By Peters196 on

Having downloaded and installed the Danland 7.x-1.0 theme, and I am trying to configure the Superfish menu.
I have created three basic pages called Page1, Page1a and Page1b. I have checked the 'provide menu link' checkbox on each of the three pages in edit mode. Page 1 parent item is set to <Main Menu>. Page1a and Page1b parent items are set to Page1. Looking in Structure>Menus>Main Menu>List Links shows that Page1a andPage1b are sub-menus of Page1.
Without changing any other settings I see the menu bar above the picture has 2 items: Home and Page1. Hovvering the mouse over either of these has no effect (ie the Page1a and Page1b items do NOT appear as is suggested in the documentation).
In both the on-line documentation on how to set up the Superfish menu http://drupal.org/node/768350#setup-superfish, and in the README.txt file downloaded with the Danland theme, I am told to:
# Go to Administer > Blocks. Place the Primary links block in the Superfish menu region, and "Save blocks"
# Go to Administer > Site building > Themes > Configure > Danland (admin/build/themes/settings/danland). Uncheck the Primary links, "Save configuration".

(in the README.txt file the phrase 'Primary links' is replaced by 'Main Menu')

If (as I think is meant) I go to Structure>Blocks there is no region called 'Superfish Menu'!
I have 'Header', 'Help', 'Highlighted', Featured', 'Content', Sidebar First', 'Sidebar second', 'Triptych first', 'Triptych middle', 'Triptych Last', 'Footer First column', 'footer second Column', 'footer third column', footer fourth column', 'footer', and 'Disabled'

If (as I think is meant) I go to Appearance>Enabled themes - Danland..>settings and un-check the 'Main Menu' checkbox the menu bar itself is still visible as a blue band, but there is nothing (no buttons, no text, nothing) on it.

I have read a post from someone else who obviously had no problems in configuring the superfish menu, so maybe i am doing something wrong somewhere. I am new to drupal and am still trying to find my way round it.
I am running Drupal 7.0 with Danland version 7.x-1.0 on a windows 7 PC running internet explorer 8.0

Can Anyone help please!

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gbrands commented

On the blocks page, make sure the blocks are relative to the danland theme. There should be links near the top indicating what theme the block regions are pulled from.

-= Gerrit Brands

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Peters196 commented

Thank you very much for your prompt reply!
You're right! I had the Bartick theme installed as well, but as Danland was set as the default theme i didn't bother checking which theme was selected. As soon as I selected the Danland theme the Superfish menu region was there, and after putting the main Menu block in the Superfish region and unchecking 'main menu' in the theme settings it all worked like a dream!
Thanks again!

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Spion commented

Does anyone know how to change the link color of the active page? I've noticed that the background image changes when you're on an active page, but I would like to use another font-color too...

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gregmarsh commented

I am using the latest Danland 7.x - pc running windows seven.

when I log in as admin all the menus look great and the dropdowns are working. But when I log out the menu drops below the blue bar (menu block) and has no functionality.

I have cleared the cash and can toggle back at forth easily.

The behavior is slightly different with the different browsers - IE 9 - drops below. Chrome Version 23.0.1271.95 m the menu is on the blue bar but with no functionality.

I have checked the source and the HTML is clearly different - with only the first level shown unless I am logged in as admin. I have tried so see a mistake in permissions but I can't find an option that excludes the sub menu.
*** Admin

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Peters196 commented

I had a similar problem (though not exactly the same) and found that under certain situations the blue menu bar was wrapping onto the next line putting the text below the menu bar. This effect became most noticeable with different magnification factors. The problem, I think, is that the total number of pixels in the menu bar is not divisible by the screen resolution.
My cure for this was to tweak the padding values for the various components of the superfish elements of the 'style.css' stylesheet file. My notes (which are, I'm afraid, sparse) indicate changing padding-left and padding-right values in '#superfish .menu a, #superfish .menu a:visited' from 30px to 28px.

This may not be the total solution but it could point you in the right direction.