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artslave
03-04-2002, 04:01 AM
This isn't exactly an html question. Perhaps it should go in the JavaScript forum.
Anyways...
I need a dropdown/Cascading Menu bar similar to the one in the following link:
(look for the blue menu with 4 selections)
http://javascript.internet.com/navigation/cascade-menu.html

That example is Ok but I feel it was over designed and it has a few glitches I haven't been able to work out yet. I was hoping that someone here has used DreamWeaver (or another app) to create the same effect.

I'm not bad at reverse engineering JavaScript but I don't write it from scratch.

Suggestions, advice, recommendations, tutorials are appreciated.

Note to Moderator: I don't mind if you move this thread if you feel it was placed under the wrong topic.

Mako
03-06-2002, 05:22 PM
I would suggest you try to stay away from JS and move towards DHTML. DHTML is much faster and more powerful. Linkies:

http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/hiermenus/

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/index.html

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/sm/index.htm (something that you may find interest in)

artslave
03-06-2002, 09:21 PM
Thanks Mako,

On your dhtml advice I searched around and found this page (http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/tryit.asp?filename=trydhtml_menu10) over at www.w3schools.com

It uses Tables to assemble the drop down lists, which is exactly what I wanted since it makes much more sense to me rather than using <div> tags that the script from internet.com uses (my link in the first post). It's quicker and cleaner than any of the others I came across. I found some very complicated JavaScript menus in my research.

If someone can advise me how to do this in DreamWeaver I would appreciate it. I'm an old HTML'er with a touch of Dhtml and very little JS and I'm used to doing things the hard way. I picked up DreamWeaver Ultradev 4 with the hopes of enhancing my pages. However I keep finding myself migrating back to HomeSite and Notepad since I can't get DW to do what I want.

Does DW have a UI or Wizards for building JS, dhtml, CSS etc?

Maybe it's time for me to pick up Sams Teach Yourself DW in 21 Days ;)