Upgrading from Older Versions of Joust

Upgrading from 2.5.3 to 2.5.4

index.htm

index2.htm

menu.htm

menucntrl.htm

Upgrading from 2.5.2 to 2.5.4

index.htm

index2.htm

menu.htm

Upgrading from 2.5.1 to 2.5.4

index.htm

index2.htm

menu.htm

Upgrading from 2.5 to 2.5.4

index.htm

index2.htm

menu.htm

Upgrading from 2.4.x to 2.5.3

Warning: Joust no longer supports the use of a search parameter without "page=". For example, this URL:

http://www.mycompany.com/index.htm?page2.htm

will no longer work. Instead, this URL should be used:

http://www.mycompany.com/index.htm?page=page2.htm

If you have old frameset redirection code in your pages, it will need to be updates (see the TechNotes in the documentation for more details).

If you have a large outline and turn DHTML support off in MSIE for performance reasons then make sure you read question 4 in the FAQ. You may need to turn DHTML off for Netscape 6 as well.

index.htm

index2.htm

menu.htm

Upgrading from 2.3.5, 2.3.6 or 2.3.7 to 2.5.3

index.htm

index2.htm

menu.htm

Upgrading from 2.3.4 to 2.5

Update the menucntrl.htm file as indicated below, then follow the instructions above for upgrading from version 2.3.5.

menucntrl.htm

Upgrading from 2.3.3 to 2.5.3

Update the menucntrl.htm and menu.htm files as indicated below, then follow the instructions above for upgrading from version 2.3.4.

menu.htm

menucntrl.htm

Upgrading from versions before 2.3.3

I used to keep all the upgrade instructions from previous versions here but I realised that it was pointless since you wouldn't have the files referenced in the instructions.

The easiest way to upgrade from older versions is to start again with the index.htm, menu.htm and menucntrl.htm that ship with Joust. Then copy your initialise, initOutlineIcons and any other customisations (colours, background images, frameset definitions) from your old files into the new ones.

If you need an older version of Joust, send me an email & I will dig one out of the archive for you.