RokNavMenu ComponentModulePlugin

What is RokNavMenu?

RokNavMenu is a powerful menu module which provides functions above and beyond the capabilities of the core Joomla menu. It provides a feature rich platform for extending the menu, allowing for overrides and plugins for the menu itself, in addition to versatile theming capabilities and so much more.

The latest revisions feature inbuilt themes such as fusion, a complex dropdown menu system with optional javascript modes and URL extension capabilities.

Features

* Menu Themes: A series of themes ranging from a simple menu list to an advanced dropdown system
* URL Extension: Inbuilt parameter to append strings to Joomla links
* Administrator Overrides: Add custom parameters / options for individual menu items
* Plugin Support: Control all aspects of a menu item such as RokBox integration
* Foundation: RokNavMenu is at the core of all the powerful RocketTheme menus
* Dynamic Child Direction: At the browser windows edge, Fusion will force the pullouts in the opposing direction

Changelog

------- 1.7.5 Release [30-August-2009] -------

30-Aug-2009 Andy Miller
# Updated CSS and created IE6 CSS for new fusion.js format

29-Aug-2009 Brian Towles
# Fixed child menus showing up at the wrong time when not showing all links


28-Aug-2009 Brian Towles
# Fixed menulinks to honor their own params and not show as active
# Fixed extended link query string creation on SEO and not.

------- 1.7.4 Release [19-August-2009] -------

Click the following for the Full & Official Changelog at http://www.rockettheme.com/extensions-joomla/roknavmenu#changelog

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Editor's Note
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I signed up and paid to download this extension. The demo looked promising and the extension boasted of it's range of themes. I am fairly comfortable with css however I found that customizing the menu to use images was tedious and time consuming. The menu uses a lot of css multi-class casting which I had to do research just to understand. I feel that it would have been so much easier for the author to have offered a few extra parameters in the module to allow for the use of images. This way the module acts as a wizard so that one does not have to do so much customization with the css. This is fine if you are well versed in css but not for those of us who would like to simply use the product.
The major issue with this extension is the lack of any documentation as to how to modify the CSS file to customize it for your site / settings. I have the module installed and working on my site, but trying to figure out which CSS style controls what is very difficult. Better documentation or even a simple description of what each style controls would get this extension five stars.

Unless you know and understand nested CSS styles, be careful!