Accordion menu with jQuery cookies

Hi there,

I’m trying to implement a jQuery accordion using jQuery cookies. The accordion works fine, but I am having some problems with the cookie function.

Cookies are used to add ’memory’ to the menu, so if I click on a link from the third accordion pane, when the new page opens up, the accordion pane will remain open.

Its kind of working to an extent, but seems a bit buggy. At the moment, as far as I can tell, its sort of doing something with the cookies, but not working properly. Say I have two panes, I open the first one and click a link to another page. On that next page, the first pane remains open. Then, if I open the second pane and click a link, on the new page, the first pane is open. Then when I click from the first pane, the second pane is open on the new page. Its like the cookie is always one step behind!

Its hard to explain, but if anyone can help me, I can provide a link to the site via PM.

I’d be very grateful if anybody could shed some light!

Thanks

this works without cookies: http://bit.ly/dxP33B

You mean the accordion remains on its previous state across pages? How does that work?!

with "panes" do you mean first-level entry points in the menu? maybe i didn’t understand you right, the menu i linked to will stay open when you enter the second, or third level, but will close if you choose another entry point (e.g. "accordion03" in the screenshot)

If you look at http://tiny.cc/tqy5f you can see there is an accordion on the left hand side of the content. Its simply holding the links to the pages for all of the different insurance pages.

What I want is:

When the user opens the first section (business insurance) and clicks a link, the business insurance pane remains open. And if the user clicks a link thats inside the second section (personal insurance), that section will remain open on the next page.

Sorry, its hard to explain! But I think I need cookies working for it to work properly.

Quote from: sharkbait at Aug 26, 2010, 04:22 AM

this works without cookies: http://bit.ly/dxP33B

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thanks Lammikko

neilp123, i can DM you a link to test the accordion if you want

Looks like I’ve fixed this issue now, so if anybody wants to know how I did it, drop me a PM.

Quote from: neilp123 at Aug 26, 2010, 06:03 AM

Looks like I’ve fixed this issue now, so if anybody wants to know how I did it, drop me a PM.

Why not just post your solution here, for all to see.