[daisy] Re: Re: Help with navigation

[Steven Noels]

On 11 Oct 2006, at 17:59, Diane Soini wrote:

> Thank you. (Sorry my email client does such a horrible job at  
> replying).
> But it's still the same Daisy navigation. How do I make my own? I  
> don't
> like the menu you get with either the true or the false options. I  
> want to
> make it work the way I think it should work.

How would that be? Just asking, I'm curious. The skinning and  
templating mechanism is actually one of my favorite "I'll never be  
happy with it" areas.

> Should I just output the list
> to a hidden element in the HTML and then use javascript to create  
> the real
> navigation I want? Is there a way to use AJAX to read the navigation
> document?

Doesn't modifying navigation.xsl in your skin offer you enough  
latitude? If you put your own (modified) copy of that xslt stylesheet  
in your skin directory, it should override what is in the default skin.

</Steven>
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