DHTML Menu Builders

[michael_lucid]

Greetings all!

I have been experimeting with Javascript and DHTML builders to produce dynamic
menus for some clients. However, dispite their claims of being cross platform,
many simply aren't. I understand some features, like fading, are only
available on IE 5+...thats fine. I'm talking about a complete breakdown of the
menu even functioning.

So. I'm wondering if any of you ahve recommendations for good cross platform
dynamic menu builders. I see SiteXtreme DHTML Menu Studio being pushed, but
thats the one that is jerky to use and does not work.

You can view what I'm trying to do here:

This one seems to work, despite many errors when I check the code in DW MX
2004:
[url]http://lucidsound.com/new/sitemap.html[/url]

But when I put it in another page...eek! Nope:
[url]http://lucidsound.com/new/index.htm[/url]

Thanks all!

[Win Day]

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 15:43:18 +0000 (UTC), "michael_lucid"
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

>Greetings all!
>
> I have been experimeting with Javascript and DHTML builders to produce dynamic
>menus for some clients. However, dispite their claims of being cross platform,
>many simply aren't. I understand some features, like fading, are only
>available on IE 5+...thats fine. I'm talking about a complete breakdown of the
>menu even functioning.
>
> So. I'm wondering if any of you ahve recommendations for good cross platform
>dynamic menu builders. I see SiteXtreme DHTML Menu Studio being pushed, but
>thats the one that is jerky to use and does not work.
>
> You can view what I'm trying to do here:
>
> This one seems to work, despite many errors when I check the code in DW MX
>2004:
> [url]http://lucidsound.com/new/sitemap.html[/url]
>
> But when I put it in another page...eek! Nope:
> [url]http://lucidsound.com/new/index.htm[/url]
>
> Thanks all!

[url]www.projectseven.com[/url]

Free tutorials plus commercial extensions.

Best of breed, IMHO.

Win
--
Win Day, Multimedia Developer
Words Plus
[url]http://www.wordsplus.net[/url]
[email]winday@NOSPAMwordsplus.net[/email]

[Murray *TMM*]

Think about this -

Most javascript menus have the linked files' links embedded in javascript,
e.g., document.write statements. As such, the menus will not be spiderable,
will not be accessible, and will not be managed in Dreamweaver. This means
if you rename or move a linked file, your menus will break. This alone is
reason not to use them.

The PVII approach (you just need to read *how* they do it, not use *any* of
their extensions if you don't want) will teach you how to do this dHTML
thing yourself, completely within DW. That's all you will need from that
point on.

[url]http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/menuing/mcloser/index.htm[/url]

or

[url]http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/auto_hide/index.htm[/url]

and here's an example you can analyze -

[url]http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/autolayers/[/url]

--
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver MX
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"michael_lucid" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings all!
>
> I have been experimeting with Javascript and DHTML builders to produce

dynamic

> menus for some clients. However, dispite their claims of being cross

platform,

> many simply aren't. I understand some features, like fading, are only
> available on IE 5+...thats fine. I'm talking about a complete breakdown

of the

> menu even functioning.
>
> So. I'm wondering if any of you ahve recommendations for good cross

platform

> dynamic menu builders. I see SiteXtreme DHTML Menu Studio being pushed,

but

> thats the one that is jerky to use and does not work.
>
> You can view what I'm trying to do here:
>
> This one seems to work, despite many errors when I check the code in DW

MX

> 2004:
> [url]http://lucidsound.com/new/sitemap.html[/url]
>
> But when I put it in another page...eek! Nope:
> [url]http://lucidsound.com/new/index.htm[/url]
>
> Thanks all!
>