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[ANNOUNCE] navigation.module: msg#01021

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Subject: [ANNOUNCE] navigation.module

Hello,

Some months ago I began working on the "navigation.module", to replace
my "taxnav.module". A few key implementation details were never resolved,
so I dropped the project for a lengthy period of time. As 4.4 approaches,
I realized I need it working, so I've gone ahead and finished it enough to
be useful.

The module is designed for Drupal 4.4 (current CVS version):
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/contributions/modules/navigation/

Please give it a try and let me know what you think.

Features:
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- Administrative interface shares look and feel of taxonomy
administrative interface
- Menus can be three dimensional or flat
- Menus can be displayed in boxes like the automatically generated
navigation menu, or as CSS tabs
- Menu items can link to on-site and off-site content
- No hard limit to the number of menus that can be built
- No hard limit on the number of menu items comprising a menu
- No hard limit to the depth of a given menu
- Automatically generates box for each menu

The remaining features are too-be-implemented shortly. If you are
interested in this module and see a better way, please provide feedback
now before I take the next step and do what's described below. Also,
please let me know if there are important features missing:

Todo:
- add help to module

- provide access control for menu items
(ie, administrators will probably see more menu choices than
anonymous visitors.
Implementation plan: allow optional association of each menu
item with one or more roles. Will probably provide option to
enable/disable this functionality)

- provide mechanism for linking menu items to taxonomy terms
(ie, when viewing a specific node, appropriate menu items
should be selected.
Implementation plan: allow optional association of each menu
item with one or more terms. Will probably provide option to
enable/disable this functionality)

Other wishlist items:
- allow admin to upload background image for CSS tabs, using
graphics instead of text.
(Implementation plan: provide optional 'file' field for each
menu item, allowing administrator to upload an image.)

- option to auto-create menu from specified taxonomy vocabulary

Thanks,
-Jeremy



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