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Open Cube Quick Menu Integration

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:20 am
by lastrom
Hello all! I'm trying to integrate some SEO friendly 3rd party navigation software into an AbleCommerce control and I'm having some problems. This is the structure of the text based navigation menu I need to generate (categories and sub categories):

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<ul id="qm0" class="qmmc">

	<li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0);">Top Level Category 1</a>

		<ul>
		<li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Category 1</a>
		
		  <ul>
		  <li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Sub Category 1</a></li>
		  <li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Sub Category 2</a></li>
		  <li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Sub Category 3</a></li>
		  </ul></li>
		  
		<li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Category 2</a></li>
		<li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Category 3</a></li>
		</ul></li>

	<li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0);">Top Level Category 2</a>

		<ul>
		<li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Category 1</a></li>
		<li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Category 2</a></li>
		<li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Category 3</a></li>
		<li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Sub Category 4</a></li>
		</ul></li>

	<li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Top Level Category 3</a></li>
	<li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Top Level Category 4</a></li>
	<li><a href="javascript:void(0);">Top Level Category 5</a></li>

<li class="qmclear"> </li></ul>
I started with the AllCategories control, but that doesn't have all the code for generating code like the above. I've looked through the forum and all the other ideas seem to be using the ASP.NET Menu. Unfortunately that is an unacceptable control to use because it is not as flexible, search engine friendly or as compatible as the list based navigation. Any ideas on how to generate the categories and sub categories in the above structure?

Thanks! Any help is appreciated!
- Lars

Re: Open Cube Quick Menu Integration

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:54 am
by mwolf
You are going to have to build your own custom menu to get it to display in this format. We are currently working on something very similar to what you are trying to achieve... Contact me if you would be interested in seeing an example & hearing more about it.