past few days the plugin has again stopped working. No additional plugins have been installed, nor have their been additional changes to the site during that time other than new blog posts… If you have an opportunity to take a look (no rush as its the holidays) I would greatly appreciate it.

      The menu is showing fully expanded on all pages in http://www.artforaidsinternational.org

      Thank you again for the support.

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        Lee 2011 Dec 25 at 7:18 am

        Hi,

        There is an error with the sharebar plugin:

        jQuery(sharebar).offset() is null
        sharebar.js line 27
        

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  Greg 2011 Dec 14 at 9:20 pm

  Hi Lee,

  Great plugin, do you know if 3.3 will stop the effect. It seems after upgrade all the elements are open and can be closed.

  Thanks,

  Greg

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    Lee 2011 Dec 14 at 10:21 pm

    Hi,

    The accordion menu is fully compatible with 3.3

    There is an error with the dynamic widgets plugin, which is preventing the accordion menu code from loading correctly. The error is in the following line:

    <!-- Dynamic Widgets v1.4.2 //-->
    <script type="text/javascript" id="slb_context">/* <![CDATA[ */(function($){$.extend(SLB, {"context":["public"]});})(jQuery);/* ]]> */</script>
    

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  TonyD 2011 Dec 10 at 4:59 am

  Lee,

  This is such a great plugin. I really appreciate the work put into it. Thank You

  I have gotten this plugin to work the way I wanted, but have since made some changes to the css. I am now having a problem on loading where the menus expand to the second level on a page load then collapse to the correct state. This is mostly noticeable when it is loading our “our work” sub menus.

  The site is http://www.vagarchitects.com

  Thanks so much
  TonyD

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    Lee 2011 Dec 10 at 8:56 am

    Hi,

    This is the menu loading before the jquery initialises. You can hide sub-menus using CSS with:

    .dcjq-accordion ul li ul {display: none;}

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  David Hazelden 2011 Dec 09 at 5:35 am

  Hello, this doesn’t play nice with Easy Columns out of the box, if you have a 2 column setup, and embed the menu with shortcode, it pushes all the content down below the menu on the other 2 columns.

  I’ve had a play with the css, tried absolute positioning, but as I wanted this to be positioned by the content, like your examples, I’m trying to work out why it’s not.

  Any ideas, as I really like the menus you got.

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    Lee 2011 Dec 09 at 10:55 pm

    Hi,

    Not sure how easy columns works but the menu has no CSS or jquery that should cause problems outside of its parent tag. If placed within a div tag it would just expand to the full width of that tag unless the menu itself has CSS which is limiting its width.

    All the demo page menus for example are just standard accordion menus within floated div tags to create the double columns

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  stefan 2011 Dec 07 at 10:07 pm

  me again…
  sorry, plugin ‘lightbox form’ made conflict, my problem is solved

  Reply