Jo Ann
Then the code for the horizontal menu in this site is below. If it helps, take what you need from it. All in css (with images incorporated)
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/* begin Menu */
/* menu structure */
.pierotti-menu a, .pierotti-menu a:link, .pierotti-menu a:visited, .pierotti-menu a:hover
{
text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;
outline:none;
letter-spacing:normal;
word-spacing:normal;
}
.pierotti-menu, .pierotti-menu ul
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
list-style-type: none;
display: block;
}
.pierotti-menu li
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
display: block;
float: left;
position: relative;
z-index: 5;
background:none;
}
.pierotti-menu li:hover
{
z-index: 10000;
white-space: normal;
}
.pierotti-menu li li
{
float: none;
}
.pierotti-menu ul
{
visibility: hidden;
position: absolute;
z-index: 10;
left: 0;
top: 0;
background:none;
}
.pierotti-menu li:hover>ul
{
visibility: visible;
top: 100%;
}
.pierotti-menu li li:hover>ul
{
top: 0;
left: 100%;
}
.pierotti-menu:after, .pierotti-menu ul:after
{
content: ".";
height: 0;
display: block;
visibility: hidden;
overflow: hidden;
clear: both;
}
.pierotti-menu, .pierotti-menu ul
{
min-height: 0;
}
.pierotti-menu ul
{
background-image: url(images/spacer.gif);
padding: 10px 30px 30px 30px;
margin: -10px 0 0 -30px;
}
.pierotti-menu ul ul
{
padding: 30px 30px 30px 10px;
margin: -30px 0 0 -10px;
}
/* menu structure */
.pierotti-menu
{
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.pierotti-nav
{
position: relative;
height: 38px;
z-index: 100;
}
.pierotti-nav .l, .pierotti-nav .r
{
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
top: 0;
height: 38px;
background-image: url('images/nav.png');
}
.pierotti-nav .l
{
left: 0;
right:0px;
}
.pierotti-nav .r
{
right: 0;
width: 924px;
clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, 924px);
}
/* end Menu */
/* begin MenuItem */
.pierotti-menu ul li
{
clear: both;
}
.pierotti-menu a
{
position:relative;
display: block;
overflow:hidden;
height: 38px;
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: none;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
}
.pierotti-menu a .r, .pierotti-menu a .l
{
position:absolute;
display: block;
top:0;
z-index:-1;
height: 114px;
background-image: url('images/MenuItem.png');
}
.pierotti-menu a .l
{
left:0;
right:0px;
}
.pierotti-menu a .r
{
width:400px;
right:0;
clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, 400px);
}
.pierotti-menu a .t
{
font-family: "Comic Sans MS", Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
color: #2E363E;
padding: 0 10px;
margin: 0 0px;
line-height: 38px;
text-align: center;
}
.pierotti-menu a:hover .l, .pierotti-menu a:hover .r
{
top:-38px;
}
.pierotti-menu li:hover>a .l, .pierotti-menu li:hover>a .r
{
top:-38px;
}
.pierotti-menu li:hover a .l, .pierotti-menu li:hover a .r
{
top:-38px;
}
.pierotti-menu a:hover .t
{
color: #E8EEF3;
}
.pierotti-menu li:hover a .t
{
color: #E8EEF3;
}
.pierotti-menu li:hover>a .t
{
color: #E8EEF3;
}
/* end MenuItem */
/* begin MenuSeparator */
.pierotti-nav .pierotti-menu-separator
{
display: block;
width: 8px;
height: 38px;
background-image: url('images/MenuSeparator.png');
}
/* end MenuSeparator */
/* begin MenuSubItem */
.pierotti-menu ul a
{
display:block;
text-align: center;
white-space: nowrap;
height: 26px;
width: 180px;
overflow:hidden;
line-height: 26px;
margin-right: auto;
background-image: url('images/subitem-bg.png');
background-position: left top;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border-width: 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #5F071A;
}
.pierotti-nav ul.pierotti-menu ul span, .pierotti-nav ul.pierotti-menu ul span span
{
display: inline;
float: none;
margin: inherit;
padding: inherit;
background-image: none;
text-align: inherit;
text-decoration: inherit;
}
.pierotti-menu ul a, .pierotti-menu ul a:link, .pierotti-menu ul a:visited, .pierotti-menu ul a:hover, .pierotti-menu ul a:active, .pierotti-nav ul.pierotti-menu ul span, .pierotti-nav ul.pierotti-menu ul span span
{
text-align: left;
text-indent: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
line-height: 26px;
color: #4C5A67;
font-family: "Comic Sans MS", Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
}
.pierotti-menu ul ul a
{
margin-left: auto;
}
.pierotti-menu ul li a:hover
{
color: #EBF0F4;
border-color: #023616;
background-position: 0 -26px;
}
.pierotti-menu ul li:hover>a
{
color: #EBF0F4;
border-color: #023616;
background-position: 0 -26px;
}
.pierotti-nav .pierotti-menu ul li a:hover span, .pierotti-nav .pierotti-menu ul li a:hover span span
{
color: #EBF0F4;
}
.pierotti-nav .pierotti-menu ul li:hover>a span, .pierotti-nav .pierotti-menu ul li:hover>a span span
{
color: #EBF0F4;
}
/* end MenuSubItem */
I think you should be able to resolve these no break spaces with some padding somewhere
<li><a class="hide"> Home</a>
What do these 50px height refer to?
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight: bold;
padding-top: 15px; /* moves text up/down by moving that whole area down, seems to affect dropdown line spacing too, needs to be fixed */
width:124px; /* main button graphic width */
height:50px;
text-align:left;
color:#4F2054;
border:0px;
background: url(../images/button.png) no-repeat; /* main button graphic */
line-height:20px;
font-size:12px;
overflow:hidden;
