Hello all,

I need some help trying to make a simple indexer of some kind. I am unsure of what category I was supposed to post in, so I did choose this.

The thing I am looking for is very simple, but I have no idea how to make it.
I need just a simple category index, like the example underneath:

Test 1
-->Sub1
-->Sub1
and so on
Test 2
-->Sub1
-->Sub1
and so on
Test 3
-->Sub1
-->Sub1
and so on


Only three main categories are needed, but every main category will have many sub-. I have started making this site, but I really dont have any example to show what I need. But I will need my original pages, just want to categories this better. I reckon this is pretty easy to make

I started making this static, but I found out that it will be much work changing everything all the time.

Does anyone have any tutorial or something that I can read to accomplish this? I am pretty good at html, but not at any programming

Thanks in advance

-Tommy

Your question is a bit vague, but I believe this will help you:

PHP Code:

<ul><?php
$my_navigation = array('Test 1'=>array('Sub1', 'Sub2'),
                       'Test 2'=>array('Sub3', 'Sub4'),
                       'Test 3'=>array('Sub5', 'Sub6')
                      );
foreach ($my_navigation as $top_level=>$secondary_levels) {
  echo '
  <li>'.$top_level;
  echo '
    <ul>';
  foreach ($secondary_levels as $second_level) {
    echo '
      <li>'.$second_level.'</li>';
  }
  echo'
    </ul>
  </li>';
}
?>
</ul>

JeremyMiller,

Umm yeah I have heard about the array thing before. But how much can this be customized? If I want the main categories on one page, and if I press Test 1...then one page should come up. If I press Test 2 a different page should come up. How can I include a link in that?

array('Test 1'=>array('Sub1', 'Sub2'),

If I want it to say Sub1 and Sub2 on the menu, but when I press
Sub1, sub1.html should come up and sub2.html when Sub2 is pressed.

Does this make any sense to you? Thanks a lot for the help by the
way

So what I am really trying to say all the time, I want a
dynamic vertical navigation menu . I hope this clear things up

How are your pages stored? For a more detailed explanation, I'd need to see some structure and/or code.

Thanks for your answer. I have put up the pages here

The site is far from finish, but you get the idea of what my wish are. I can remove the static menu on the left and put some kind of dynamic menu there, and put that dynamic menu on all the pages. But I have a big wish of keeping the structure and hopefully the same font.

If you come up with a great idea, I might hire you if we are talking of a ok amount of money.

But anyway you get the idea of where I want, and I reckon you can get the source on viewing the source

Thanks in advance

-Tommy

How are your pages stored? In a database? If so, what's the structure? As a list of files? If so, how do you know which is the top-level category?

It is not made with a database, and the main pages are stored in the root...while the 'series' pages are stored inside a folder called series. I know what is what because this is usually always how I do stuff. But as things are now ...everything is 'static' and adding new 'series' pages would require me to make a change on ALL pages.

But I am not any good with mysql, so that is the reason I always do stuff the hard way.

You asked me how the pages are stored...well if you open the index.html page and go from there, it would be something like this:

/index
/running
/ended
----->/series/'the series pages'

I dont know how else I shall describe it...but if you take a look at the url's I guess you get a ok view on how it is stored.

But after some thinking I think I might go with some kind of link directory, and see what my chances are then

Thanks in advance

-Tommy

You may want to send this via PM, but can you send me a partial directory listing of both the root and series directories? I need to have an idea of how to decide what goes where.

Thanks!

I am not that afraid...not much to hack on that domain

I have found out a way to make the menu system, but thanks a lot for giving it a try

Glad you got it. I got busy with some project coding and didn't get a chance to look at it. Mind sharing your solution for future people?