need some help ... css issues, etc.

[3howards]

i'm currently working on a site, in which the client wants drop-downs from the main navigation. currently, i haven't been able to get the drop-downs to work outside of firefox. also, is there a way i can implement drop-downs that will work on firefox, ie and netscape while maintaining a standard-compliant site?

on another topic, with the same site, for some reason the swf is not showing up in netscape. is there something i'm missing that's preventing the file from loading in this browser? it loads in everything else but netscape.

any help would be grately appreciated.

http://www.3howards.com/msta/

[cjoe]

well your code is obviously not wrong firefox has a strong CSS implementation. IE doesn't always follow the rules, fking microsoft! i'll have a more detailed squiz....

[JPnyc]

If you want javascript drop downs, yes there is a way. If you want pure css dropdowns, no there isn't a way.

[cjoe]

i think because of your use of DOM. IE seems to be recognising it as an active x control. its a long time since i coded anything (even then i wasn't very good) so i might be wrong!
i really can't think of a way to do it using CSS. Maybe if you treated each menu as a separate div and controlled them from your javascript rather than referencing the style sheet class. Could you post the relevant style sheet lines?

edit: Jpync just beat me to the punch!

[cbscreative]

Check www.dhtmlcentral.com (http://www.dhtmlcentral.com/) and look for Cool Menus. I have had no problems with this script, and I like it better than other scripts I have used. One important note though, make sure to provide alternative navigation; not only for users that have scripts disabled (about 10% normally), but search engines cannot follow scripted links. One of the frustrations reported from Internet savvy users is scripts, Flash, and images used in links that do not indicate visited pages. Although it may not seem very exciting to use text links with traditional colors to indicate status (blue, purple, and green), users like to see structure they are familiar with. Do not be so creative that you anger them. We as artists love to be different, other artists will applaud creativity, the users who should be customers will leave mad, client won't get sales, they get mad, you have a thing of beauty without profit. I trust you get the idea. Make sure to keep the text links like the ones at the bottom of your sample page, but make sure their status is indicated.

[JPnyc]

There's a script hack you can put on your server to adjust for ie, but then it's not pure css.