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How do I make navigation menu appear only on homepage?

by vjboc
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How do I make navigation menu appear only on homepage? My qpricing site is ASP. I am trying to have it to where the drop navigation menu is on just the homepage and not any category pages. Is this possible? Thanks for your help in advance.
#homepage #make #menu #navigation
  • Profile picture of the author SmallBizWebsites
    This is a website design forum, and what you have described goes against the rules of good website design. It means that if Google or another search engine indexes a given page on your site, there will be no navigation means to get to either the Home page or any other page on your site. Why do you want to do this?
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    • Profile picture of the author vjboc
      Originally Posted by SmallBizWebsites View Post

      This is a website design forum, and what you have described goes against the rules of good website design. It means that if Google or another search engine indexes a given page on your site, there will be no navigation means to get to either the Home page or any other page on your site. Why do you want to do this?
      I understand, but is there a way it can be done?

      Actually what I would want to do is like Amazon's site. Is has the navigation menu on the home page, but when you click on a category or product it has a shop by department dropdown menu.

      If I can figure out how to have the menu on just the homepage, Then I can build a Shop By Department drop down menu.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick
    Yes it is possible, but without the site url or any source code, impossible to help ?
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    • Profile picture of the author vjboc
      Originally Posted by schwarzes View Post

      Yes it is possible, but without the site url or any source code, impossible to help ?
      Its the Qpricing site in my signature. It's an asp site. I'm experimenting and wanting to figure this out. Appreciate if you can help.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    I am absolutely not familiar with ASP... so, I apologize if I am mistaken. However, I was under the impression that ASP (like many other server side 'languages') makes possible the use of conditionals, like
    if XYZ condition is present
    then do this and that
    end if

    I know that PHP based sites/pages would use such a technique to show or hide elements.

    I consider this has nothing to do with design - try to get help in the Programming section. You need an ASP programmer, not designer!
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    • Profile picture of the author vjboc
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      I am absolutely not familiar with ASP... so, I apologize if I am mistaken. However, I was under the impression that ASP (like many other server side 'languages') makes possible the use of conditionals, like
      if XYZ condition is present
      then do this and that
      end if

      I know that PHP based sites/pages would use such a technique to show or hide elements.

      I consider this has nothing to do with design - try to get help in the Programming section. You need an ASP programmer, not designer!
      Thanks Istvan, When I was writing this post, I wasn't sure where to put it.
      Asp can be a pain of the neck sometimes. I like php better. Unfortunately this script for this one site is in asp.
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      • Profile picture of the author kevintb7
        Hey, I know ASP very well, need to see the site to help you though, and probably the source...PM me the url if you dont feel comfortable posting it.
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        • Profile picture of the author vjboc
          Originally Posted by kevintb7 View Post

          Hey, I know ASP very well, need to see the site to help you though, and probably the source...PM me the url if you dont feel comfortable posting it.

          Kevin, thanks for the reply. The website is Qpricing.com - Showing the Best Online Deals!
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          • Profile picture of the author kevintb7
            site looks nice, some SEO probs, but pretty good...So what do you want gone? that top bar on the top? Might I ask why?
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            • Profile picture of the author vjboc
              Originally Posted by kevintb7 View Post

              site looks nice, some SEO probs, but pretty good...So what do you want gone? that top bar on the top? Might I ask why?
              I just want to try and do some different things to the site. What I would ultimately like to do is have a side menu like Amazon and when on a category page the menu is in a dropdown format. I dont mind my site the way it is, I wish I could put a delay on the drop down menu, being the search bar is underneath.

              Also any SEO ideas would be great.

              Thanks again.
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  • Profile picture of the author marcussan
    For php i would advice to put top menu in topmenu.php and include it only on page you want. Should be possible in asp also ?
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    • Profile picture of the author kevintb7
      Originally Posted by marcussan View Post

      For php i would advice to put top menu in topmenu.php and include it only on page you want. Should be possible in asp also ?
      Generally in ASP you use a master page to setup the format, and then the sub pages just tell the master page to load with the content in the specific areas. There are a lot of ways to accomplish what the OP wants here. I'm still a bit confused, if it were me I would want to have that top menu on all the pages, but, if you want to get rid of it, you can put some code in the master page so it only shows on the home page. Like I said there are quite a few ways to accomplish this, you can move the menu out of the master page, and just have a placeholder in the master, and then just load the menu on the default.aspx. Thats just one way, I would have to see the source code to help you. Are you using a CMS of any kind? Or was this site built by someone else? If you want to email me the source I could take a look.
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