It depends on the result you're looking for. With the free scripts at
best you'll end up with a working menu that looks the same as everyone
elses - at worst your menu will not be cross browser, the links wont
be indexed by search engines and the script will probably be huge.
I'm not sure which of the scrips on dynamicdrive you'd recommend but I
looked at this one
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/topnavbar.htm
The obvious points are
1/ there's no way to customise the look of the menu, add extra text
images to the menu etc. Your menu will look the same as everyone elses
2/ the links dont have a hand cursor - this may be confusing for some
users
3/ because the menu is written out with javascript none of the links
will be indexed by search engines.
4/ the script is huge!
Building a dropdown in FP2003 is hardly difficult but admitedly it can
be tedious. However you'll end up with a robust, cross browser
(Netscape 4+) menu that will be properly indexed by search engines and
can be made as interesting and attractive as you wish. The alternative
would be to hand code a menu yourself, this is quicker but of course
there's the up front time to learn.
I've not seen a free script or add-on that can come close in
functionality or design to something a half competent FP2003 user
could do in half an hour
Jon
Microsoft MVP - FP
"MD WebsUnlimited.com" <
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