Nav Bars and Buttons scripts...noob

[zzypt]

Hi
New to web design and DW, I wonder what is the difference between a nav bar
and a nav button? Is it that nav bars create a number of nav buttons of the
same size all in a row (vertical or horizontal) while a button is an individual
item that goes in a table cell?

I would like to take a table row of 5 cells, and I would like 5 navigation
items that would pop out a half-dozen sub-menu items when I hover over the nav
item. Would that be a Flash button from the Insert => Media menu? Or something
from the Insert => Image Objects options? Or neither of these?

I have been looking around for some free DHTML code that I could cut and
paste, but everyone now seems to be using Javascript which I do not understand.
DHTML seems to be reserved for the cheesy Ebay effects now, or simple on/off
buttons in a variety of garish colors. Does anyone have a DHTML snippet of one
of these sliding or drop-down-type menus that I could cut and paste please? Or
a link to one that doesn't require a degree in programming? Doesn't DW offer
something like what I want in its internal menus? Perhaps I just don't know
what I'm looking for?

Thanks
Phil

[Luwana]

nav bar is a series of nav buttons that may or maynot be put into tables.

I usually use fireworks to create java nav bars because is creates all the
code for you and you just drop it into DW, BUT while it is functional and easy,
it is a mess and takes some getting used to and starting over (again and again)
to get the code as clean as possible. I am just learning how to do it in CSS
and it is way cleaner, easier to experiment with and you don't have to deal
with all the little images, java, tables or cells.

here are some resources if you want to go this way:
[url]http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modListing.asp?sid=29[/url] (training videos -
very very very good)
[url]http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/index.htm[/url] (training & canned
navigation)
[url]http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/[/url] (css code for lost of navigation types)

Good luck!!

[zzypt]

Thanks very much
Phil