Need your input: nukeNAV (tm) site navigation toolbar,block

Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6432

Please see a flash demo of a prototype of nukeNAV (tm), which I'm planning to include with the next release of nukeSEO (tm).

The demo is available here.

Please provide comments and suggestions here or in the nukeNAV (tm) forum at nukeSEO.com.

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:12 pm

That's already implemented outthere. As long as you already finished, it will be great!
I would like you to consider the followings:

1. unlimted categories of menus. --> this should be muti-layer navigator menus not single menus.

2. multilingual capabilities -> the menu should be changed when languages are selected by users.

3. three types of menus - 1) category, 2) separator, 3) menu items and 4) extra (image menus)

4. no heavy DHTML because it will conflict with flash files or movies.

5. admin panel with categorical hierary

6. the most critical one: one line add in theme file.

I will release the fully-fledge package for this multi-layered and unlimited categorical menus with multiple langues. However, as long as you will have your own, that's another fancy.

I hope ravens navi menu will make raven variants of phpnuke great favoriates to all nukers. Very Happy

registered · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:35 pm

OMG!!! Marvelous, I have implemented a very basic navigational menu for my sites but this is simply marvelous, great, unique, amazing...

Hey Kevin, keep up your great work and keep surprising us, you rock man!!!

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:53 pm

Thanks for the feedback!

1. Ultimately, yes, it will be unlimited and support multiple layers. However, there is a point of dimishing returns. The idea is to make it a simple navigation. Having more than a few layers reduces the efficiency of the menu (it's easier to search). Putting categories (e.g. of news, forums, etc.) in a menu isn't helpful, IMO.

2. Yes, it will be multilingual.

3. Re: category menus: see above. What do you mean by separator? A visual element between menus?

4. The menu doesn't change after the page is loaded - it's really just JS (well, jQuery + a plugin + CSS).

5. The admin menu is visible in the demo. Admin functions are grouped logically - is that what you meant by categorical hierarchy?

6. Yes, one line (or less), depending on where you put the variable that contains the menu HTML.

Also, to clarify, this isn't part of RavenNuke (at least not yet). I hope to solicit feedback from members of the RavenNuke team, as well as anyone else who has an interest.

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:59 pm

It looks great. I'm sure many people could us it.

Involved Joined: Nov 19, 2003 Posts: 282

Looks awesome to me Smile

Very nice.

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:00 pm

ok this is how the idea goes in real running system:

demo 1 - front end top navigator

demo 2 - admin panel

demo 3 - unlimited depth and easy edit in multilingual mode

Real code added in one part by only one function

in Prosilver theme (for BB3Nuke - phpBB3 embeded style sync)

Code:




            echo "<td align='left' valign='bottom' colspan='2' >";


               echo "<h6 style='font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 12px;'>";


// ---- START: CATEGORICAL HIERARCH DYNAMIC NAVIGATIOON MENU VERSION 1.0.0


                  DynamicRecursiveMenuTree();


// ---- END: CATEGORICAL HIERARCH DYNAMIC NAVIGATIOON MENU VERSION 1.0.0


               echo "</h6>";


            echo "</td>";

I think nukeSEO version will have the better codes than I made.
the block menu with side-collapsing dynamics of menu is discarded in my case.

In terms of Web-based user interface design and its philosophy, that makes users conflicted or overloaded in their speedy decision in selection. The informativeness is the ultimate goal.

Anyways, I love your great work as well.

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:29 pm

Nice admin icons, bluerace. What are the Moderation and XML-RSS-RDF functions? They look familiar Wink

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:35 pm

RSS-RDF module is developed by our team. That module has the following characteristics:

1. unlimited xml based RSS/RDF aggregation
2. all kinds of feed caster (this means one module will cast or provide feeds from your site contents) to anyone who subscribe
3. unlimted cat.
4. optional cache - DB cache or HDD cache
5. dynamic pop up of site contents.

I don't remember all of functions.
But, toolbox created XML-RSS-RDF aggregatore three years ago for phpnuke.
But, that is not the one.

By the way, it is odd that you feel familiar because it is totally brand new one finished by our team.

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:40 pm

The Enterprise PHP-NUKE has site admin and moderators exactly like in phpbb3.

So, admin/ moderators/ sub-moderators etc ....

They are all controllable cast (like the social system in India) system.

also, it works with Advanced Groups.
The adv. groups works on blocks (view read and other controls by individula group access like phpBB3 forums) and modules.
Even downloads and contents, and their contents are under control of advanced groups.

They are totally different from the stupid PHP-NUKE functions.
moderator works in advanced group moderations.

All groups go in run-time synchronization with phpBB3 and gallery2 and 3 (alpha version) with our own approved membership.

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:48 pm

Nice! It's familiar because we also replaced these functions in RavenNuke(tm) (groups, feeds, comments). The groups are synchronized with phpBB2 forums, blocks, modules, newsletters and more. We are in the process of synchronizing with downloads.

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:52 pm

I know very well about Raven's one. When raven's began this site, this site was one of my favorite place to surf.

Anyways, you're working heavily on SEOs. Relatedly, we are working on SEOs as well. But the first step is to take down all google functions into php-nuke: interactive google map, books, dictionary, videos, news etc.

By the way, toolbox setup his plan for fun: "put Joomla under our feet." But he giggled on it. You know my joke.

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:02 pm

Funny...

Any other feedback? Anyone?

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:05 pm

Oopppsss... sorry kguske, I posted some over at your site.

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:10 pm

No problem - thanks for the good ideas!

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:52 pm

very nice work Smile

How about a "Your Favorites" category to the menu, where users can bookmark pages on the site and basically create their own menu?

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:18 pm

Oooh...now that's a really interesting idea!! There used to be a bookmarks module years ago, and I thought it would be a nice addition. Of course, if we did that, each RN site could become digg, del.icio.us, diigo (how about diggNuke, del.Nuke?)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:23 pm

There is a categorical book mark module made by someone (I don't remember him). That was so great. I don't mean the old flat bookmark as in nukecops.com.

The menu should also have a switch to administrative menus. So to speak, when you turn the switch ON, the navigation bar will have "admin" menu which appears only for God and extra authors with all admin control panel menus.

anyways, so good inputs did everybody to cheer up kguske.

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:22 pm

Basically, the admin menu appears automatically and only to administrators.

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:50 am

Kevin good work + good name ! Smile

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:01 am

I am actually using Delicious now to bookmark private links to various threads. I no longer see a need for a "favorites". But, maybe something like nukeSOCIAL(tm), where there is configurability to pull in personal and/or public bookmarks into a block, feed, or ????. Was even thinking the likes of Twitter, Facebook, etc...

BTW, you say it here first the trademark being assumed on nukeSOCIAL(tm). I now "own" this trademark by virtue of "you saw it here first" and if kguske likes it, I transfer ownership to him at no cost. Laughing

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:44 am

I guess I should've claimed it when I first thought of it... definitely have some ideas for that...

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:05 am

Its all yours buddy!

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:34 am

Thanks...

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:05 am

montego, regarding your question about RTL - I haven't tested it, but I believe this can be done with a simple CSS statement:

direction: rtl