By dneff on

Carm.org has an incredible navigation bar on the right side (they are using Drupal 6). How can I get a similar affect on Drupal 7? I want to build a site different in design and purpose, but with similar navigation.

Thanks.

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spovlot commented

This type of navigation is called an "accordion".
Try one of these modules:

Accordion Blocks - http://drupal.org/project/accordion_blocks

Accordion Menu - http://drupal.org/project/accordion_menu

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dneff commented

Thank you. How do I get the navigation pages that he has that links to the pages in the category? Is that a book?

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spovlot commented

Perhaps it is a menu? See "Working with Menus" - http://drupal.org/documentation/modules/menu

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dneff commented

Thanks. I'll toy around with it tonight. I'm not use to the menus. This is the first time using drupal (and so far, I love it; much better than joomla),

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chianti commented

The site you referred to actually used a templating program called 'Artisteer'. The menu is a feature they call the 'vertical menu'. Drupal 6 has a couple of modules with similar action. Not sure what's been ported to D7.

Artisteer costs 130$ per year if you want to export drupal/Joomla themes. But be aware that whilst Artisteer can look good initially, the exported theme only really gets you 80% finished; there is still a lot of themeing that has to be done - as always, the devil is in the details. Further, the generated templates ignore most of the Drupal theme conventions, and some of it may clash with Drupal output unless you keep your sites simple.

If you're using Artisteer to make several paid cookie-cutter websites for small businesses, it might be worth the money. If you're just making one blog for yourself, personally I'd buy a good theme instead.

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dneff commented

Thanks. I looked at artiseer before using the free trial and it looks good.

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dneff commented

I'm using drupal gardens and that is unavailable. Is there an alternative?

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dneff commented

I'm using drupal gardens and that is unavailable. Is there an alternative?

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dneff commented

Bump.

I'm on drupal gardens. Is there a way to get a similar effect?

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spovlot commented

One of the "features" of Drupal Gardens is a set number of modules that work well on their site. See http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/using-features-and-modules . You should contact Drupal Gardens for other options or perhaps look at hosting on another provider.

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dneff commented

I emailed them with my request and they put it to the request department. They have excellent customer service.
My plans are to build on drupalgardens then eventualky move the site to an independent server using the export site feature.