Missing span in the Auto Nav

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Hello,
I am trying to debug a missing element from the auto nav. I don't have a lot of experience with the code, but I can re-skin a site. The original template that we bought should have looked like thishttp://demo.vivatemplates.com/creative/... as far as the main nav looks, but ever since I installed, the nav items (such as Home) are missing the left side of the button background. See here for example:http://67.227.233.49/~destraca/....

I have narrowed it down to the fact that there is a '[span][/span]"Home"' missing from my site that I see on the original site. And I have found the file that controls the auto nav, but am not familiar enough with the code to add in what is needed.

Any help? Thanks, please let me know if you need any other info to help.

 
tallacman replied on at Permalink Reply
tallacman
You are indeed missing a span in the code. It might be faulty from the factory. If you want to zip the raw theme and send it I can probably fix it.

Or their tech support should have an answer for you.

If you send it email to steve @ performancec5.com so that the template doesn't become public.

Steve
dhdesign replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
dhdesign
I've just used this template and was in the same boat tearing my hair out for a while. Got the answer in the end though. With the template comes a custom autonav block, install that, then you can apply its custom template and it all works.

Hope that helps

David
destracapital replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks, I finally emailed the developer of the template and he gave me the same directions. Wish he would have included those directions in the download, would have saved me several hours of frustration and wasting some peoples time trying to help me out.

Thanks again.
jordanlev replied on at Permalink Reply
jordanlev
You are correct about why this happens -- the original template uses the existence of a <span> element to show the left portion of the oval, but the concrete5 autonav template does NOT output this <span>.

You have two options here -- either change the code of the autonav template so it DOES output a <span> for the selected / highlighted item, or change the CSS so it uses something other than the existence of the <span> to apply the semi-circle.

I think the best thing to do is change the CSS. Look for the three places that the "nav_span.png" appears, and modify the selector so instead of "span", it just looks for an "a" that's underneath an li having the '.nav-selected' class (or something like that).

Hope that makes sense.

-Jordan
destracapital replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks for your responses. I am able to locate the three instances of the "nav_span.png" and tried changing the code as you specified, but am not getting the results.

Here is the css code that controls the hover and active state the way it is currently:

/* Hover */
#navigation ul li a:hover span {
background: url(images/nav_span.png) no-repeat left;
}
#navigation ul li a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
background: url(images/nav_element.png) no-repeat top right;
}

/* Selected */

#navigation ul li a.nav-selected span {
background: url(images/nav_span.png) no-repeat left;
}
#navigation ul li a.nav-selected {
background: url(images/nav_element.png) no-repeat top right;
}

#navigation ul li.nav-selected a span {
background: url(images/nav_span.png) no-repeat left;
}
#navigation ul li.nav-selected a {
background: url(images/nav_element.png) no-repeat top right;
}

Can you help me pinpoint what needs to change? Thanks, I really appreciate the help
c5themesCo replied on at Permalink Reply
c5themesCo
Hi,

Yes, sorry about the missing instructions for this part of the theme.

It's very easy, you just need to click on the navigation and select the Custom template. From there, select the Creativity template.

That's it.

If any one of you run into problems, just e-mail us. hello@vivatemplates.com
asavings replied on at Permalink Reply
asavings
Thanks for posting this fix, it helped tremendously.

Very nice template you have built! I hope you build more in the future.
xmla replied on at Permalink Reply
xmla
Installed creative template.
set as active theme.
entered edit mode on homepage and mouse-over'd the nav
selected custom template

I do not see Creative as an option to fix the nav_span.png not appearing on the left side of the nav bar.

Please Advise.

Running 5.4.1.1

M
XMLA
Mnkras replied on at Permalink Reply
Mnkras
xmla please use the support forum for your addon