filter - drop down menu

Hi (newbie here). I'm trying to create a drop down menu that fades in and
out.

http://www20.brinkster.com/dancetime/test/menu1.html
This page sort of works but the table cell is too big because it contains
the drop down menu.

http://www20.brinkster.com/dancetime/test/menu2.html
If I change the postioning from relative to absolute it looks correct but
the filter stops working and I dont know why.

Also in menu1.html its keeps jumping between functions as you move the mouse
over the table which causes it to flash. The mouse is still over the table
so it shouldnt be going to function fadeout but it does. Very annoying.

Any help or pointers is appreciated.
Brian

Brian wrote:

Hi (newbie here). I'm trying to create a drop down menu that fades in and
out.

http://www20.brinkster.com/dancetime/test/menu1.html
This page sort of works but the table cell is too big because it contains
the drop down menu.

http://www20.brinkster.com/dancetime/test/menu2.html
If I change the postioning from relative to absolute it looks correct but
the filter stops working and I dont know why.

Also in menu1.html its keeps jumping between functions as you move the
mouse
over the table which causes it to flash. The mouse is still over the
table
so it shouldnt be going to function fadeout but it does. Very annoying.

Any help or pointers is appreciated.
Brian

For what it's worth, I just looked at your pages using Mozilla and Opera. I
didn't see any sort of fade effect. When I checked your code I noticed that
you are using Internet Explorer-specific code (the filters are a
Microsoftism). While you can do whatever you want on your page, be advised
that if you are actually trying to make money with your work (sell a
product, for example) or if you are trying to professionally code a page
for a client, then you need to test your page in browsers other than IE.
Creating a menu that does not work in all browsers could lead to angry
visitors (and lost sales).

Unfortunately, I cannot advise you about your problem with the filter. I try
to stick to standard HTML/CSS code and am not very familiar with
Microsoft's methods.

--George

Thanks for the tip. Pages are being developed for an in-house site
(intranet) where IE is the only browser allowed. So shouldnt have any
problems with that.

"George Self" <gself (AT) gself (DOT) com> wrote

Brian wrote:

Hi (newbie here). I'm trying to create a drop down menu that fades in
and
out.

http://www20.brinkster.com/dancetime/test/menu1.html
This page sort of works but the table cell is too big because it
contains
the drop down menu.

http://www20.brinkster.com/dancetime/test/menu2.html
If I change the postioning from relative to absolute it looks correct
but
the filter stops working and I dont know why.

Also in menu1.html its keeps jumping between functions as you move the
mouse
over the table which causes it to flash. The mouse is still over the
table
so it shouldnt be going to function fadeout but it does. Very annoying.

Any help or pointers is appreciated.
Brian

For what it's worth, I just looked at your pages using Mozilla and Opera.
I
didn't see any sort of fade effect. When I checked your code I noticed
that
you are using Internet Explorer-specific code (the filters are a
Microsoftism). While you can do whatever you want on your page, be advised
that if you are actually trying to make money with your work (sell a
product, for example) or if you are trying to professionally code a page
for a client, then you need to test your page in browsers other than IE.
Creating a menu that does not work in all browsers could lead to angry
visitors (and lost sales).

Unfortunately, I cannot advise you about your problem with the filter. I
try
to stick to standard HTML/CSS code and am not very familiar with
Microsoft's methods.

--George

I'm not sure if this is what you need but here is a great program for
creating drop down menus for website navigation.

Checkout: Sothink DHTML Menu Builder

Good luck....

I don't know how to add dhtml code to the frontpage navigation buttons but in my experience the frontpage bots are not that flexible. If you built the all the buttons from dhtml then you would have much more flexibility. Checkout: Sothink DHTML Menu Builder for creating killer expandable menus or checkout www.dhtmlkitchen.com for more hands on coding solutions.


Give us a site check when it's ready!
"Brian" <brian (AT) teamwalrus (DOT) com> wrote

Hi (newbie here). I'm trying to create a drop down menu that fades in and
out.

http://www20.brinkster.com/dancetime/test/menu1.html
This page sort of works but the table cell is too big because it contains
the drop down menu.

http://www20.brinkster.com/dancetime/test/menu2.html
If I change the postioning from relative to absolute it looks correct but
the filter stops working and I dont know why.

Also in menu1.html its keeps jumping between functions as you move the mouse
over the table which causes it to flash. The mouse is still over the table
so it shouldnt be going to function fadeout but it does. Very annoying.

Any help or pointers is appreciated.
Brian

Menu's like this can so very easily be made (free as in beer) using
unordered lists, css and a little dom coding (
http://www.woollymittens.nl/content/...dex.htm?id=200 ).

There's really no excuse to use this inaccessible variation (
http://www.sothink.com/ ). Without javascript the menu simply disappears and
I can't use the keyboard to tab through the menu options.(
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/full-checklist.html ).

15% of visitors to the sites I work on have javascript turned off.

Woolly