Pop up or Fly out menu recommendations

[TadMM]

I want to build a simple horizontal menu with several of the buttons needing a
mouse for a drop down menu. Dreamweaver?s 2004 MX built-in pop up menu is easy
to implement but drops a ton of code on to the page So, I am looking for a
simple horizontal pop up menu or fly out menu extension that is search engine
friendly, allows customization of text fonts and colors (not pre-determined
color swatches).

I am looking at two extensions:
Horizontal Flyout menu from PluginLab.com ($56.00)
Pop Menu Magic from Project Seven ($90.00)

Both look easy to use and with good control. PVII?s Pop menu seems to be CCS
friendly, so I imagine it offers more fine tuning. That said, I don?t like the
26 canned color selections/layouts. Also, as I am not building many sites, PVII
is a little steep.

Any ?unbiased? help would be appreciated.

[Al Sparber- PVII]

"TadMM" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dm0qrd$c3s$1@forums.macromedia.com...

>I want to build a simple horizontal menu with several of the buttons
>needing a
> mouse for a drop down menu. Dreamweaver?s 2004 MX built-in pop up
> menu is easy
> to implement but drops a ton of code on to the page So, I am looking
> for a
> simple horizontal pop up menu or fly out menu extension that is search
> engine
> friendly, allows customization of text fonts and colors (not
> pre-determined
> color swatches).
>
> I am looking at two extensions:
> Horizontal Flyout menu from PluginLab.com ($56.00)
> Pop Menu Magic from Project Seven ($90.00)
>
> Both look easy to use and with good control. PVII?s Pop menu seems to
> be CCS
> friendly, so I imagine it offers more fine tuning. That said, I don?t
> like the
> 26 canned color selections/layouts. Also, as I am not building many
> sites, PVII
> is a little steep.
>
> Any ?unbiased? help would be appreciated.

I am biased, so I won't give you a specific suggestion, but fee obliged
to point out that Pop Menu Magic, aside from having lots more features,
also gives you the ability to choose between horiaontal and vertical
menus. I guess we should have done two separate products and charged
$45.00 each :-)

Do note that if you roll up your sleeves you can make accessible menus
using our free extensions.

Now back to your regularly scheduled program - but before you do, this
article should be read. I firmly believe that too many menu tools have
come onto the scene that do not (or cannot) address accessibility.
Whatever menu you choose (and there are more than the two you mentioned)
should be able to integrate into an accessible web page. This article is
good reading - and its techniques should be addressable by any
well-written menu tool:

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

[TadMM]

Thanks for the fast feedback. I admit I see a lot of good press on this board
for your PVII menu systems. Am I correct in that I would limited to the 26
pre-designed color schemes or can I modify with "ease"? You mak a good point in
that your product offers both horizontal and vertical formats with one
extension offering. To give you an idea of the simplicty in terms of design I
am looking for I would apply the pop up menu to this site:
cristinamarcu.com

Thanks again for your reply. I had read the accessibility article on your site
during my search, so it helps to keep that in mind.

[TadMM]

Thanks for the fast feedback. I admit I see a lot of good press on this board
for your PVII menu systems. Am I correct in that I would limited to the 26
pre-designed color schemes or can I modify with "ease"? You mak a good point in
that your product offers both horizontal and vertical formats with one
extension offering. To give you an idea of the simplicty in terms of design I
am looking for I would apply the pop up menu to this site:
cristinamarcu.com

Thanks again for your reply. I had read the accessibility article on your site
during my search, so it helps to keep that in mind.

[Al Sparber- PVII]

"TadMM" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dm11jj$jmq$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Thanks for the fast feedback. I admit I see a lot of good press on
> this board
> for your PVII menu systems. Am I correct in that I would limited to
> the 26
> pre-designed color schemes or can I modify with "ease"?

The 26 predesigned styles represent style sheets that are written when
you choose a particular menu style. It's a normal style sheet, editable
with Dreamweaver's CSS editor - manually, or with any third-party CSS
editor. Most menu systems give you color choices in the interface, but
this is the sign of a menu system built on a very inefficient
foundation. The power in our system is that its style sheet gives users
complete control over all aspects of the presentation.

> You mak a good point in
> that your product offers both horizontal and vertical formats with one
> extension offering. To give you an idea of the simplicty in terms of
> design I
> am looking for I would apply the pop up menu to this site:
> cristinamarcu.com

Your little Flash movie would need to be set up with a wmode parameter
or any popup menu you try to have open above it will drop behind the
movie.
[url]http://www.devpapers.com/article/256[/url]

> Thanks again for your reply. I had read the accessibility article on
> your site
> during my search, so it helps to keep that in mind.

--
Al Sparber
PVII
[url]http://www.projectseven.com[/url]

"Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling
mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge that repairs
are scheduled for next Tuesday".