Widget Tag
++HSUBNAV++
What It Does
The ++HSUBNAV++ widget creates a horizontal text navigation bar for the subsections of your site. This widget is sensitive to the location of the page, so all of the pages of each main section display that section's subsections in the ++HSUBNAV++ widget. A pipestem character ( | ) is used as a separator between sections, unless you indicate that you would like to use tables to generate the widget.
The ++HSUBNAV++ widget also highlights the subsection in which the user is currently located, and highlights the other subsection links when the cursor passes over them.
For example, if your "Laverne & Shirley" fan site has a "Where They Work" main section with three subsections, the ++HSUBNAV++ widget may be generated in one of two ways:
No table:
| Shotz Brewery | Pizza-Bowl | Bradburn's Dept Store |
Table:
Shotz Brewery Pizza-Bowl Bradburn's Dept Store
The Markup Results
The ++HSUBNAV++ widget may be generated in one of two forms depending on your "Site Navigation" widget settings (see below).
- No table. The widget is an inline element and is not contained in any HTML tags. The only HTML tags it contains are the
<a>link tags. - Table. The widget is a block element contained in a
<table>tag. The width and cell padding of the table is controlled by the widget settings.
Templates Using This Widget
This widget may be used in allpage templates except the homepage:
- Main section page
- Subsection index page
- Article page
Customizing This Widget
Users with webmaster or administrator accounts may customize this widget in the "Site Navigation" section of the widget editor. To get there, click the "Widget Settings" link in the left-column menu of the Big Medium control panel. The following settings affect the ++HSUBNAV++ widget:
- Highlight color for active section. This determines the color used to highlight the subsection in which the user is currently located as well as the rollover highlight when the cursor passes over subsection links. This color must be in hexadecimal format (click here for a list of hexadecimal codes for web-safe colors).
- "Button" padding. This determines the cell padding (the space around the text links) for the text navigation bar.
- Use tables for horizontal text-based subnavigation. This will
<table>tags to format for the++HSUBNAV++widget (otherwise, <span> tags and pipestem (|) characters are used to divide the navigation links). - Table width for horizontal text-based subnavigation. If you choose to use the table format for the
++HSUBNAV++widget, this setting determines the width of the table. This may be a percentage or a straight number.
In addition, section editor settings determine whether individual subsections are included in the ++HSUBNAV++ widget. For more information, check the section status help file.
Styles
The section links in the ++HSUBNAV++ widget are displayed in the "Navigation Menu Links" style.
Need more help?
For further assistance and documentation, visit the website of Global Moxie, the developer behind Big Medium.