Add a Drop Down Menu Bar to your Website

This compact menu bar saves a lot of space in your blog's sidebar. It can also be used for your links, sponsors, categories,etc.
I've been looking at all kinds of menus for my website. If you know of any other sites where you can find menus for sites, please list them. Here you'll find the source code at the site below.

widgetsforfree.blogspot.com/2008/03/drop-down-menu-bar.html

 

using flash is a lot more dynamic for drop downs... but then again a lot more complicated

 

It's also inaccessible to search engines, those who don't have the Flash plugin installed or have had it blocked, many mobile users... so don't use Flash for your site's menu. Plain and simple.

 

I agree totally. You want the menu to be visible to all your readers

 

i used it in my site but now removed...it ws heavy then any other menu

 

thanks a lot works great for me!

 

90+% of internet users can see flash5 or greater on the web with that count rising all the time. it's completely dependant on whether or not your willing to sacrifice that 10% to give your asthetics a boost/please your customer more.

if a customer asks me for a drop down menu i use flash

p.s. id like to meet someone that doesnt have a plugin, cuz without it the internet is a very bland place, i.e. no youtube or games! + some sites demand you have flash installed to view their adverts and therefore view that sites content. but the problem is search engine technology is incapable of seeing a .swf

 

And what about mobile phones, people browsing from work (where the IT departments often have the final say of what can and cannot be used, persuant to company policy), dialup users who either cannot afford broadband or satellite (because the cost of servicing their area is prohibitively high), dialup users who cannot GET broadband to begin with (half of the United States, and from what I heard, most of Canada, believe it nor not - due to the telecos not giving a damn about laying down cable, new phone lines or fiber-optic lines because it "costs them too much" while they continue to rape their customers up the <ahem> without the K-Y with their ever increasing prices and profit margins while also decreasing the quality of the services they provide), as well as people who don't even bother to upgrade their plugins (and if you don't think people refuse to upgrade, look at all the people who still use IE 5.5 and IE 6, or five year old computers).

And people wonder why I'm such a strong advocate of Web accessibility (for all - not just the disabled).

Oh, and if someone asks for a dropdown menu, I use HTML and CSS, plus a small dash of JavaScript for IE 5/6, despite the accessibility issues inherent regarding those who navigate via the keyboard)

 

very true! and yeah the IT department wouldnt allow workers to view flash because we all know that no work would be done because youtube and games alike that use flash will distract them, im guilty!

 

Why do you think I'm self employed?

 

the same reason i'm self employed, but it doesnt stop games from distracting me thats why i down-graded to a 32MB built-in DELL graphics card........ FTW!

 

I love this drop down menu that you mentioned.
http://widgetsforfree.blogspot.com/2008/03/drop-down-menu-bar.html

 

DHTML Menu is the way to go!

There are many kind of DHTML Menus.. Ans some CSS Menu as well. I recommend u to use DHTML Menus. If not there is also JavaScript to do the job.

CSS: www.opencube.com
DHTML and JavaScript: www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/

And a free software that can be installed on ur computer:
DHTML Menu Builder

 

that works great!

 

Really nice that one flash menu creator
It's free and have a lot of parameters.

 

I don't think that flash is the way to go because not as many people browsing the web have it.

tell me so if I'm wrong.

 

You're right - and search engines also won't index it easily.

 

Flash have about 98% users (Adobe statistic )
and flash really SEO friendly

 

Those users cover the desktop market - try using a Flash site on your cell phone or PDA.

As for being SEO friendly, it's anything BUT. Yes, it's getting better, but it's not even close to being there yet.

 

Dan, I totally agree with you on this.