Errors on this Page

vid401t · #1 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006, 01:18 PM

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I'm doing a website project for my college and I'm just learning php, html, mysql, and flash.

Anyways, my problem is that I created a pop up menu using dreamweaver mx8. When I hit f12 to view it, it works fine, It asks me to allow blocked content, and I do and it works.

I then uploaded to my server, which is a linux server, and I tried to view the pop up menu, but I get an error message at the bottom.

:Errors on this Page:

Line 6:
Char 23:
Menu is undefined

I 've read through some of the posts similiar to my problem on this site, looked at the site in firefox using the java console to see the errors.

The errors seem to be that things are not defined. However, I have used the same method to create pop up menu's for another website and it worked just fine. I didn't have to write any Javascript b/c dreamweaver did it for me. But that was just dreamweaver mx.

My workplace updated their copies to dreamweaver mx 8, and i've gone through the same method of creating pop up menus.

Use an image: assign pop-up menu behaviors to it ,and bam, dreamweaver does the work for you.

It didn't this time, I was hoping someone could shed some light on why it didn't work.

I know you could say, learn javascript, but I currently don't have enough time to learn it as the deadline is coming up, and I will only need it for this small section.

Thanks for any help, sorry for asking any newbie questions as well.

SiteLink: www.ravidte.com/EDITNavigation.html

Problematic code:

<script language="JavaScript">

</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="mm_menu.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script>
<style type="text/css">

Till · #2 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006, 01:24 PM

It's better to debug JavaScript in Firefox, the error messages are much more verbose. Which means, they do tell you what is wrong.

In Your case I think some functions are not defined, or the path to your external javascript file is off, or you uploaded it in the wrong place, or not at all?

vid401t · #3 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006, 01:37 PM

Thanks for the very quick response Till.

The errors i'm getting from firefox are:

******************************
Menu is not defined :Line 6

MM_showMenu is not defined: Line 1

MM_startTimeout is not defined: Line 1
*******************************

The last two occur only when I attempt to do the roll over which would jump start the pop up menu.

Yea, it's quite obvious that these functions are not defined. My problem is that I made a previous website that used tons of pop up menus, and they all worked fine, I used dreamweaver's gui to make it. I didn't need to play with the code as much.

What I am trying to get at is that I would not know how to go about at defining these functions.

Know when you say, my path to the external javascript file, I'm not sure what file that would be. Is it the mm_menu.js?

If this is the problem, again I'm sorry for being NOOBIE, but like I said, I've used dreamweaver's gui to generate the code, and it always worked. I never had to play with any javascript or had to upload any extra files.

If the .js file is the problem, ff you could give me an idea of how to create a mm_menu.js, I would greatly appreciate it. (I'm guessing you could just write it in notepad and save it as a mm_menu.js?)

Thanks a lot

Till · #4 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006, 02:08 PM

Yes that would be your external JavaScript file. Verify it's uploaded.

No probs for the newbie-ness. That's what we are here for!

vid401t · #5 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006, 02:16 PM

Till you are the man! Fast response, and I figured it out. You were right, there was a file created in my folder that I did not happen to see. It was the .js file. I uploaded it and BAM, it works. Thanks again