WCM questions / Issues

Posted November 30th, 2009 by nmuhammad

Developing for iMIS | Web Content Management

Hi there,

Currently in process of implementing a WCM site using a custom template. I have come across a few issues:

1. Drop down navigation only works in IE. They do not work in Firefox / chrome.
2. Selecting different content areas on interior pages to achieve a slight different look and feel. Every sitemap allows you to select the folder where the content areas are stored. This isnt working.
3. Flash file using the wysiwyg editor adds an extra bit of line which stops it from displaying in IE. Works fine in firefox and chrome. i.e.
4. Navigation lists do not support dividers. for example, the client's design has a pipe (|) between each navigation item.

If anyone can help with the above, would highly appreciate it!

Nasser

What version are you on?

On December 1st, 2009 Andie Millet says:

What version are you on?

#1 I believe is a CSS issue

On December 1st, 2009 Eric Means says:

#1 I believe is a CSS issue (the pop-ups work, they just display "behind" the content). I don't have a fix, unfortunately.

#2 is due to a bug; template content area overrides don't work except on the website's homepage. This will be (is?) resolved in the first 15.1.2 update.

#3 I've not seen; what HTML does it generate?

#4 you should be able to use CSS for this, just add a "border-right: thin solid blue;" (or whatever color etc) to the CSS class for the navigation items.

Eric Means
System Architect, ASI

Thanks Eric & Andie. The

On December 1st, 2009 nmuhammad says:

Thanks Eric & Andie.

The clients running on 15.1.2.4260 which I believe is the latest version.

1. I have played around with the z-index, but haven't been successful as yet.

2. Thats fine. We will wait for a release.

3. For some strange reason it adds a strange path. Even after editting in HTML mode, for some reason it puts it back in once I save the content record.
<param value="/iMIS15/images/Flash/ada_public.swf/images/Flash/ada_public.swf" name="Movie"/>

4. Yeah I did try that, but they have a curved menu bar and the last item in the horizontal nav list also shows the border which makes it look a little weird. Thats fine, I guess the client can live without it, but just a thought to maybe implement it at some stage.

Nasser

I am having the same

On December 3rd, 2009 Andie Millet says:

I am having the same problem with flash in a 15.1.2 site. It wasn't doing this in 15.1.1. Eric is there any way to correct this? And Nasser what Template are you using?

Thanks,
Andie

For #3, that may be related

On December 3rd, 2009 Eric Means says:

For #3, that may be related to changes we made in 15.1.2 to automatically fix up HREFs and such so that virtual directories aren't a problem. (I assume the URL is correct, if you look at the Source mode, before you save the HTML web part?)

Try setting the URL manually to this before saving: [Root]images/Flash/ada_public.swf

(i.e. replace the /iMIS15/ with [Root].) If that resolves it, then file an SMR with TS, because it's related to that change.

Eric Means
System Architect, ASI

It's happening on the save

On December 3rd, 2009 Andie Millet says:

Eric,

It's happening on the save. I have switched to the code view, corrected the link, and saved it. When I go back to the content is has the double path. I tried putting the absolute path in there as well, but it still replicates the link. I am submitting an SMR on it as well.

Thanks,

Andie

Happens on save

On December 3rd, 2009 nmuhammad says:

Yes, it does happen on save. So regardless of the mode and the path, it is eventually appended by another path which stops it from rendering in IE.

Andie, I have designed a custom template for this client.

Nasser

As a workaround, you can

On December 3rd, 2009 Eric Means says:

As a workaround, you can host the flash files on another server (if you have one available) or from a different virtual directory; WCM should leave absolute paths that are not the same server/virtual directory alone.

Eric Means
System Architect, ASI

Drop downs displaying behind the content

On December 14th, 2009 chamika_fernando says:

Did any of you manage to resolve the drop down menus' rendering issue in firefox? Appreciate any assitance!

Thanks,

Chamika

Hi Chamika, Nah, I couldn't

On December 14th, 2009 nmuhammad says:

Hi Chamika,

Nah, I couldn't fix that in firefox. Ended up wiritng a custom user control with Jay's help to get it working.

Nasser

Is there going to be a fix for thess issues in a later release?

On December 14th, 2009 chamika_fernando says:

Thanks Nasser!

Is there going to be a fix for these issues (mainly the drop down menu rendering issue) in a later release? Appreciate your feedback so that I can inform the client.

Regards,

Chamika

Considering the drop down

On December 14th, 2009 nmuhammad says:

Considering the drop down only works in IE and the growing number of firefox/chrome/safari users, the next patch should fix it.

However, I will leave this question to be answered by an official from ASI.

Nasser

I believe we are

On December 15th, 2009 Eric Means says:

I believe we are researching the possibility of replacing the menu control we're using currently with an entirely different one that is compatible with firefox etc. I have no idea when that work would become available.

Eric Means
System Architect, ASI

www.flvma.org

On December 15th, 2009 Andie Millet says:

I put a div tag around the control and set the z-order to 9999. I believe I had to modify the stylesheets as well. I just took a stylesheet out at a time until I found the one that was causing the issue.

Hi Andie, I am having the

On December 21st, 2009 mpatel says:

Hi Andie,

I am having the same issue with the drop menu in firefox. Can you please give me more details about the solution you have applied?

Thanks

Mohsin

Eric how do you get the

On September 14th, 2010 Andie Millet says:

Eric how do you get the content areas to display differently on interior pages?

Thanks,

Andie

[beep] the party you have called...

On September 15th, 2010 Bruce Wilson says:

Eric isn't around anymore. Since this thread is old, and your question appears (at first glance) to be slightly off the original topic, you might want to post it as a new item instead.
--
Bruce Wilson
Director, Technical Services
RSM McGladrey, Inc.

Images not displayed

On December 17th, 2009 chamika_fernando says:

Thanks for you responses!

One more question, does anyone know why the images (logos and etc) are disappearing once I login to iMIS? It happens on all the environments (ie - WCM, iMIS Desktop, public and casual). For instance, when I create a template gallary web site from scratch the stabdard images that come with the tamplates display when I am not logged in. But as soon as I login, the images vanish.

Please note that I am not reffereing to the images that are contained within the imported content. I have re-mapped the images with the migration of the ECM content to WCM and those images display fine.

Thanks.

Do you have the setting to

On December 18th, 2009 Eric Means says:

Do you have the setting to enable SSL on login enabled? I'm wondering if the image URLs are being set to http: while the site is being browsed via https: and the browser is preventing unsecured images from being displayed.

Eric Means
System Architect, ASI

Still no images

On December 21st, 2009 chamika_fernando says:

Hi Eric,

I found what the issue is but cannot seem resolve it. This is what I found......

As soon as a user logs in there's a style definition that comes into play which hides the images. Following is the style definition.

IMG

visibility: hidden !important

I can't seem to find where this style element is defined. The developer tool bars on IE and firefox are getting me no where. These dev tool bars are suggesting that the style is defined in the default.aspx but that's not the case. Could it be that this style definition is coming from the code behind? Please note that I haven't done any changes with the templates and have applied the latest software updates to the iMIS installation. The iMIS version is 15.1.2.497.

Thanks,

Chamika

I think you have enabled

On December 22nd, 2009 Balaji says:

I think you have enabled Text Only mode for this website. That’s why this “visibility: hidden !important” applied automatically by WCM framework. Please clear your cookies and try again

If you are logged in, the

On January 4th, 2010 Eric Means says:

If you are logged in, the setting is stored in your profile in the database, not in a cookie. You will need to click the Exit Text Only Mode icon to leave text only mode in that case.

Eric Means
System Architect, ASI

Text-only mode selection is not limited to the browser session

On December 22nd, 2009 chamika_fernando says:

Thanks Balaji,

Interestingly the "Text-only" mode selection information are not limited to the browser session. This mode selection info must be stored in the database because when logged in from another machine my "Text-only" selection info was retained (when the pages were rendered). Any how my problems for now is resolved. Thanks all for your help.

Chamika.

Re: Drop Down Navigation

On January 30th, 2010 Andie Millet says:

When working with the dynamic menu. I found in order to get it to work with IE and FF I had to set the z-index. As far as Chrome this article about using a browser file worked for me :http://forums.asp.net/p/1369765/2860698.aspx#2860698

Thanks,

Andie

Andie, I've been doing a lot

On February 1st, 2010 Eric Means says:

Andie,

I've been doing a lot of work on the templates (all of them needed a bit of rework) to get them to display more or less properly in Firefox/IE8 native -- including getting dynamic menus to "just work" out of the box. Assuming that work passes testing, it will hopefully be included in the next 15.1.2 update, so keep an eye out for that.

Eric Means
System Architect, ASI

Hi Andie, Can you send me

On May 13th, 2011 Aby Singh says:

Hi Andie,

Can you send me details on how you made the navigation menus works on Chrome?

Thanks,

Aby

How to make navigation work in Chrome

On May 14th, 2011 Andie Millet says:

Fore move information see http://forums.asp.net/p/1369765/2860698.aspx#2860698

Create an App_Browser folder in the root of your website folder.
Right click the folder and Add a new item and Browser file and call it Chrome.browser
Paste in the contents that's below and save.

<!--

You can find existing browser definitions at

<windir>\Microsoft.NET\Framework\<ver>\CONFIG\Browsers

-->

<browserrefID="safari1plus">

<adaptercontrolType="System.Web.UI.WebControls.Menu"adapterType="" />

</controlAdapters>

</browser>

</browsers>

It worked!

On May 15th, 2011 Aby Singh says:

Andie,

Thank you so much for the tip!! It worked!

Aby

Fixed soon

On May 16th, 2011 Bruce Wilson says:

It sounds like iMIS 15.2 will include many of these fixes automatically. As of this month, ASI plans to support IE8, IE9, FF4, Chrome 10 and Safari 5.
--
Bruce Wilson
Director, Technical Services
RSM McGladrey, Inc.

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What version are you on?

#1 I believe is a CSS issue

Thanks Eric & Andie. The

I am having the same

For #3, that may be related

It's happening on the save

Happens on save

As a workaround, you can

Drop downs displaying behind the content

Hi Chamika, Nah, I couldn't

Is there going to be a fix for thess issues in a later release?

Considering the drop down

I believe we are

www.flvma.org

Hi Andie, I am having the

Eric how do you get the

[beep] the party you have called...

Images not displayed

Do you have the setting to

Still no images

I think you have enabled

If you are logged in, the

Text-only mode selection is not limited to the browser session

Re: Drop Down Navigation

Andie, I've been doing a lot

Hi Andie, Can you send me

How to make navigation work in Chrome

It worked!

Fixed soon

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