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\|__TOC__ \|} When using the [[Website Generator]] the website comes with a standard menu. It is possible to expand this menu by adding items to it. It is not possible to modify the standard menu items or sub-items, it is ~~poossible~~possible though to remove some items from the main manu by using the parameters, some items cannot be removed. The About menu item cannot be removed nor changed. There are two ways for modifying the menu: === System 2 === In the utils directory there must be a file ''CutilsMenu.def''. inIf this file is not present you get the ~~utils~~default ~~directory~~menu. The ~~default~~ contents of this file as delivered in the distribution is :shown at the end of this page. You recognize the standard menu of CumulusUtils. User items can be added to the standard menu as is indicated above. While generating the website this menu will be incorporated. The System 1 menu will be generated in addition to System 2 (i.e. those items will be on the rightmost side of the menu). Home;▼ About;▼ Reports;▼ Graphs;▼ Records;▼ Extra;▼ Misc;▼ ~~Toggle Dashboard;~~ ==== Items ==== ~~You recognize the standard menu of CumulusUtils.~~ Any menu topic named other than the standard item will create a new, user defined, main menu dropdown. For all drop downs ''items'' can be defined as follows: From version 6.12 the menu runs from left to right (as before it went from right to left). In version 6.12 the user can only change the order of the menu items by changing the place of the item in the file. ~~Future versions will have the possibility to add items to the standard menu, it will never be possible to remove items from the menu. Standard items can only be configured through ''cumulusutils.ini''~~ Item <name> <type> <destination> EndItem This Item definition line has space separated words. The <name> is what you will see in the menu and may consist of one or more words. If <name> is a valid filespec on the seerver or a valid URL, it will display the contents of that filespec or URL. It is intended to be used as a specification for a small images to be displayed in the menu. It is the users responsibility to have a correct filespec or URL. No validation is done other than: #<name> starts with <code>'./' OR '../'</code> #<name> starts with <code>'http' OR 'https'</code> In which cases the <name> is interpreted as an URL. The Type can be of : #'''External''': The URL given as destination will be opened in a new window or new tab besides CUtils #'''Internal''': The URL given as destination will be opened in the ReportView, the large viewport on the right side of the dashboard. It is implemented as an Iframe which is generated to the standard demands of Cutils #'''Report''': Any UserReport of Cutils or any other legitimate HTML/Javascript file similar to the standard reports and charts. The destination is a fully specified text file name : ''filename.txt'' (so including the extension) #'''Image''': The URL for the image (e.g. a satellite image) will be shown in the ReportView #'''Separator''': No further arguments. Creates a thin horizontal line below the last item <destination> is the URL of what you want to see. An URL can be a full specification or just a filename in which case the report must be present on the server in the webroot (produced by Cutils or by the user). Example lines are shown at the bottom of this page and in the distribution file ''CutilsMenu-example-for-use.def'' Both files for System 1 & 2 are available in the distribution. Both System 1 & 2 can be used ~~at the same time~~concurrently. Error recovery in case of errors is present. System 2 however cannot validate against the real world so while developing your menu: be precise or be prepared to rerun if your menu looks garbled. Garbage in is garbage out. == Output == There is no output of the user menu, only a visible appearance on the website. System 2 however may produce menufiles on the server of the form: ''<main menu item><subitem number>.txt''. == Inifile parameters == == Inner working == The website is designed on the basis of the [https://getbootstrap.com/ Bootstrap Toolkit]. As a result, the menu is also within this toolkit. As the menu is not really very easy if you are not a HTML / Bootstrap ~~handler~~programmer, System 2 for the menu is designed to deal with without knowledge of the Bootstrap menu system. On the basis of the keywords in System 2 CumulusUtils generates the menu for you. == Example of CUsermenu.txt (System 1) == == Example of CuserMenu.def (System 2) == ~~To be written.~~ The lines below are examples Lines starting with a semicolon (;) are treated as comment ; ; CumulusUtils Menu definitions for Website- Part of CumulusUtils ; ▲ Home; ▲ Reports; ▲ Graphs; Item Extra Report extrasensorscharts.txt EndItem ▲ Records; ▲ Extra; ▲ Misc; Maps User Item ./wu.png External https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IWAGEN6?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash EndItem NL Item Waterstanden External https://waterinfo.rws.nl/#!/kaart/waterhoogte/ EndItem Item TopoNL External https://topotijdreis.nl EndItem Item Hoogtekaart External https://ahn.arcgisonline.nl/ahnviewer/ EndItem Item CropMap External https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2018/05/Crop_map EndItem Item Separator EndItem Item Waterstanden (Int) Internal https://waterinfo.rws.nl/#!/kaart/waterhoogte/ EndItem Item TopoNL (Int) Internal https://topotijdreis.nl EndItem ToggleDashboard ▲ About; [[Category:CumulusUtils]]