I am now trying to learn how to make a drop down menu. On my test page it works in Firefox but not in IE 6. I researched it and saw that in order to work in IE you need some JavaScript. I copied some script from "Son of Suckerfish Dropdowns". It still doesn't work. I do not know Javascript so I am not sure how to fix it.

Here is my test page ... http://paperandclay.com/test-encircle-011209.html

I'm trying to keep it simple while I learn before I start making it look better.

Thanks for your help
pk

these work good.

dynamic drive http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/cssli … tegory/C1/
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C1/

menus

Thanks David but the page is no longer at that address

I can't get the link to post correctly, but the text of the link given is correct, it's just the code for the link that is wrong. Can you copy the the link text and paste it into your browser's address?

Thanks. I got to the site and tried to understand what was going on but unfortunately could not get anything to work. I am able to have a drop down menu ( text only) work in FF but can not get it to work in IE. Is there a super simple drop down menu that works in IE? Can you direct me to a site that has a simple drop down menu so I can see how it is done. I keep reading about Suckerfish but I have tried to use that code but still could not get it to work.

Thanks for any help and direction you can give

Thanks
pk

pk,

The CoffeeCup DHTML menu is very versatile and the drop downs work great. I use the CC DHTML menu on my sites.

I have tried other menus, but they either cost too much, or I found them difficult to use.

Dynamic Drive will have demos of their stuff, so copy and past the link above and look around for other options.

Thanks Bill for the info. I didn't realize that CC had that capability!!! I quickly checked out making a menu and have some questions.

* When I did a test menu and previewed it in CC I get the following message when viewing in IE... Your browser does not support script When I preview it in FF, only parts of the menu show up. Both IE and FF work fine when I view your sites that have the menus. What am I doing wrong?

* When I view your sites you have the menu script "hidden" in a span tag. Can you explain what your did and how you did it?

Thanks for taking the time to help
pk

pk,

Using the span is to make the menu stay where I want it to stay. There are several help files that explain various ways to work with the DHTML menu. To use the span tag, you have to manually add some information to the menu code.

You may also have noticed that I have the menu saved as javascript, and that enables me to maintain a single file and all the pages have the same menu.

Do you have a link to your test page with the DHTML menu? If so, I can take a look and see if I can spot the problem.

Thanks Bill. I checked out the help pages ( that I could find) but did not see anything about how to put the code in a span tag.

I see that you have the script saved in a .js and that the css "themenu" is probably(?) in your linked style sheet. Do you have the code that the menu maker creates saved in the linked style sheet and called out by ...

<span id="themenu">
<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" SRC="/include/fbc_menu_h.js"></SCRIPT>
</span>

If so, can you direct me to the help file that explains how to do this?

As far as a link to the test page... let me try some more and see if I can get it to work. If not, I'll be back with the link

Thanks for your help
pk

just a little help for pk..... will add a download link in a sec for the code..http://kellyinfo.com/MyFiles/tutorials/DHTMLSPAN.htm
sorry for butting in Bill
http://kellyinfo.com/MyFiles/zipfiles/DHTMLSPAN.zip