[thelist] menu samples...

[Christopher Styles]

Hi Bruce,
Check out (if you haven't already), Thomas Brattli's Coolmenus 
system...It is highly configurable and I can't really imagine what it 
can't do. It is cross browser and *solid* - I can't give it a high 
enough reccomendation :) Like you, I searched for a really long time for 
a nice menu system, one that could be generated from a database and be 
expandable, etc. This is certainly right on the money...And the forums 
for this are really good too. If you need an "addin" then someone has 
probably already written it. It's super easy to extend.

http://www.dhtmlcentral.com/projects/coolmenus/

I have used it on several CMS's and even built a db-driven frontend that 
you can add an unlimited amount of children to any menu item, and 
continue adding menu items indefinitely...good stuff...

chris( )



bruce wrote:
> hi....
> 
> looking for sample menus that will allow me to create drop down menus with
> hidden submenus...
> 
> (horizontal menu)
> 
>      cat      foo
>      test     qqqq
>       aaa      bbb
>       etc...
> 
> the cat/foo items are top level items in the horizontal nav bar
> 
> cat has the structure:
> 
>       test  <---- child of cat
>        aaa  <---- submenu/child of test
>       etc...
> 
> i'd like to be able to have/add child/submenus to the nav menu. it's
> important to be able to display the child menus underneath the parent, as
> opposed to being displayed off to the side..
> 
> i'd also like any pointers to good drop down/menu scripts for vertical
> menus. i'd like to be able to present the menu items and "hide" the
> child/submenu items. the user would be able to see/hide the child items by
> toggling the parent menu item...
> 
> 
>      fooo
>       -test  <-----
>         aaa
>        test2
>        test3
> 
>      fooo
>       +test   <-----
>        test2
>        test3
> 
> toggling the "test" item displays/hides the underlying "aaa" item...
> 
> i'd like the items to be listed underneath each other, as opposed to
> displayed out to the side.....
> 
> we've seen a number of menu samples/scripts..but nothing that really can do
> what we've described...
> 
> any help/assistance/pointers would be helpful.....
> 
> thanks
> 
> -bruce
> bedouglas at earthlink.net
> 
> 
> 

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