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Welcome to a major HM release.
The three most oft-requested features for HM continue to be, in order of total requests:
I know that those of you who use framesets cannot believe that frameset use is third (and a distant third, I might add) on the list, but it's the truth. By far, the most popular feature of HM4 is the ability to create permanent top-level menus. More often than not, a horizontal top-level menu is used with vertical child menus positioned directly under it. Most authors want the top-level horizontal menu items to have varying widths depending on the text displayed. Hence, variable-width menus become the number one request.
Adapting HM to account for author-specified variable-width menus required several changes in the script logic, and thus 4.1 is a major release.
I have left several redundancies in the script, purposely, to facilitate the minor changes that will inevitably be made after your feedback.
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As always, there is no documentation other than that already presented in previous columns.
However, all the parameters used in the script are described in detail.
Just about everything you need to know about using the script has been published in Columns 36 to 42. Additional minor information has been included in the release columns (43 to 57), usually pertaining to an adjustment introduced in the particular release.
The script works in:
Please report any problems you find, using this link to send mail:
But before you click the above link, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
Most of the mail still revolves around questions answered in the FAQ: HM FAQ. Please check these for a possible answer to your problem.
We cannot provide additional instructions at this time. They will be forthcoming, along with detailed discussion of the code once Version 4 is rock-stable.
The menu look and behavior in the download is only one of many possible look-behavior combinations. The parameters discussed in columns 36 --> 42 achieve menu customization. Please familiarize yourself with these.
Several Version 4-related questions have been anticipated in a previous column.
With the volume of mail regarding HM, a reply will probably not be possible. All problems reported, however, will be considered.
Now on to the 4.1 features.
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Created: August 21, 2001
Revised: August 21, 2001
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