Ninja Simple Icon Menu
Version
1.9.0 (last update on Oct 30, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
44
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
4 December 2007
Ninja Simple Icon Menu will help you quickly set up a menu system that simply uses icons. This module is about as simple as it gets to set up.
Simply install the module, pick your images from a drop-down and publish the module.
Images
I found that setting up the module was fairly easy. in a matter of minutes i had my own images set up as icons which is a great feature on my site. The only issue i have is using the module to show different icons on different pages e.g icon 1,2,3 on page 1 and icons 4,5,6 on page 2. I have tried to figure out how to do this but cant. Apart from this though it is great.
Owner's reply
Hi Untouchable, I am glad you like Ninja Simple Icons.
To make it show up differently on multiple pages, just copy the module in the module manager screen and then set the parameters differently for it.
A module that works out of the box and that is easy to customize. I needed to add an id to the li. Given the good coding it didn't take me long to add this. All I did was open mod_ninja_simple_icons.php and went to the bottom. right below the if add the following:
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if ($icon_titles == 0) {
$id = 'id="'.str_replace(" ", "_", $icon_titles).'"';
}else{
$id=""
}
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and add to the anchor
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if ($icon_titles == 0) {
$id = 'id="'.str_replace(" ", "_", $icon_titles).'"';
}else{
$id=""
}
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and add to the anchor
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Hi,
The Ninja guys are great. Not only do they make great extensions, but they also have great support. That is the key to a great business! I had trouble with Simple Icons at first, but that was on my end. It serves me great so far! My only critique is I wish there was a step by step users guide with images, which I am happy to put together for the ninja guys!
Other than that, excellent!
The Ninja guys are great. Not only do they make great extensions, but they also have great support. That is the key to a great business! I had trouble with Simple Icons at first, but that was on my end. It serves me great so far! My only critique is I wish there was a step by step users guide with images, which I am happy to put together for the ninja guys!
Other than that, excellent!
I tried sending a message to you guys, but it got complicated and I've resumed my actions.
But since I can vote for extensions here, you have my full vote, I really think you can do lots of stuff with this extension.
It works fine, loads fine and does what is says. Moreover, I made some "teaks" or whatever you may call them, to look and act different.
The changes are not in the php code, but in the css stylesheet. There could be some jquery added in the next release for a cool look, but for now it does just good with this:
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.nsi-container a:hover img {
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=50);
-moz-opacity:0.5;
opacity:0.5;
width:40px;
height:40px; }
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It will do a image hover effect, the icon will grow and it will change opacity. Somthing like fisheye, but much simpler.
... Assuming that the icons are set to a smaller value than 40px. However, you can set the value to a larger one.
Now it looks and acts different, and works in IE7 too. I did not test it in Opera and Safari, but I gues it can be tweaked there to. In Chrome works just fine.
The is also a trick for IE6, but whoever would care for that, I'm so against support of IE6.
Thanks for you time and I'm glad I could give something back since I don't have any money to give and I'm no programmer.
But since I can vote for extensions here, you have my full vote, I really think you can do lots of stuff with this extension.
It works fine, loads fine and does what is says. Moreover, I made some "teaks" or whatever you may call them, to look and act different.
The changes are not in the php code, but in the css stylesheet. There could be some jquery added in the next release for a cool look, but for now it does just good with this:
---------------------------
.nsi-container a:hover img {
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=50);
-moz-opacity:0.5;
opacity:0.5;
width:40px;
height:40px; }
---------------------------
It will do a image hover effect, the icon will grow and it will change opacity. Somthing like fisheye, but much simpler.
... Assuming that the icons are set to a smaller value than 40px. However, you can set the value to a larger one.
Now it looks and acts different, and works in IE7 too. I did not test it in Opera and Safari, but I gues it can be tweaked there to. In Chrome works just fine.
The is also a trick for IE6, but whoever would care for that, I'm so against support of IE6.
Thanks for you time and I'm glad I could give something back since I don't have any money to give and I'm no programmer.
My client requested an image menu and this extension provided everything I needed; when I had an alignment issue with IE7 (surprise!), a member of the development team gave me a new version to try within 24 hours. Now that's service! Even as a free subscriber, Ninja provides excellent support at every level!
I would rather that it works using the joomla menus and don't create my menu again.
Owner's reply
Thanks for the feedback.
We wanted to do this, but there is no way to configure all the options using the normal Joomla menus without making it overly complex, which defeats the whole purpose of having it simple.
This is by far the very best and easy menu module. I am shocked how easy it is to setup and how easy it is to put it together in your website. Well done!!!
First time i got a simple yet appealing menu to work with my site without getting into much work. Very good extension. Thanks.
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