Drop-down menu

[Tricia]

I want to create a set of drop-down menus on a frames page banner whereby
when you mouse over the top item it displays the rest.

How do I set about this?

Someone told me that it couldn't be done in a fame as the content might get
lost if the frame wasn't deep enough.

Is this true?

 

[Helpful person]

I want to create a set of drop-down menus on a frames page banner whereby
when you mouse over the top item it displays the rest.

How do I set about this?

Someone told me that it couldn't be done in a fame as the content might get
lost if the frame wasn't deep enough.

Is this true?

You can always set the iframe height to the value you need.

www.richardfisher.com

 

[Ronx]

Yes, it is true that a dropdown menu in a frames page will disappear behind
other frames, unless, as Helpful Person pointed out, you make the banner
frame large enough to accommodate the dropdowns - not a realistic solution.

The options are:
1) make the banner frame large enough to show the drop downs

2) forget the drop down menu

3) place the dropdown menu in the main content pages instead of the banner
frame, which leads to 4)

4) move away from frames, this is probably the best solution for several
other reasons, including ease of navigation for users opening pages from
favourites/bookmarks or search engine results.

For "how to make a dropdown menu", see

http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/index.htm
http://www.seoconsultants.com/css/menus/tutorial/

or select from those at
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/

Or the hard way (written for Expression Web, FrontPage is even harder since
you have to write the CSS yourself):
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/tests/menu/menu-behaviours.htm

--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

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[Tricia]

Dear Both,

Many thanks. I've now created the menu from the example code (not entirely
sure what I'm doing but will study it) and will go on to worry about
placement next.

Regards,

Tricia