[WEB4LIB] Javascript or CSS question?

[Thomas M G Bennett]

I'm sure this wouldn't be feasible at this time but for future reference,
this is where Zope would be ideal.  I define a list in the parent directory
which is the root directory for the WEB server.  Then I can call that list
as a tag from any directory below that and it is published dynamically so
when I change the list it is automatically changed on every page.  If I have
a document that needs additional selections I can add those before calling
the default list because I usually don't put the beginning selection tag on
the list but rather on each page so I can use name= which is pertinent to
the database that will be using the result.

Being an object oriented WEB publishing environment, one of Zope's features
I like most is this property of inheritance.  This also works great if you
have a static menu (text or graphic) to publish on every page.  Define the
menu one time in the top parent directory and just use one tag to call it
from every page.  The same with logos, a graphic.

Thomas

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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 3:45 PM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Javascript or CSS question?


I have been upgrading our library webpages to use CSS and have also added a
"quicklinks" pull down menu form to allow those who know where they want to
got to do so more quickly.  Is there any way other than SSI or such to get a
pull down menu that I can modify from just one file that will either be
called by a script in the pull down menu or via CSS?  I am thinking along
the lines of arrays but can't find a good example to work from.  I want to
be able to add new links to one file and have it appear from all the pages.
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