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Adding Menu Items
Nexus uses a system of asterisk symbols (*) to denote which level a menu item should be added to. Items on the first level (visible when Nexus first starts) have one asterisk. Items on the second level have two asterisks; on the third level, three asterisks; and so on. The asterisks are placed before the text to be displayed (ie. straight after the = sign).Nexus allows unlimited levels and unlimited items, so an item can have as many asterisks as it needs. In the example code below, only one entry (How to Register) will be shown when Nexus starts. Clicking that entry will show a second level containing Buy Online, Buy By Fax and More Purchase Options. Clicking on 'More Purchase Options' opens a third level containing Purchase by Check and Register with Cash.
Item1=*How to Register The numbering of the Item parameters is vital. Nexus reads those parameters sequentially, and determines how to group each item it reads according to what item is at the next-lowest level. For example, the Purchase by Check and Register with Cash items are to be placed at the 3rd level, so Nexus checks to see which the last 2nd-level item was (More Purchase Options), and creates a third level for that item. To illustrate this, we've altered the Item numbers for a few items below. Now, the Purchase... and Register... options will be shown when the Buy By Fax item is clicked. Item1=*How to Register The URL, Target, Message and Color parameters for each item are added using the same number suffixes as the Item parameters. There are no asterisks to bother with for these parameters, so a URL for Item3 above could be: URL3=fax.htm. To create a separator-line on the menu, you still use the asterisk symbols in the same way (to tell Nexus which level the separator appears on), but type a hyphen (-) as the text to be displayed.
Note: Because the numbering of the Item parameters (and their URL/Target/Message parameters) is important, if you need to insert an item somewhere in the menu later, the items below it will have to be renumbered. For this reason, we recommend using our free Design Studio application to create and edit datafiles. This makes the job a whole lot faster, and removes the chance of numbering mistakes such as using the same number twice or skipping a number.
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