Output Settings

In this step you modify the configuration settings for output files generated by Visual Menu Maker.

Menu Container

Left Position

The amount, in pixels, to offset the menu from the left side of the page. This property is only enabled when the Positioning property is set to absolute or fixed.

Top Position

The amount, in pixels, to offset the menu from the top of the page. This property is only enabled when the Positioning property is set to absolute or fixed.

Minimum Width

The minimum width, in pixels, of the Base menu. If the default width of the menu exceeds the value specified in this property, the menu will use its default size. If the value specified in this property is larger than the menu's default width, the menu will use the value specified in this attribute. The default value of this property is 0. This property is only visible in menus that have Vertical Base Menus. This property is only enabled when the the Positioning property is set to absolute or fixed. If you need to specify a width for a statically positioned menu, you should use the the Stretch Property.

Positioning

Determines the CSS style that the menu uses to position itself in a web page.

Center in Container

Centers the menu within a parent container element. This property is only enabled when the Positioning property is set to static. A menu cannot be centered and stretched at the same time. If the value of this property is true and the Stretch or Stretch to Container property is set to true, this property is set to false.

Stretch

This property is only visible if the menu has a Horizontal Base Menu. It determines whether the menu uses a default size or stretches to the width of its parent container. Visual Menu Maker uses a container that has 100% width, however you can change this once the menu is generated by altering the width CSS attribute of the menu container in the HTML code generated by Visual Menu Maker. This property is only enabled when the Positioning property is set to static. Because of cross-browser compatibility issues, this property cannot be set to true if you have a Horizontal Base Menu that uses separators.

Stretch to Container

This property is only visible if the menu has a Vertical Base Menu. It determines whether the menu uses a default size or stretches to the width of its parent container. The parent container width must be defined in the Container Width property. This property is only enabled when the Positioning property is set to static.

Container Width

This property is only visible if the menu has a Horizontal Base Menu and only enabled if the Stretch to Container property is set to true. It determines the width of the menu's container. The menu will expand to this width.

Multiple Menus Per Page Support

CSS Prefix Number

The number appended to Menu Selector Prefixes.

If you wish to have multiple menus residing on the same page have their own look and feel, instead of sharing a global look and feel set by a single style sheet, each menu must have a unique CSS Selector Prefix Number. See Configuring Multiple Menus on the Same Page in the User's Guide for more information.

JavaScript Data Number

The number appended to the Menu Container id attribute and to the variable name assigned to the JavaScript Menu Data.

If you wish to have multiple menus residing on the same page, each menu must have a unique JavaScript Data Number. See Configuring Multiple Menus on the Same Page in the User's Guide for more information.

Miscellaneous

Compress Data

Determines whether to compress the menu data. The menu data is compressed by removing the white spaces and line breaks.

Doctype

Determines the Doctype, also called a DTD (Document Type Definition), used by the test page generated by Visual Menu Maker. This information is not needed by Visual Menu itself. Visual Menu works with all Doctypes.

Search Engine Support

Generate Sitemap

Determines whether to generate a Sitemap. See the Configuring Search Engine Support section in the Visual Menu User's Guide for more information.

Sitemap Site URL

This property is only visible when the "Generate Sitemap" property is set to "True". The value of this property must be the base URL of your website. See the Configuring Search Engine Support section in the Visual Menu User's Guide for more information.