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I would like to include my main menu in the different pages using either <cfinclude> or <custom_tag>, rather than having it hard coded in each page as it is now! My problem, though, is not how to use <cfinclude> or <custom_tag> but in the fact how I should declare a current page for each menu item when on that particular page, which I now accomplish using CSS


<a href="#" class="current">

which I can use since the menu is hard coded in each page. I’m breaking my head :headbang: on how to reach the same result when the menu is included.

Any ideas?

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<CFSET variables.thispage = GetFileFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath())>

<a href="<CFIF variables.thispage EQ "home.html"># class="current"<CFELSE>home.html</CFIF>">Home</a>
<a href="<CFIF variables.thispage EQ "about.html"># class="current"<CFELSE>about.html</CFIF>">About</a>
<a href="<CFIF variables.thispage EQ "contact.html"># class="current"<CFELSE>contact.html</CFIF>">Contact</a>
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Hi rudy. That is what I was thinking, but it isn’t doing what I expected? In other words it doesn’t give me the current state when on the desired page. This what I have:


<a href="index_eng.cfm"  <cfif variables.thispage Eq "index_eng.cfm"> class="current tab1" <cfelse> class="tab1" </cfif> >Homepage</a>

Anyone see what is wrong with this?

Thank you in advance

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Little update on this one. I can’t get the

<cfset variables.thispage = GetFileFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath())>

<a href="<cfif variables.thispage Eq "index_eng.cfm">index_eng.cfm" class="current tab1" <cfelse> index_eng.cfm" class="tab1" </cfif>">Homepage</a>

to work. Whenever I add the class current to the class behind the <cfelse> the current class is working, but remains in that state. So maybe the GetFileFromPath is not the right way to tackle this. Any other suggestions are more than welcome

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huh?

are you describing a css problem or a coldfusion problem?

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Since:


<cfset variables.thispage = GetFileFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath())>
 
<a href="<cfif variables.thispage Eq "index_eng.cfm">index_eng.cfm" class="current tab1" <cfelse> index_eng.cfm" class="tab1" </cfif>">Homepage</a>

results in what I described in my former post, I presume it’s a Coldfusion problem. I.O.W. Behind the <cfelse> would mean that I’m not on that particular page(index_eng.cfm) right? But when I use:

<cfelse> index_eng.cfm" class="current tab1" </cfif>

it set the homepage tab to current so it’s obviously the GetFileFromPath that isn’t working!

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why would you put “current” on the CFELSE part?

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I wouldn’t I mentioned that to indicate that

<cfif variables.thispage Eq "index_eng.cfm">

wasn’t working properly, I.O.W was only seeing the part behind the <cfelse>. What did the trick though was using IS instead of Eq


<cfif CurrentPage IS "index_eng.cfm">

and now it works fine

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that’s just weird

they’re supposed to be the same thing

i’ve been using EQ for years and it ~always~ works the way you’d expect

there’s gotta be a reason why your “Eq” appeared not to work

i don’t imagine it’s the capitalization, either

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I really don’t know Rudy! Anyway it’s working now and you pointed me in this direction. Thank you for that :slight_smile:

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This might be useful for someone else. I have adjusted this somewhat.


<li><a href="index.cfm" class="#IIF( page_id IS '1', DE( 'tab1 current' ), DE( 'tab1' ))#">Homepage </a></li>

And each page has a page_id, This makes the coding way shorter, and easier to read.