Web Navigation Bar and URL Question

[nc2dc]

New to web programming. I have some very basic questions regarding menu bars.

What's the best way to implement menu bar navigation? I looked at a few sites
and I noticed that on some sites such as the Macromedia site or
[url]http://www.mozilla.org[/url], that when you select for example products or support,
the url does not display a file. It would display something like this --->
[url]http://www.mozilla.org/support/[/url]

Is this an indication of a specific way the menu bars are being created? The
menu bar on these sites are always available to the users and only the content
area below the menu bar changes. How can I create a similar navigation bar for
my site?

I read thru several tutorials on how to create the menu bars. I created one
using CSS and one using Fireworks. But none seem to explain the linking
processing between the navigation bar and the content area. Can anyone help me
with this?

thanks

[Murray *TMM*]

> Is this an indication of a specific way the menu bars are being created?

It just means that each of those folders contains a default file that will
be automatically loaded by the browser. In many cases this would be
index.htm(l) (or whatever extension you would be using).

Thus - if this folder:

/programs/

contained this file:

index.html

and if your host recognized 'index.html' as a default filename, you could
link to that file like this -

<a href="/programs/"....

Geddit?

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"nc2dc" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> New to web programming. I have some very basic questions regarding menu
> bars.
>
> What's the best way to implement menu bar navigation? I looked at a few
> sites
> and I noticed that on some sites such as the Macromedia site or
> [url]http://www.mozilla.org[/url], that when you select for example products or
> support,
> the url does not display a file. It would display something like
> this --->
> [url]http://www.mozilla.org/support/[/url]
>
> Is this an indication of a specific way the menu bars are being created?
> The
> menu bar on these sites are always available to the users and only the
> content
> area below the menu bar changes. How can I create a similar navigation
> bar for
> my site?
>
> I read thru several tutorials on how to create the menu bars. I created
> one
> using CSS and one using Fireworks. But none seem to explain the linking
> processing between the navigation bar and the content area. Can anyone
> help me
> with this?
>
> thanks
>

[nc2dc]

Any idea on what's involved in creating a navigation bar that updates content
like the one on the macromedia site or mozilla site? [url]www.webcredible.co.uk[/url]
also uses a similar navigation scheme. I doubt if any of these sites are using
frames to update content in a specific area on their site. Is it client side
javascripting, server side code, DHTML? It does not seem like the entire page
is reload and only the content area gets loaded. I have seen several posts
from people with the same question. So if there are any one who as built one
of these, please feel free to elaborate.

[Murray *TMM*]

> I doubt if any of these sites are using

> frames to update content in a specific area on their site.

A look at the code would tell you that they are simply linking to a new page
with changed content.

> Is it client side
> javascripting, server side code, DHTML?

None. Pages linking together.

> It does not seem like the entire page
> is reload and only the content area gets loaded.

That's because the pages are slim and fast loading.

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"nc2dc" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dlkmeb$l6k$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Any idea on what's involved in creating a navigation bar that updates
> content
> like the one on the macromedia site or mozilla site?
> [url]www.webcredible.co.uk[/url]
> also uses a similar navigation scheme. I doubt if any of these sites are
> using
> frames to update content in a specific area on their site. Is it client
> side
> javascripting, server side code, DHTML? It does not seem like the entire
> page
> is reload and only the content area gets loaded. I have seen several
> posts
> from people with the same question. So if there are any one who as built
> one
> of these, please feel free to elaborate.
>