Question Mootools Issue

Sozzled,

I have tried posting the forum at both the top level of the main menu and as a sub-menu and the behavior is the same. I'm not quite sure how I could simplify the navigation any further. Nonetheless, the blue ribbon which highlights the active top-level menu item disappears and the box that highlights non-active menu items is also missing upon hover over. In addition, the split-menu (aka the sub-menu) is also gone. This behavior applies to any given area in which Kunena is placed (top-level, sub-level, etc.). This could easily be overlooked at first glance, but it impacts the navigation from this section when you take a closer look. Does that make sense?

Regards,
K

Thanks. I get it. I get the "disappearing blue ribbon effect". I don't know what's causing it except to say that you have 14 different references to Javascript libraries on your website and one of them is conflicting with another one. Which one, I don't know. You're using a Rockettheme template. What has been Rockettheme's response to your questions up to now?

RocketTheme hasn't chimed in directly just yet. Another user suggested upgrading Joomla, but I've already deployed the latest release. While I can hack a bit of code, I'm definitely not a programmer. Is there a way to hone in on what's conflicting with what in terms of the libraries?

There is a way to home in on the source of conflict. You need to start with the principle that everything on your site is suspicious. As Sherlock Holmes would say "When you've eliminated all possibilities, whatever remains, no matter how improbable it may seem, is the solution."

We begin by disabling everything on your website that is not needed by Joomla. Then, one by one, enable Joomla extensions in order to see which one (or ones) are causing the problems as far as Mootools is concerned. It's a tedious and time-consuming process and may be better if you do this on a test site (hosted on the same server as the one you're already using) so that you don't impact on your users. On the other hand, your site looks very new so you might just as easily do this with the site you currently have.

If you do any search on Mootools in this forum you will find dozens of recommendations how to proceed. Unfortunately we cannot anticipate every possible combination of Joomla and Joomla extensions that people have chosen. Because there are potentially as many possible sources of conflict as there are Joomla websites, there's no way we can possibly prescribe a one-size-fits-all solution other than to apply rigour in the detection process. This really means that the way to find a solution ultimately rests with you. All that we can do is point you in the right direction.

Not much of an answer, I'm sorry to say, but it's the best one that comes to my mind.

You don't need to hack code. You need to find the source of the problem and inform the product's developer about what is happening and the extent it's affecting your enjoyment of the product. I think that the source of your problem stems from Rockettheme. I think that's where you should really focus your attention. I could be wrong.

As far as upgrading Joomla is concerned, you didn't mention what version you are currently using. I don't think this is relevant at this stage.

Sozzled,

I'll try to get a response from the RT group and in the meantime start turning extensions on and off to see what I can find out. I'll let you know if I get any answers.

I'm definitely open to suggestions from you or anyone else should you think of anything. Thanks for your help.

Regards,
K

Since I was having difficulty finding a solution amongst the forums both here and on the RT site, I engaged Tien, one of the elance programmers that I often use over at CodeandMore. Tien found a solution to the first issue in the templates\rt_kinetic_j15\js\gantry-pillanim-mt1.2.js file. He changed:

if(d.fx.now.opacity==0)
to
if(d.fx.now!=null&&d.fx.now.opacity==0)

The menus/submenus now work as they were designed.

In terms of the Kunena menu issue, I upgraded to v1.6.1 and he had me delete the Kunena menu that's automatically installed and recreate the menu items in the Community section of the site. Once this was done, we flushed the sh404SEF cache and changed the 'Insert Kunena name' setting to 'yes' in the extension configuration. These changes resolved the Kunena challenge.

I hope this helps anyone else that's experiencing similar issues and I asked the RT team to consider applying the JS fix to the next release of the template.

Best Regards,
K