PowerStore 3 and CSS MenuWriter

I have a fresh install of PowerStore 3, I have CSS MenuWriter 2, Site works fine. However, when I try to edit the menu using CSS MenuWriter, it gives me an error saying "The database connection(s) required for this content preset do not exist in this site. Please create the following connections to use this preset: Connection: PowerStoreConnection, Table: categories, Columns: CategoryName, CategoryID, CategoryParent. What am I doing incorrectly?

I get that too, if I click to edit menu, or content (but not theme). Seems odd, as I thought the table would be called ps3_categories as per table in database (?) - maybe the prefix is accounted for elsewhere.

You could always edit the theme as normal, and add any static links directly in code-view of menu.php.

<li><span><a href="<?php echo($assumedRoot); ?>contactus.php">Contact Us</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="<?php echo($assumedRoot); ?>mynewpage.php">New Link</a></span></li>
</ul>

Although you would have to reduce the width of the top level menu item in your menu.css 'ul#cssmw_home > li > span > a {' rules if you were adding a top level link, otherwise the menu wouldn't fit in the navigation div. Menu sub-items would be ok though.

Thanks for the suggestion. I am trying to add a sub menu to the existing drop down. level -2 I think? I would add it manually, except I do not know what css style would get applied to it.

Hi,

The ul-level-2 styles are already defined in the menu.css - ( ul#cssmw_home ul.level-2 > li > a { ) and are similar to the level-1 styles.

If you made changes to the level-1 styles, then you could just reflect those changes in the rule for level-2.

So if I added two options to the Support > Shipping menu item:

<li class="parent"><a href="<?php echo($assumedRoot); ?>Shipping.php">Shipping</a>
<ul class="level-2">
<li><a href="<?php echo($assumedRoot); ?>Shipping2.php">Shipping 1</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php echo($assumedRoot); ?>Shipping3.php">Shipping 2</a></li>
</ul>
</li>

It would look like this, based on the current stylesheet.

Thank you very much. That is exactly what I needed.

I am sending an updated copy of the CSSMenuWriter\cssmw_home\treexml.xml file to fix the error you are getting, please copy it to CSSMenuWriter\cssmw_home\ folder in your power store site.



After editing the menu, you may need to change line 2 and 3 back to:

$WA_localRoot = "" .$WAGLOBAL_localRoot ."";

$WA_remoteRoot = "" .$WAGLOBAL_remoteRoot. "";

Originally Said By: Jason Byrnes

  I am sending an updated copy of the CSSMenuWriter\cssmw_home\treexml.xml file to fix the error you are getting, please copy it to CSSMenuWriter\cssmw_home\ folder in your power store site.



After editing the menu, you may need to change line 2 and 3 back to:

php:

$WA_localRoot = "" .$WAGLOBAL_localRoot ."";

$WA_remoteRoot = "" .$WAGLOBAL_remoteRoot. "";

  

Hi Jason,

I've been having the same problem as well (with a fresh install of PowerStore3) and need to change the menu tree, but am being presented with the following CSS2 Menu Writer error "The database connection(s) required for this content preset do not exist in this site. Please create the following connections to use this preset... Connection: PowerStoreConnection".

I have downloaded the updated treexml.xml and the lines of code in the relevant file (Template) match those above, but I still get the same error. So, I'm stuck and unable to edit the Menu Structure for the site.

Suggestions as to what I should do from here?

Also, shouldn't this kind of work 'out of the box'? First piece of work on a fresh setup and I'm beached immediately...

Thanks in advance...

the treexml.xml file from the previous thread will fix the error. If you are still getting the same error, it suggests the treexml.xml file is not in the correct place.

Make sure to copy the treexml.xml file to the CSSMenuWriter\cssmw_home\ directory, do this with Dreamweaver closed.

Jason:

I have followed the recipe below and it still does not allow me to modify the menu.

Any other suggests?

Thanks,
Mike

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