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brit chic

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Feb 28, 2010 3:15 PM

Which is the quickest or easiest way to add a drop-down menu to the following site buttons

http://www.houndsonholiday.ca/

Or if anyone knows of a good video instruction on adding a sub-menu, it would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Gaynor

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Nancy O.
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1. Feb 28, 2010 3:27 PM (in response to brit chic)
Re: Which is the quickest or easiest way to add a drop-down menu to the following site buttons

CSS Express Drop-Down Menus (tutorial)
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/

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2. Feb 28, 2010 3:29 PM (in response to Nancy O.)
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thanks!

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3. Feb 28, 2010 3:55 PM (in response to Nancy O.)
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I can't find the popup menu magic button on the insert bar - does everyone
have one?

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4. Feb 28, 2010 3:59 PM (in response to Nancy O.)
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Is it the spry tab?

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5. Feb 28, 2010 4:09 PM (in response to brit chic)
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Pop Menu Magic is a PVII full-featured menu system. Unless you purchase and install the extension you won't see it in DW.

You want the PVII Tutorial for Express Pure CSS Drop Menu

Or you could use DW's built in Horizontal Spry Menu. Hit F1 (help) to learn more about it.

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6. Feb 28, 2010 4:13 PM (in response to Nancy O.)
Re: Which is the quickest or easiest way to add a drop-down menu to the following site buttons

I am playing around with the spry menu, but it seems to want to add a new
horizontal nav with the drop-down... is it possible to add the drop-down to
my existing nav
also, I am trying to change the appearance of the spry menu buttons and
nothing seems to be happening... is there a trick to this?
thanks

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7. Feb 28, 2010 4:28 PM (in response to brit chic)
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You should open a fresh, new HTML page and play with Spry Menus for a day or 2. They take some skill and patience to customize.

Working With Spry Menu Bar Widget
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WS8B985763-4DFA-441 5-B242-B2C2D7DED657a.html

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8. Feb 28, 2010 4:58 PM (in response to Nancy O.)
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ok... I had an aha moment
realized that I could change the appearance when I found that the css style
sheet was open
I decided to close it down and start again with a fresh spry but don't know
how I got the style sheet open in the first place
can anyone tell me this please?

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9. Mar 1, 2010 7:57 AM (in response to brit chic)
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I'll second Nancy's recommendation of the Project Seven CSS Express menus. They are considerably better than using the Spry widgets and more accessible. Plus they are free and easy to use. There is a complete turorial on how to use them if you follow the link she gave. Its a simple matter of creating unordered nesting lists, using the javascript provided and either the PVII images or creating your own to the same size as the provided ones.

If you want the easiest way then buy one of their menu systems which require little more than selecting the links you want on the menu. However, something that easy to use isn't free.

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10. Mar 1, 2010 7:27 PM (in response to Cheryl Wise)
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Yes I did check it out, and even chatted with one of the developers... but I
had already made the spry menu
I did play around with the CSS Express after the fact, and really liked the
fluidity much more than the spry and will keep it in mind if I have problems
with the spry menu. I might even change it after the biz is up and running
and I have more time. I am just trying to get the site finished for March
break deadline. I appreciate the info.
Thanks.

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