CSS - Css Menu With Persistent Page Indicator

I have a css list menu which uses background images in place of bullets. What I'd like is for the user to visit the 'about' page and have the 'about' links background image be different from the rest. So the user can see from looking at the menu, what page they are on.

Anyone able to suggest any methods of doing this?
Would be appreciated =D

I have an issue where I have created a template for an organization and the horizontal drop menu can contain about 9 elements.

It has tiered drop downs which extend off the end of the page to the right.

Is there a way to make them flip left ONLY if they are at the end of the page?

I did do some javascript that takes the last element and gives it a class that can make it flip, as in the image. But if there are only 3 menu items that would look a bit goofy.

Anyone else encounter this issue and how did they resolve it?

Hello! I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I'm sure it's something simple I'm overlooking, but I've trialed-and-errored it enough and it's time to seek help!

I'm trying to adjust the location of the "main menu" on this page he

http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/hasbrodb/welcome.php

Currently, it is set in reference to the side of the browser in this CSS code:

Code:

.menuContainer
{
	position: absolute;
	top:113px;
	right:210px;
	margin: 10px;
	margin-top: 50px;

}

I've tried making the position relative but it really whacks out the page when I do that. I want to make it relative to the border of the content so that no matter what size resolution or if the browser is minimized it stays fixed and doesn't float left. I was able to do this to the links directly above it, but the same thing doesn't seem to work for this. Here's the code for the 'advanced' and 'login' links:

Code:

#header ul.headerLinks
{
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 10px;
	position: absolute;
	right: 0px;
	top: 95px;
	white-space: nowrap;
}

Thanks for any suggestions anyone comes up with!

Ok, I have a website that i'm building with about 25 pages, and I keep on having to change the side navigation bar, and then I have to copy and paste it on each page to update it. IS THERE A WAY FOR ME TO ONLY UPDATE IT ONCE AND IT UPDATES TO ALL THE PAGES?

Is the answer css? or i-frames(or whatever it's called)

If so, then how would I do this?! PLEASE HELP!

Hi there,

I have an HTML/CSS design I'm working on, that can be accessed he

http://www.design-portal.co.uk/demo/

The CSS can be found he

http://www.design-portal.co.uk/demo/style.css

Basically what I would like is this:

I want another static area that always appears at the bottom of the page underneath the main content text. As I've fixed the big box thing's height (it's going to appear the same height on every page) I want the user to be able to scroll to the next page if the text is too long to fit on the one page. I've created a screenshot as an example:

http://www.design-portal.co.uk/demo/images/demo.jpg

As you can see, the text at the bottom allows the user to scroll forwards and backwards. I can do this, but it never appears at the bottom; always just underneath the text above it depending on how much text is in the place. How can I just get the damn thing to stay at the bottom regardless of how much content is above it?

Cheers in advance,

Dave

Hi,

I'm new using CSS and was just handed the task of creating an external style sheet that will 'brand' the web page of a new service we are using with my company's logo and menu.

Our page has a logo on the left, with a menu bar extending to the right of it, then a graphic bannner with the company's slogan below all of it.

The requirements are for an external style sheet which will apply this to each page of the services hosted pages.

I desperately need an example of how this is done, or CAN it be done with an external style sheet (and what code needs to go into the HTML file to make it work).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've spent 4 days searching for an example and have come up dry, or what I did find didn't work. This is my last resort and I need to finish the project today.

Tillius

I'm having a serious brain fart here...I must have come across this issue a million times before but I guess I haven't thought about it for so long, that I'm at a loss....

Very simply, I want to have a horizontal menu using text (ie not images) that will fill to fit the width of the page. Now I'd want to make there be a min-width and I can do that, but there's got to be a way to have the padding between the items adjust depending on how wide the browser is, right? And I should be able to do this with CSS and not have to use tables right? In other words, the width of the individual menu items will remain the same, but in a browser that's say 800px wide the space between the first item will be very near the left side of the page, and the last item will be very near the right side of the page and the items will be spaced evenly between them. But if the page is 1200px wide, the first and last items will still be very left and very right, but the spacing in between the rest of them will be bigger so that it fills the page width.

?????????/

I'm not sure if we are allowed to post urls here or not, didn't see anything against it but I'm sure someone will inform me if we can or can't.

Anyways I'm having problems getting the "current" class to work for the active page. I want the current page to use the rollover id.

This is a code snippet that should be enough to figure out how I am doing my navigation. I am using a single image and shifting it depending on the state it's in.


CSS Code:
Original - CSS Code .nav1 {float:left; position:relative;display:block;} .nav1 li {margin:0px; padding:0px; display:inline;} .nav1 li a {height:30px; float:left; list-style:none;} a span { position: absolute; left: -999em; }/*This hides span text for when CSS is supported*/ #home a{ float:left; background-image: url(images/nav_main_1.png); display: block; height: 30px; width: 132px; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px -31px; } } #home a:hover, a.current{ background-image: url(images/nav_main_1.png); background-position: 0px 0px; } #news a{ float:left; background-image: url(images/nav_main_2.png); display: block; height: 30px; width: 131px; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px -31px; } #news a:hover, a.current { background-image: url(images/nav_main_2.png); background-position: 0px 0px; }

  

 .nav1 {float:left; position:relative;display:block;}


 .nav1 li {margin:0px; padding:0px; display:inline;}


 .nav1 li a {height:30px; float:left; list-style:none;}


 a span { position: absolute; left: -999em; }/*This hides span text for when CSS is supported*/


  


 #home a{


     float:left;


     background-image: url(images/nav_main_1.png);


     display: block;


     height: 30px;


     width: 132px;


     text-decoration: none;


     background-position: 0px -31px;


 }


  


 }


 #home a:hover, a.current{


     background-image: url(images/nav_main_1.png);


     background-position: 0px 0px;


 }


 #news a{


     float:left;


     background-image: url(images/nav_main_2.png);


     display: block;


     height: 30px;


     width: 131px;


     text-decoration: none;


     background-position: 0px -31px;


 }


 #news a:hover, a.current {  


     background-image: url(images/nav_main_2.png);


     background-position: 0px 0px;


 } 

html4strict Code:
Original - html4strict Code <ul class="nav1"> <li id="home" class="current"><a href="#"><span>Home</span></a></li> <li id="news"><a href="#"><span>News</span></a></li> </ul>

  

 <ul class="nav1">


         <li id="home" class="current"><a href="#"><span>Home</span></a></li>


         <li id="news"><a href="#"><span>News</span></a></li>                    


 </ul> 

Any help is greatly appreciated, I would imagine I am missing something simple.

EDIT:: Simplier way to write the question ^.^ :: When I scroll off the menu/link onto the first link in the submenu it stays, but when I mvoe down to the next item in the submenu it disappears.
(My drop down is vertically aligned on the left.)
(bits of the code that relate to the menu)

PHP Code:
.btn1 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 200px; } 
.btn2 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 240px; }
.btn3 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 280px; } 
.btn4 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 320px; }
.btn5 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 360px; } 
.btn6 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 400px; }
.btn7 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 440px; } 
.btn8 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 480px; }
.link1 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 240px; }
.link2 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 280px; }
.link3 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 320px; }
.link4 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 360px; }
.link5 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 400px; }
.link6 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 440px; }
.link7 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 480px; }
.link8 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 520px; }
.link9 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 560px; }

#nav, #nav ul { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; }
#nav a { display: block; width: 100px; }
#nav li { width: 100px; }
#nav li ul { position: absolute; width: 100px; left: -9999px; display: none; top: 0; z-index: 3; }
#nav li:hover ul { display: block; left: 266px; z-index: 3; }
#nav li:over ul { display: block; left: 266px; z-index: 3; } 





PHP Code:
<ul id="nav">
  <li><a href="HOBmain.htm"><img class="btn1" src="../mainbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="MainBtn"></a></li>
  <li><a href="HOBmain.htm"><img class="btn2" src="../blogbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="BlogBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link1"><a href=""><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="bMainBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link2"><a href="#"><img src="../anmbtn.gif" alt="bAnimeBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link3"><a href="#"><img src="../mgabtn.gif" alt="bMangaBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link4"><a href="#"><img src="../gmebtn.gif" alt="bGameBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link5"><a href="#"><img src="../bookbtn.gif" alt="bBookBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
    <li><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img class="btn3" src="../musebtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="MuseBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link2"><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="mMainBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link3"><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img src="../pmbtn.gif" alt="mPoemBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link4"><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img src="../stybtn.gif" alt="mStoryBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link5"><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img src="../drmbtn.gif" alt="mDreamBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
   <li><a href="HOBodd.htm"><img class="btn4" src="../oddbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="ComicBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link3"><a href="HOBodd.htm"><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="cMainBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
   <li><a href="HOBart.htm"><img class="btn5" src="../artbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="ArtBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link4"><a href="HOBart.htm"><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="aMainBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link5"><a href="HOBart.htm"><img src="../recbtn.gif" alt="aRecentBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link6"><a href="HOBart.htm"><img src="../gaibtn.gif" alt="aGaiaBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
   <li><a href="HOBpic.htm"><img class="btn6" src="../picbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="PicsBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link5"><a href="HOBpic.htm"><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="pMainBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link6"><a href="HOBpic.htm"><img src="../recbtn.gif" alt="pRecentBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
   <li><a href="HOBfaq.htm"><img class="btn7" src="../faqbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="FaqBtn"></a></li>
   <li><a href="HOBcon.htm"><img class="btn8" src="../contactbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="ContactBtn"></a> </li>
</ul> 





<script type="text/javascript" src="drop_down.js"></script>
the "nav" is referring to a bit of js, and this is in my header. Also not sure if it's correct, but I can worry about that later.
link: The Page

I'm helping these fine folks fix a few little issues with their site but this one I can't seem to quite figure out. If you roll over the main menu you will see the sub menu slide down on the left. For the life of me I can't get it to line up under the main nav. I've tried many, many things. Can anyone provide a few hints, tips, suggestions? Thanks so much!!!

98.214.188.71/life at excel.htm

Code:

/*******************menu starts********************/  #menu{float:left; width:100%; background:#ffffff;} #menu a{font-weight:bold; line-height:16px;} #menu table{float:left; width:100%; background:transparent;}  #menu .menu01{width:147px;} #menu .menu01 a{float:left; /*width:149px;*/width:100%; height:26px; background:url(images/menu01.gif) no-repeat right 0; float:left; color:#fff; text-decoration:none; text-align:center; padding:10px 0 0 0} #menu .menu01 a.current{float:left; /*width:149px;*/width:100%; height:26px; background:url(images/menu01.gif) no-repeat right 0; cursor:pointer;}  #menu .divider{width:.5%;  height:36px; background:url(images/white_divider.gif) repeat-x 0 1px;}  #menu .menu02{} #menu .menu02 a{display:block; background:url(images/menu02.gif) repeat-x right 0; padding:10px 0 0; height:26px; color:#fff; text-decoration:none; text-align:center} #menu .menu02 a.current{float:left; width:100%; background:url(images/menu02.gif) no-repeat right bottom;  color:#fff; cursor:pointer;}  #menu .menu03{} #menu .menu03 a{display:block; background:url(images/menu03.gif) repeat-x right 0; padding:10px 0 0; text-align:center; height:26px; color:#fff; text-decoration:none;} #menu .menu03 a.current{float:left; width:100%; background:url(images/menu03.gif) no-repeat right bottom; height:26px; color:#fff; cursor:pointer;}  #menu .menu04{width:152px; } #menu .menu04 a{float:left; /*width:152px;*/width:100%; background:url(images/menu04.gif) no-repeat right 0; padding:10px 0 0; text-align:center; height:26px; color:#fff; text-decoration:none;} #menu .menu04 a.current{float:left; /*width:152px;*/width:100%; background:url(images/menu04.gif) no-repeat right bottom; height:26px; color:#fff; cursor:pointer;}  #menu .menu05{width:143px;} #menu .menu05 a{float:left; /*width:143px;*/ width:100%;background:url(images/menu05.gif) no-repeat right 0; padding:10px 0 0; text-align:center; height:26px; color:#fff; text-decoration:none;} #menu .menu05 a.current{float:left; /*width:143px;*/width:100%; background:url(images/menu05.gif) no-repeat right -43px; height:26px; color:#fff; cursor:pointer;}  .exp{ display:none; clear:both; text-align:center; background:#BA8747; z-index:4; }  #menu DIV.sub-mlinks A  { color:#000; background:none; font-weight:bold; padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:0px; display:block; height:auto; }  #menu DIV.sub-mlinks A:hover{ color:#FFF; }  /*******************menu ends********************/     <div id="menu">      <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="970"><tbody><tr>  	 	<td style="width: 19.6%;" id="item1" class="menu01"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/">Home</a></td>   	 <td class="divider">&nbsp;</td> 	 	<td style="width: 19.6%;" id="item2" class="menu02" onmouseover="expand(this.id, 'menu2');" onmouseout="collapse(this.id, 'menu2');" onmouseleave="collapseIE(this.id, 'menu2');"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/">Excel Tools</a><div id="menu2" class="exp" onmouseout="collapse('item2', this.id);" onmouseleave="collapseIE('item2', this.id);"><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/improvement" target="_new" class="menuitem">Continual Improvement</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/service" target="_new" class="menuitem">Crusher Service (FLSP)</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/xlu" class="menuitem">Excel University</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/crm/data" target="_new" class="menuitem">Excelerator CRM</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://ezlmwc.adp.com/" target="_new" class="menuitem">EZLabor</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/First%20Article/First%20Article%20Parts.xls" class="menuitem">First Article Parts</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="https://login.postini.com/exec/login" class="menuitem">FLS Spam Filter Login</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/ecr/" target="_new" class="menuitem">FLSP ECR</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=excel-tools/forms" class="menuitem">Forms Library</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=excel-tools/iso9001" class="menuitem">ISO 9001 Procedures</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/helpdesk" target="_new" class="menuitem">IT Help Desk</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=excel-tools/machine-info" class="menuitem">Machine Info</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/Manu_Memos/Memos.html" target="_new" class="menuitem">Manufacturing Memos</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=excel-tools/metrics" class="menuitem">Metrics</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/msq" target="_new" class="menuitem">MSQ Editor</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=excel-tools/manuals" class="menuitem">Parts Manuals</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/parts" target="_new" class="menuitem">Parts Search</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/po" target="_new" class="menuitem">PO Tool</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=excel-tools/flows" class="menuitem">Process Flows</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/revSupport" target="_new" class="menuitem">Revision Support</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=excel-tools/routing" class="menuitem">Routing Guide</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=excel-tools/safety" class="menuitem">Safety & Training</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/docs/QRM%20Schedule.xlsx" class="menuitem">QRM Schedule</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/training" class="menuitem">Training Request System</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://my.concureworkplace.com/default.asp?companyid=excet5jvd2telbgk" target="_new" class="menuitem">Travel Expense (EFM)</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://my.concureworkplace.com/default.asp?companyid=smid5gr1t0br0czj" target="_new" class="menuitem">Travel Expense (FLSP)</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/xcalibur" target="_new" class="menuitem">Xcalibur</a></div></div></td>   	 <td class="divider">&nbsp;</td>  	 	<td style="width: 19.6%; color: black;" id="item3" class="menu03" onmouseover="expand(this.id, 'menu3');" onmouseout="collapse(this.id, 'menu3');" onmouseleave="collapseIE(this.id, 'menu3');"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/">Our People</a><div style="top: 168px; left: 376px; width: 183px; position: static; visibility: hidden; display: none;" id="menu3" class="exp" onmouseout="collapse('item3', this.id);" onmouseleave="collapseIE('item3', this.id);"><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="https://login.fidelity.com/ftgw/pages/fesco/html/NBParticipantLogout.html" target="_new" class="menuitem">401k Login</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-people/classifieds" class="menuitem">Classifieds</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-people/hr/directory" class="menuitem">Employee Directory</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-people/eu" class="menuitem">Excel University</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-people/insite" class="menuitem">FLSmidth Insite</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.com/about-excel/company-history" class="menuitem">History of Excel</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-people/hr" class="menuitem">Human Resources</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-people/dates" class="menuitem">Important Dates</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-people/jobs" class="menuitem">Job Openings</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-people/mlb" class="menuitem">MLB Standings</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-people/phone" class="menuitem">Phone Directory</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=node/380" class="menuitem">Quality and Mission Statement</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/docs/EFM%20HR%20XLU%20Servant%20Leadership%20Academy.pdf" class="menuitem">Servant Leadership Academy Info</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/training" target="_new" class="menuitem">Training Request System</a></div></div></td>   	 <td class="divider">&nbsp;</td>  	 	<td style="width: 19.6%;" id="item4" class="menu04" onmouseover="expand(this.id, 'menu4');" onmouseout="collapse(this.id, 'menu4');" onmouseleave="collapseIE(this.id, 'menu4');"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/">Departments</a><div id="menu4" class="exp" onmouseout="collapse('item4', this.id);" onmouseleave="collapseIE('item4', this.id);"><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/accounting" class="menuitem">Accounting & Administration</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/support" class="menuitem">Customer Support</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/engineering" class="menuitem">Design Engineering</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/foundry" class="menuitem">Foundry</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/hr" class="menuitem">Human Resources</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/it" class="menuitem">IT</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/machine" class="menuitem">Machine Shops</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/maintenance" class="menuitem">Maintenance</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/mktg_wo" class="menuitem">Marketing</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/materials" class="menuitem">Materials</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=node/193" class="menuitem">Manufacturing Engineering</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=node/192" class="menuitem">Production Control</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/quality" class="menuitem">Quality Engineering</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=node/187" class="menuitem">Sales</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/toolcrib" class="menuitem">Tool Crib</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=departments/warehouse" class="menuitem">Warehouse</a></div></div></td>   	 <td class="divider">&nbsp;</td>  	 	<td style="width: 19.6%; color: black;" id="item5" class="menu05" onmouseover="expand(this.id, 'menu5');" onmouseout="collapse(this.id, 'menu5');" onmouseleave="collapseIE(this.id, 'menu5');"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/">Our Customers</a><div style="top: 168px; left: 752px; width: 183px; position: static; visibility: hidden; display: none;" id="menu5" class="exp" onmouseout="collapse('item5', this.id);" onmouseleave="collapseIE('item5', this.id);"><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-customers/highlights" class="menuitem">Customer Highlights</a></div><div class="sub-mlinks"><a href="http://www.excelfoundry.net/lifeatexcel/?q=our-customers/equipment" class="menuitem">Equipment Profiles</a></div></div></td>   	  	      </tr></tbody></table>  	   </div>

I am a photographer for a website and I know very little about anything other than basic html. With the website lady gone on a trip around the world for a year, I ended up being the person to attempt to modify our side menu to show an additional column of subcategories. I tinkered around with the code we had and I managed to get this to work in Firefox, however in IE7 the contents of the menu shift down a few pixels when you hover over a category.

To view my problem, go to scannerparts.biz

I've messed around with this for a few days and everything has become a big confusing mess so I have no choice but give in and ask for help. I thank anyone in advance for any assistance you can offer.

-Emerson

Here is the code:

hover.css

Code:

<!--
body {
	behavior: url(/images/csshover2.htc);
}

div#categorynav ul {margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
.submenu {
	position: relative;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 2px 0px;
	width: 178px;
}

div#categorynav ul.level1 li a {
	position: relative;
	display: block;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding:  0px;
}

div#categorynav ul.level2 li {
	position: relative; 
	display: block;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin: 0px; 
	padding: 0px;
}

div#categorynav ul.level3 li {
	position: relative; 
	display: block;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin: 0px; 
	padding: 0px;
}

div#categorynav ul.level1 ul.level2 a {
	background-color: #000000;
	color: #fff;
	width: 178px;
	font-weight:normal;
	padding: 4px 4px 4px 14px;
}

div#categorynav ul.level2 ul.level3 a {
	background-color: #000000;
	color: #fff;
	width: 178px;
	font-weight:normal;
	padding: 4px 4px 4px 14px;
}

html>body div#categorynav ul.level1 ul.level2 a {
	width: auto;
	padding: 0px; 
	margin: 0px;
}
html>body div#categorynav ul.level2 ul.level3 a {
	width: auto;
	padding: 0px; 
	margin: 0px;
}

div#categorynav>ul a {width:auto; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;} 
div#categorynav ul ul {position: absolute; display: none; width: 100px; z-index:900; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;}
div#categorynav ul ul li {padding: 0px; margin: 0px;}
div#categorynav ul.level1 li.submenu:hover ul.level2 {
	display: block;
	list-style-image: none;
	list-style-type: none;

	
}
div#categorynav ul.level2 li.submenu:hover ul.level3 {
	display: block;
	list-style-image: none;
	list-style-type: none;

	
}

div#categorynav ul.level2 {
	top: 0px;	
	left: 178px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	width:160px;

} 
div#categorynav ul.level2 li a:hover {
	background-color: #000000;
	color: red;

}

div#categorynav ul.level3 {
	top: 0px;	
	left: 178px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	width:160px;

} 
div#categorynav ul.level3 li a:hover {
	background-color: #000000;
	color: red;


}

Abbreviated Header Source (abbreviated for max character requirement, I think I left all the vital stuff there)
Code:

<!doctype HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>

<ss:comment><link href="hover.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen"/></ss:comment>
<link href="$store.images['hover.css']" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen"/>


<style type="text/css">
<!--
/* Style Sheet */
body {
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-right: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 30px;
	margin-left: 1px;
	background-image: url(/images/backgroundgray.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: center bottom;
}
html { height: 100%; margin-bottom: 1px; }
#outline{
	border :0px solid #ffffff;
	width :760px;
	}
#categories{
	background-color:#000000;
	color:#ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
	text-align : left;
	display: block;
	padding : 5px 5px 1px 0px;
	font-weight :bold;
	font-size:9pt;
	font-family:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.face/>;
        width :178px;
	padding: 0px; 
	}
#cat1{
	background-color:#000000;
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
	text-align: left;
	display: block;
	font-weight :normal;
	font-size: 9pt;
	font-family:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.face/>;
        width: 178px;
	padding: 0px; 
	}
#cat1 a{
	background-color:#000000;
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
	text-align: left;
	display: block;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size:9pt;
	font-family:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.face/>;
        width :178px;
	padding: 0px; 
	}
#cat1 a:hover{
	background-color:#000000;
	color:#ff0000;
	text-decoration:none;
	text-align : left;
	display: block;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size:9pt;
	font-family:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.face/>;
        width :178px;
	padding: 0px; 
	}
.leftnav {
	background-color:#000000;
	color:#ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-weight :bold;
	font-size:9pt;
	font-family:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.face/>;
	padding : 2px 5px 1px 0px;
	}
.leftnav A:link {
	background-color:#000000;
	border-bottom : 1px solid #666666;
	color:#ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
	text-align : left;

	display: block;
	padding : 2px 5px 1px 0px;
	font-weight :bold;
	}
.leftnav A:visited {
	background-color:#000000;
	border-bottom : 1px solid #666666;
	color:#ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
	text-align : left;
	display: block;
	padding : 2px 5px 1px 0px;
	font-weight :bold;
	}
.leftnav A:hover {
	background-color:#000000;
	border-bottom : 1px solid #666666;
	color:#ff0000;
	text-decoration:none;
	text-align : left;
	display: block;
	padding : 2px 5px 1px 0px;
	font-weight :bold;
	}
.leftnav A:active {
	background-color:#000000;
	border-bottom : 1px solid #666666;
	color:#ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
	text-align : left;
	display: block;
	padding : 2px 5px 1px 0px;
	font-weight :bold;
	}
A:link {text-decoration:underline;color:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.color/>;}
A:visited {text-decoration:underline;color:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.color/>;}
A:hover {text-decoration:none;color:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.color/>;}
A:active {text-decoration:underline;color:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.color/>;}

.content {font-family:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.face/>
;color:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.color/>;}

.title {font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;font-family:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.face/>
;color:#ffffff;}

.footer {font-size:9pt;font-family:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.face/>
;color:<ss:value source=$font.paragraph.color/>;}

-->
</style>
</head>

<body>
<center>
<div id="outline">
<table width="760" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<!-- banner image -->
	<tr valign="top"><td colspan="4"><a href="(URL address blocked: See forum rules)"><ss:image source="$templateSet.images['header.jpg']" border="0"/></a></td></tr>

	<tr valign="top">
<!-- left nav -->
		<td bgcolor="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
		<td width="175" bgcolor="#000000">
			<div class="leftnav">
		<!-- store logo -->
			</div>
		
			<div class="leftnav">
				<div style="border-bottom : 0px solid #666666;">&nbsp;</div>
			<!-- home -->
				</div>
			
			<!-- categories -->
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" color="white"><b>Parts and Products:</b></font></p>
<div id="categorynav">
<div id="categories">
	<ul class="level1">                        			 
	<ss:foreach item="category" within="$catalog.categoryList()">
	<ss:sortby item="categorypriority" direction="asc"/>
	<ss:if test="$category.treeLevel == '1'">
	<ss:set name="hasSub" value="0"/>
		<ss:foreach item="subcategory" within="$category.childrenToDepth(1)">

		<ss:set name="hasSub" value="1"/>
		</ss:foreach>
                <li class="submenu">
		<div id="cat1"><ss:link source="$category"/></div>
			<ss:if test="$hasSub == '1'">
			<ul class="level2">
			<ss:foreach item="subcategory" within="$category.childrenToDepth(1)">
			<ss:sortby item="categorypriority" direction="asc"/>

			<ss:if test="$category.treeLevel == '2'">
			<ss:set name="hasSub" value="1"/>
			<ss:foreach item="subcategory" within="$category.childrenToDepth(1)">

                        		<ss:set name="hasSub" value="1"/></ss:foreach></ss:if>
</li>
                                 	<li class="submenu">
					<div id="cat1"><ss:link source="$subcategory"/></div>
						<ss:if test="$hasSub == '1'">
						<ul class="level3">
						<ss:foreach item="subcategory" within="$subcategory.childrenToDepth(1)">
						<li><ss:link source="$subcategory" title="$subcategory.name"/></li>
						</ss:foreach>
						</ul>
						</ss:if>
						</ss:foreach>
						</ul>
						</ss:if></ss:foreach>

					</li>

					</ss:if></ss:if></ss:foreach>
				<br>                      
			 </ul>
			</div> 
			</div>

Hi all,

I've got a horizontal menu that is working just fine in every browser but IE 6 and 7. In IE it's almost there, except that the submenus will only appear one level deep. The menu is created with nested lists. The :hover functionality is simulated via JavaScript for IE 6. The IE developer toolbar shows the 3rd level menu is correctly being changed to display: block when its parent is hovered, and the border the dev toolbar draws even puts it in the correct place, it just doesn't actually appear.

You can find the page he
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/

The CSS and JS (uses jQuery) can be found he
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/css/screen.css
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/css/ie.css (loaded with a conditional comment)
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/js/tdps.js
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/js/ie.js (loaded with a conditonal comment)

For a specific example of what I'm talking about, try hovering over the second item, Filters & Parts. This will give you another level with four choices. Each of those also has child elements, but when hovered over, the next level doesn't appear. Try it in something other than IE 6 or 7 to see how it's supposed to look.

Thanks very much in advance!

Ok, I know virtually nothing about css, but realized that that a css menu is better for SEO. Anyway I found this vertical menu that works the way I want it. But I also need a horizontal version of it with dropdown submenus. Can someone help with this? I have been trying a bunch of things but it just looks awful and doesn't work right. It has 3 basic componets; Html, Javascript, and css.

Here they are below.

drop_down.js:
Code:

// JavaScript Document

startList = function() {
if (document.all&&document.getElementById) {
navRoot = document.getElementById("nav");
for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {
node = navRoot.childNodes[i];
if (node.nodeName=="LI") {
node.onmouseover=function() {
this.className+=" over";
  }
  node.onmouseout=function() {
  this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");
   }
   }
  }
 }
}
window.onload=startList; 

HTML:
Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Horizontal Drop Down Menus</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="drop_down.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
@import "style2.css";
</style>
</head>
<body> 
<ul id="nav"> 
  <li><a href="#">Home</a></li> 
  <li><a href="#">About</a> 
    <ul> 
      <li><a href="#">History</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Team</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Offices</a></li> 
    </ul> 
  </li> 
  <li><a href="#">Services</a> 
    <ul> 
      <li><a href="#">Web Design</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Internet Marketing</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Hosting</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Domain Names</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Broadband</a></li> 
    </ul> 
  </li> 
  <li><a href="#">Contact Us</a> 
    <ul> 
      <li><a href="#">United Kingdom</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">France</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">USA</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Australia</a></li> 
    </ul> 
  </li> 
</ul> 
</body>
</html> 

Style2.CSS:
Code:

body {
	font: normal 11px verdana;
	}

ul {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
	width: 150px; /* Width of Menu Items */
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
	}

ul li {
	position: relative;
	}
	
li ul {
	position: absolute;
	left: 149px; /* Set 1px less than menu width */
	top: 0;
	display: none;
	}

/* Styles for Menu Items */
ul li a {
	display: block;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #777;
	background: #fff; /* IE6 Bug */
	padding: 5px;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-bottom: 0;
	}

/* Fix IE. Hide from IE Mac \*/
* html ul li { float: left; height: 1%; }
* html ul li a { height: 1%; }
/* End */

ul li a:hover { color: #E2144A; background: #f9f9f9; } /* Hover Styles */
		
li ul li a { padding: 2px 5px; } /* Sub Menu Styles */
		
li:hover ul, li.over ul { display: block; } /* The magic */ 

I working on a CSS to display a round-shouldered-tab menu. My result is acceptable:
http://rickduley.webs.com/roundShoulderTabMenu.jpg
except for the fact that the tabs are set below the menuBar on which the are supposed to display.

I have run out of ideas. Would someone please set me on the right path?
Thanks.

P.S.: the code is at
http://rickduley.webs.com/roundShoulderTabMenu.zip.kgb -
you have to delete the 'dot key gee bee' suffix.

Hi folks. I'm hoping someone can help me out. I have a template I've been working with (struggling with).

It has a style sheet attached to it and I'm trying to replace the main, static menu with a drop down Spry Menu.

I've managed to get most of it figured out but my dropdowns aren't colored correctly. The Spry Menu isn't centered on the page. The menu titles are spread out too far also (ie. it's suppose to be "About Me" but the "Me" is way below the "About").

I'm guessing it's probably an easy fix for you all but I've been playing with it all day without a lot of progress. Thank you. Let me know if I should post links.