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Default Customizable dropdown menus? - 02-02-2008 , 09:24 PM






I am trying to find software that can easily generate customizable
dropdown menus. Something that could generate a menu similar to the
one on this page: http://waltoncollege.uark.edu. My problem is that
every different software package I have downloaded will not let me
customize 100% of a menu's attributes. I end up stuck with something
that I can't customize or some dorky built in design with arrows,
weird borders, bullet points, underlines, etc. Can anyone help direct
me to software that can assist me in generating a menu like the U Ark
page? Thank you!

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Default Re: Customizable dropdown menus? - 02-02-2008 , 10:51 PM






Gazing into my crystal ball I observed tbod <todd_bacile (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> writing
in news:8a5bfcb0-c06c-42e0-ada5-c0e8bc62adc0 (AT) i7g2000prf (DOT) googlegroups.com:

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I am trying to find software that can easily generate customizable
dropdown menus. Something that could generate a menu similar to the
one on this page: http://waltoncollege.uark.edu. My problem is that
every different software package I have downloaded will not let me
customize 100% of a menu's attributes. I end up stuck with something
that I can't customize or some dorky built in design with arrows,
weird borders, bullet points, underlines, etc. Can anyone help direct
me to software that can assist me in generating a menu like the U Ark
page? Thank you!

The best software is you - seriously. Google for CSS suckerfish.

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Stan Brown
 
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Default Re: Customizable dropdown menus? - 02-03-2008 , 12:43 PM



Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:51:09 GMT from Adrienne Boswell
<arbpen (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>:
Quote:
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed tbod <todd_bacile (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> writing
in news:8a5bfcb0-c06c-42e0-ada5-c0e8bc62adc0 (AT) i7g2000prf (DOT) googlegroups.com:

I am trying to find software that can easily generate customizable
dropdown menus. Something that could generate a menu similar to the
one on this page: http://waltoncollege.uark.edu.
If you think those are dropdown menus, you're either fooling yourself
or wearing blinders. When I mouse over any of the items in the menu,
an underscore appears but there is no dropdown.

I rather suspect they've made the rookie mistake of relying on
Javascript for navigation.

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HTML 4.01 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
validator: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS 2.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
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Default Re: Customizable dropdown menus? - 02-03-2008 , 02:39 PM



Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Stan Brown
<the_stan_brown (AT) fastmail (DOT) fm> writing in
news:MPG.220fd54ab1ded6bb98b423 (AT) news (DOT) individual.net:

Quote:
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:51:09 GMT from Adrienne Boswell
arbpen (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>:
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed tbod <todd_bacile (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
writing in
news:8a5bfcb0-c06c-42e0-ada5-c0e8bc62adc0
@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

I am trying to find software that can easily generate customizable
dropdown menus. Something that could generate a menu similar to
the one on this page: http://waltoncollege.uark.edu.

If you think those are dropdown menus, you're either fooling yourself
or wearing blinders. When I mouse over any of the items in the menu,
an underscore appears but there is no dropdown.

I rather suspect they've made the rookie mistake of relying on
Javascript for navigation.

Stan, are you replying to me, or the OP? I told the OP to Google for
CSS suckerfish, since I, too, saw this as dropdowns. At least with CSS
disabled, you still get a working list.

Personally, I don't like these kinds of menus at all since I have
problems getting my mouse to the link before the danged thing goes away.
I don't like it on web sites, and I don't like it in software programs
either.

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Adrienne Boswell at Home
Arbpen Web Site Design Services
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
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Default Re: Customizable dropdown menus? - 02-03-2008 , 04:08 PM



Adrienne Boswell wrote:
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Personally, I don't like these kinds of menus at all since I have
problems getting my mouse to the link before the danged thing goes away.
Someone posted this page a while ago. It sums it up pretty well.
http://www.message.uk.com/index.php?page=81

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Default Re: Customizable dropdown menus? - 02-03-2008 , 08:55 PM



Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:08:10 -0600 from Bergamot <bergamot (AT) visi (DOT) com>:
Quote:
Adrienne Boswell wrote:

Personally, I don't like these kinds of menus at all since I have
problems getting my mouse to the link before the danged thing goes away.

Someone posted this page a while ago. It sums it up pretty well.
http://www.message.uk.com/index.php?page=81
Indeed it does. I've had a to-do item for months now, of converting
my boring static text menus to nice pretty drop-downs. That article
convinced me in a few well-chosen paragraphs that it would be a bad
idea. Hooray! one less thing to do.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
HTML 4.01 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
validator: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS 2.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Why We Won't Help You:
http://diveintomark.org/archives/200..._wont_help_you


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Stan Brown
 
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Default Re: Customizable dropdown menus? - 02-03-2008 , 08:57 PM



Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:39:14 GMT from Adrienne Boswell
<arbpen (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>:
Quote:
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Stan Brown
the_stan_brown (AT) fastmail (DOT) fm> writing in
news:MPG.220fd54ab1ded6bb98b423 (AT) news (DOT) individual.net:

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:51:09 GMT from Adrienne Boswell
arbpen (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>:
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed tbod <todd_bacile (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
writing in
news:8a5bfcb0-c06c-42e0-ada5-c0e8bc62adc0
@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

I am trying to find software that can easily generate customizable
dropdown menus. Something that could generate a menu similar to
the one on this page: http://waltoncollege.uark.edu.

If you think those are dropdown menus, you're either fooling yourself
or wearing blinders. When I mouse over any of the items in the menu,
an underscore appears but there is no dropdown.

I rather suspect they've made the rookie mistake of relying on
Javascript for navigation.

Stan, are you replying to me, or the OP?
I was following up on the words I quoted. They were from some Google
Grouper, so I didn't see the original but only your quote of them.

Quote:
Personally, I don't like these kinds of menus at all since I have
problems getting my mouse to the link before the danged thing goes away.
I don't like it on web sites, and I don't like it in software programs
either.
Bergamot posted a link to an article that convinced me they're a bad
thing.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
HTML 4.01 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
validator: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS 2.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Why We Won't Help You:
http://diveintomark.org/archives/200..._wont_help_you


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Bergamot
 
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Default Re: Customizable dropdown menus? - 02-04-2008 , 12:03 AM



Stan Brown wrote:
Quote:
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:08:10 -0600 from Bergamot <bergamot (AT) visi (DOT) com>:

http://www.message.uk.com/index.php?page=81

That article
convinced me in a few well-chosen paragraphs that it would be a bad
idea. Hooray! one less thing to do.
Hooray for your users, too.

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Berg


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