The
Mana Retreat website is my first using the MODxCMS. So if I’ve done anything weird then it’s just cause you can.
The
design brief was, "take a beloved, 10 year old, broken down, tables based, Microsoft FrontPage website and recreate it with some useful stuff inside modx".
This is the beloved broken down old Microsoft FrontPage website -
www.manaretreat.com/2_old_site/
This is the MODx site that he got -
www.manaretreat.com/
A bit of the old stuff, like <marquee>, <embed> and the IE meta tag "blendtrans" was brought over and some newer things like Twitter, Wayfinder dropdown menus and @fontface were added.
The site owner and original creator wanted to retain all or as much of the look and content of his original site as was possible.
Examples:
Use of Twitter to update the webpage remotely. -
www.manaretreat.com/programme/work-exchange.html
Use of error checking, spam resistant (
I haven’t managed to totally integrate them into modx as yet ) php registration and payment forms which are integrated into the modx MySQL dbase.
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www.manaretreat.com/users/event.php
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www.manaretreat.com/users/register.php
Please use your ’view source’ feature to see the implementation of @fontface font replacement for all the headings and Wayfinder menus.
Also the use of <embed> with the <object> tag and CSS image zooming on this page. -
www.manaretreat.com/sanctuary.html
After lots of searching and reading and a bit of luck, I was finally able to remove the sometimes annoying ’title’ field pop-up that often obscures drop down menus.
Method: Remove the ’
menutitle’ property from the 17th item -
titleOfLinks property in the Wayfinder Snipet Properties tab.
Hoping you will find this useful.
Your feedback is gratefully received.
Kind regards Stephen - NZ
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