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1. Getting MenuMachine

1. Purchasing MenuMachine

2. Downloading MenuMachine

3. Installing MenuMachine

4. Supported GoLive Versions

2. Before you begin

Important - You must use a GoLive site

1. Why do I have to use a site?

2. Creating a new GoLive site from scratch

3. Importing a folder of files to create a site

4. Oops - I made a menu before I made a site!

5. Checklist - Ready to make a menu?

3. Building the first menu

These instructions are for GoLive CS.
If you use GoLive 6.0.1 (what's 6.0.1?), click on
the GL6 version of the instructions.

1. Introduction to making a menu (Quicktime 2.3Mb)

2. Using the MenuMachine Object (GL6)

3. Invoking the MenuMachine Inspector (GL6)

4. Creating the first menu item (GL6)

5. Creating menu items at the same level (GL6)

6. Creating submenu items (GL6)

7. Creating submenu items at the same level (GL6)

8. Creating a submenu of a submenu (GL6)

9. Changing the order & deleting menu items (GL6)

10. Navigating the menu in the Inspector (GL6)

11. Previewing your first multi-level menu (GL6)

4. Edit Tab
Individual menu item editing

These instructions are for GoLive CS
(and GoLive 6.x with slight differences).

1. Editing individual menu items

2. Editing font and background colors and transparency

3. Copy formatting to other menu items

4. Changing the size of menu items

5. Adding links to menu items

6. Using images for menu items

7. Previewing the menu in a browser

5. Format Tab
Global 'style' editing

1. Using the Format tab settings

2. Use different formatting (top level and submenus)

3. Border Options (Width, Color, On/Off)

4. Font Options (Fonts, Size, Style)

5. Text Options (Alignment & Padding)

6. Other Options (Arrows for submenus)

6. Options Tab
Global 'behavioral' editing

1. Using the Options Tab settings

2. Orientation, Pop up, Menu fade delay

3. Menu Overlap

4. Menus open Right to Left / From Bottom

5. Use external menumachine.js library

6. Relative vs static menu positioning

7. Static menu positioning

8. Accurate menu display in Layout view

9. Relative menu positioning

10. Lock to image position

11. Accurate menu position in browsers

7. Advanced Techniques

1. Using a menu in a GoLive Template

2. Using a menu in a GoLive Component

3. Using "Lock to image position" in a Component

4. Using multiple menu Components

5. Using GoLive Actions with MenuMachine

6. Create a Horizontal Menu & Submenu using Actions

7. Multiple Menus, Layer ordering, Z-Index

8. Wrapping and Indenting Text, Special Characters

Troubleshooting & FAQs

Common questions and answers

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