[TYPO3] definition lists and menus

[Mads M. Hansen]

On 11/11/06, Christopher Torgalson <bedlamhotel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> HI,
>
> On 11/11/06, Mads M. Hansen <madsmh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have desigend a site with a menu like the one below, but I'm baffled
> as to
> > how to implement in in typo3 as it is quite different than what I have
> done
> > previously. The TemplaVoila wizzard dosen't seem to be able to recognize
> the
> > structure correctly.
> >
> > Any pointers as to where to look or how I should start would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Regards, Mads
> >
> > <dl>
> >   <dt><a href="#">Menu Item 1</a></dt>
> >   <dd>
> >     <ul>
> >            <li><a href="#">Submenu 1.1</a></li>
> >            <li><a href="#">Submenu 1.2</a></li>
> >        </ul>
> >  </dd>
> > </dl>
> >
> > <dl>
> >   <dt><a href="#">Menu Item 2</a></dt>
> >   <dd>
> >     <ul>
> >            <li><a href="#">Submenu 2.1</a></li>
> >            <li><a href="#">Submenu 2.2</a></li>
> >        </ul>
> >  </dd>
> > </dl>
>
>
> I've never used the wizard, but TV only has to recognize the parent
> element anyway (i.e. the dl). If it can't, just wrap the dl in a div
> and when you map in in TV set the mapping mode to 'Outer'--that way
> the div will not appear in the generated pages.
>
> Besides that, you just need to set the editing type to 'TypoScript
> Object Path' and fill in the path with something like lib.navigation.
> The TS will look approximately like this:
>
> lib.navigation = HMENU
> lib.navigation {
>         1 = TMENU
>         1 {
>                 wrap = <dl>|</dl>
>                 noBlur = 1
>                 expAll = 1
>
>                 NO = 1
>                 NO {
>                         linkWrap = <dt>|</dt>
>                 }
>         }
>
>         2 = TMENU
>         2 {
>                 wrap = <dd><ul>|</ul></dd>
>                 noBlur = 1
>
>                 NO = 1
>                 NO {
>                         wrapItemAndSub = <li>|</li>
>                 }
>         }
> }
>
>
> By the way, this example will 'correct' your HTML--it's a bit strange
> the way you have a /separate/ definition list for each individual menu
> item. The TS above makes /one/ definition list containing multiple
> items.




HI Christopher, thanks for your reply.

The reason for the separate definition lists is that each dl is is floated
to produce the menu on this page
http://mads.eccentric.dk/eccentric/template.html

Regards, Mads