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Default Link Page

You are viewing this page most likely because you clicked a link in one of our HierMenus sample pages; an "in-page" HTML link that itself spawns menus by way of HM_f_PopUp and HM_f_PopDown (see our Sample Popup Menus for further information).

When installing HierMenus on your own site, you should always include valid URLs in the HREFs of links that you intend to use as Popup spawning links; so that browsers with JavaScript disabled or older browsers that HM does not directly support will still have somewhere to go. Even those users who can see the menus may also appreciate the ability to click the link directly and be taken to a relevant page as opposed to forcing them to use the menu links in all cases.

For example, if you design a Products link that spawns a menu providing links to each of your products, then it would be appropriate that the Products link itself would take the user to a general page describing the whole of your product line; i.e., something like this:

<a href="/products/" 
   onmouseover="HM_f_PopUp('hm_products',event)"
   onmouseout="HM_f_PopDown('hm_products')">Products</a>