is CSS good for navigation?

I am trying to develop a website for a university. I am not sure what should I
use for navigation. Shall I use CSS? What is the best source to learn about
navigations? I am using CSS to design the website. Thanks!

.oO(zaya2004)

I am trying to develop a website for a university. I am not sure what should I
use for navigation.

What kind of navigation? Main menu? Breadcrumbs? Something else?

Shall I use CSS?

You have to use HTML to create the navigation elements and structures,
with CSS you can style them as necessary.

Micha

www.projectseven.com

Follow one of their navigation menu tutorials, or get their extension, or
both.

"zaya2004" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I am trying to develop a website for a university. I am not sure what
should I
use for navigation. Shall I use CSS? What is the best source to learn
about
navigations? I am using CSS to design the website. Thanks!

Yes, i am trying to build a main menu. Is it better to create a database driven
menu? if so, shall I use php? I am just not sure what should i use to create a
better main menu. I don't want to define every single link on every single
page. I want something that can be changed in one place, but then the rest will
be changed at the same time.

Use CSS with styled text rollovers (many of us have done this on our sites -
see mine for example at http://www.great-web-sights.com) and use a
server-side include to broadcast your menu to all your pages.

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"zaya2004" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Yes, i am trying to build a main menu. Is it better to create a database
driven
menu? if so, shall I use php? I am just not sure what should i use to
create a
better main menu. I don't want to define every single link on every single
page. I want something that can be changed in one place, but then the rest
will
be changed at the same time.

thanks, but how do you do the server side inlcude? also, i am trying to have sublinks too. is it still possible to have the server side include? thanks.

Open DW. Press F1. Search for and read about server-side includes.

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"zaya2004" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

thanks, but how do you do the server side inlcude? also, i am trying to
have sublinks too. is it still possible to have the server side include?
thanks.

PVII is cool and they know their CSS stuff.
What about a good place to read up on breadcrumbs? Anybody?

Do you have a good reason for using breadcrumbs? I for one don't think they
help anything. But I guess there mught be situations where they might be
useful.



"Cipr?s" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

PVII is cool and they know their CSS stuff.
What about a good place to read up on breadcrumbs? Anybody?

.oO(middletree)

Do you have a good reason for using breadcrumbs? I for one don't think they
help anything. But I guess there mught be situations where they might be
useful.

I consider them useful from time to time (depends on the site and the
other navigation structures), but not always.

If for example you have a product database with deep URLs like

http://www.example.com/products/toys/adults/flamethrower

then I think a breadcrumb navigation could be useful to reflect the
hierarchical structure:

Homepage > Products > Toys > Adults

with the first three items being links to the parent categories.

Micha