Sothink DHTMLMenu Readme File
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Table of Contents
      
	*    Description
	*    Release Notes 
	*    Main Features 
	*    Requirements 
	*    Installation 
	*    Uninstallation 
	*    License 
	*    Contact 

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DESCRIPTION

	Sothink DHTMLMenu can help web designers to create professional 
	DHTML pop-up menu for web pages without writing a single line 
	of code. It doesn't require the designer to have any DHTML or 
	JavaScript experience. 

	Sothink DHTMLMenu generates robust code to fit for different 
	web browsers. The menu can automatically detect the visitors' 
	browser	type and load the best script code for it, so the 
	designers could	be free of caring the browser compatibility 
	problems. The supported browsers include IE, Netscape and Opera. 
	The pop-up menu can have multiple levels. It can be fully 
	customizable by changing the text, font, link, background, 
	bullets, border style, pop-up effect and so on. The designer 
	can put the menu to relative position or absolute position, 
	so the menu can be easily inserted at any place in the web page.

	Sothink DHTMLMenu provides many pre-made effects, themes and 
	templates, so the design doesn't need to start from scratch 
	and will be easier. The designer can also create his/her own 
	themes or templates. Sothink DHTMLMenu also includes other 
	features such as just-in-time preview, publish wizard. And 
	it can work stand alone, work with MS FrontPage seamlessly 
	as an add-in, work with Dreamweaver as an extension program
	or work with Sothink HTML Editor as a web widget.

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RELEASE NOTES


	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 4.3
	Build: 31226
	New Features:
		* Scrollable popup menus are available (IE5.0+ supports). 
		* Support highlighting current page. Click here for more. 
		* Floating menu scrolls more smoothly. 
		* Support specifying Script Path and Image Path separately. 
		* When clicking a menu link, pressing SHIFT key at the same 
		  time can open the link in new window. 
		* Support Safari browser on MAC OS X.

	Fixed Bugs:
		* Fixed the problem that in some case, the "[object]" text 
		  error occurred in IE browser after clicking a link that 
		  used window.open javascript.
		* Fixed the problem that when click "Back" button of browser 
		  to return to the page, the menu changed under some special 
		  conditions.
		* Fixed the bug that the horizontal menu items are not in 
		  same height in some browser. 
		* Fixed the bug that when the item image's width and height 
		  are set to 0, this menu item can not be viewed in Netscape6+. 

	Optimized Features:
		* If do not choose the "If the content frame is valid, display 
		  popup menu in the navigation frame instead", the generated 
		  code for cross-frame menu will be less than previous version.
		* Configuration of Cross-Frame Wizard now can be saved in *.pgt file.


	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 4.2
	Build: 30519
	New Features:
		* Support changing mouse cursor to hand shape when cursor 
		  moves over a menu item link in all browsers.
		* Menu can run in all agents of Opera 5.12 - 7.x.
		* Support Mozilla 1.2 for Windows.
		* Support Opera 6.0 for Mac X.
		* Offer an option of "Encode special characters".
		* Add "Link Prefix" feature.
	Fixed Bugs:
		* Special effect for hiding menu does not work.
		* On Linux computer, link of sub menu does not work in browser 
		  Netscape 6, Netscape 7/ Mozilla.
		* In Netscape 6/Mozilla, the menu's font type, style, color and 
		  decoration don't change when mouse moves over or out. 
		* If placing menu in layer or table, the popup position of sub 
		  menu is not correct in Opera 7.x.
		* The cross-frame function does not work correctly when menu is 
		  in nested framesets.
		* Page appears with error if it includes two or more dhtmlmenu 
		  pages in the condition that these pages have been included 
		  continuously.
		* On Mac computer, menu does not work in Opera 6.0.
		* The SELECT element can not be hidden automatically in Netscape 6.s


	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 4.1
	Build: 30228
	Fixed Bugs:
		* Fixed the bug that caused menu not to be displayed correctly 
		  when crossing frame, such as the wrong position of popup menu, 
		  JavaScript error, etc.
		* Optimized the loading and running speed in IE when loading a menu 
		  with a large number of items.
		* Accelerated the menu's running speed in Opera 7
		* Solved the problem that floating menu can not scroll when using 
		  mouse wheel in Mozilla, Netscape 6 or 7.

	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 4.1
	Build: 30220
	New Features:
		* Cross-Frame Wizard
		* Enable to generate a site map according to menu structure.
		* Got rid of the spacing between items in horizontal menu.
		* Make menu more compatible with Netscape 4.x, such as 
		  corrected errors in script code that happened in Netscape 4.X; 
		  fixed the bugs for menu to crash in Netscape 4.0. 
		* Solved the problem of background image for Opera 5.12-6.x.
		* Fixed font align problem for Opera.
		* Solved the refresh problem for menu's special effect
		* Display menu height correctly when first loading in 
		  Netscape 6.x or Mozilla.


	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 4.0
	Build: 30120
	New Features:
		* Offer a new user-friendly interface to help visual design.
		* Optimize menu code that is smaller than previous version.
		* Simplify the property setting.
		* Enable menu to show over form, iframe or Flash movie.
		* Support Mac OS 9.
		* Support unlimited Undo/Redo.
		* Provide item Style feature to apply one item's style to others.
		* Free color selector enables users to pick color anywhere.
		* Support using different arrow images in Mouse Out and Mouse Over.
		* Support using special effect for hiding menu.
		* New added items can inherit the styles of the latest existing item(s). 
		* Font list can be customized.
		* Support setting font size in pt or px.
		* Support creating menu from site structure.
		* Enable users to apply a template theme to their own menu.
		* Support saving menu body code as an independent js file.
		* Let the menu float vertically, horizontally or both.
		* The "Menu report" function tells the menu size and download time.



	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 3.7
	Build: 21018
	New Features:
		* Menu alignment can be set to "Center" now
		* Use DHTMLMenu Converting Wizard to update js file
	Fixed Bugs:
		* Fixed the problem of "incorrect menu alignment" in Netscape & opera
		* Solved the problem of "incorrect cursor shape on linked item" in 
		  Netscape 6
		* Fixed some minor problems in DHTMLMenu Converting Wizard
		* Corrected the cache problem of Netscape 4.x
		* Fixed that some platforms can not work by usage of "window.open" 
		  which is caused by rejection of pop-up window.


	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 3.7
	Build: 21011
	New Features:
		* Speed up menu loading in Netscape 4.x
		* Enable cusor to change into hand-shape when it moves over a linked item.
	Fixed Bugs:
		* Fixed the bug happened when loading the menu at first time. 
		* Solved the problem that the menu was not refreshed occasionally. 
		* Fixed a bug while processing resource files

	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 3.7
	Build: 20819
	New Features:
		* The loading and executing speed of the web menu have been improved remarkably
		* Fixed the incorrect position problem that had happened before Netscape 4.7x finished loading the menu page
		* Fixed some bugs in previous version

	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 3.6
	Build: 20722
	New Features:
		* Dreamweaver integration (Dreaweaver Extension)
		* Enhanced special effects
		* Enchanced compatibility with user defined CSS
		* New templates

	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 3.5
	Build: 20625
	New Features:
		* Support Mac OS X browsers including IE 5.1, Netscape 6.2, Mozilla 1.0
		* Support more Windows browsers including IE 4.0+, Netscape 4.7x+, Opera 5.12+, Mozilla 0.6+
		* Fixed some bugs in 3.1
		* Provide a converting wizard to upgrade HTML page created by version 3.0 and 3.1
		* Faster and smoother special effects
		* Support Web path. User can put all assets (*.js, *.gif, *.jpg) in a single place now
		* Changeable delay time for showing popup menu

	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 3.1
	Build: 20430
	New Features:
		* Support Netscape 4.x & Mozilla 5.0
		* Provide a converting wizard to update your previous menu page
		* New method to position the menu
		* Support Background image
		* Support to use same effect to hide menu
		* User can set stay time to hide menu


	Version: Sothink DHTMLMenu 3.0
	Build: 20117
	New Features:
		* Generate menu suitable for different browsers
		* Just-in-time preview window
		* Publish wizard 
		* Provide integrating module with FrontPage (also known 
		  as add-in)
		* Unique item Theme feature enables user import favor 
		  theme to menu
		* Support to open a menu pgt file by dragging it from 
		  Explorer directly. 
	Enhanced Features:
		* More flexible whole menu settings
		* Create unlimited levels of menu
		* Link to frame target or JavaScript
	Fixed Bugs:
		* Menu cannot show in Netscape 6.0
		* Fixed the bug when adding lots of menu items
		* Fixed the bug of setting the menu's position

	Version: CutePage DHTMLMenu 1.0
	Features:
		* Easy to use. Doesn't require any coding;
		* Divided menu into two layers and will not effect the 
		  content of web page;
		* Every menu item can have different style;
		* Location of submenu are not limited by mainmenu;
		* Select Pre-made templates to make work easier;
		* Preview both in IE and Netscape;
		* Preview without quitting the configuration interface;
		* User defined template support;
		* Clipboard support.

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MAIN FEATURES

	* Create professional DHTML pop-up menu without writing 
	  single line of code
	* Generate menu suitable for different browsers
	* Work seamlessly with FrontPage as an add-in
	* Work with Sothink HTML Editor as a web widget
	* Flexible whole menu settings
	* Each menu item can be customized
	* Support transparent menu background 
	* Support to set item's font on font-family, size, color, 
	  style, etc. 
	* Each item supports using image. 
	* Support to define the popup direction and position of 
	  popup menu freely. 
	* The popmenu's transparency can be adjusted
	* Support linking to a frame target and support JavaScript
	  link
	* Every menu item can have different style;
	* Support to specify the browser to preview;
	* Provide many pre-made templates to make work easier;
	* User defined template support;
	* Clipboard support;
	* Online Help.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 

	Win 95/98/ME, Win NT 4.0/2000/XP

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INSTALLATION 

	1   Open the zip file with an unzip tool, such as Winzip;
	2   Double-click "Setup.exe"; 
	3   Follow the install wizard.

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UNINSTALLATION 

	1   Click Start-->Settings and choose Control Panel; 
	2   In Control Panel, choose Add/Remove Programs; 
	3   In the Install/Uninstall tab, highlight Sothink DHTMLMenu
	    and click the Add/Remove button; 
	4   Follow the prompts. 

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LICENSE 

	Check out the license.txt for license information. 

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CONTACT US 
          
	Web Site: http://www.sothink.com 
	Tel: +86(27)87561172 
	Fax: +86(27)87780023
	Email: support@sothink.com 
	Postal: Suite 311, 7-4 IBI building, Guandong Science  
	     Park, Guanshan 2nd Road, Wuhan, China 430074 

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SPECIAL THANKS

	We would like to appreciate so many enthusiastic customers, 
	specially thank Randy Drielinger, who put forward a lot of 
	good advices and suggestions,  which are really helpful for us 
	to develop the new release of Sothink DHTMLMenu.

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