WebMedley Hints and Tips #20
(Originally published July 25, 2003)
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Fat Free Navigation Menu

The navigation menu on your website can be extremely user friendly, or extremely confusing.  One thing that can make or break a good navigation menu is the number of pages it links to.    Too many pages can cause confusion, distort the template you use, or just look plain sloppy.  The key is to arrange your pages so that there are around 10 main pages, which serve as topics for the more specific subpages.  Your subpages will be the pages which have the main content for each topic.  Each main page should be a separate category or touch on a different topic, which is covered by the subpages. 

Help your navigation lose weight with our guide to a fat free menu. 

Why do I get an error when I visit my Calendar page?

What has probably happened is your browser is not set to enable cookie handling.  Currently your calendar page is located on another server.  To access the correct calendar on that server, WebMedley checks the cookies on your browser and accesses the correct calendar.  To enable cookie handling in Internet Explorer, click on "tools" then "internet options".  Select the privacy tab and click on the "advanced" button. In the advance features, be sure to enable cookie handling and accept all cookies.

For a more detailed walkthrough of how to correct this problem, visit this page: http://www.webmedley.net/sessionerror.html. 

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