[RESOLVED] Dropdown menus with CSS

[matt1776]

Is there a good way to make dropdown menus using only CSS that is cross browser compatible?

[matt1776]

Ok please disregard the last post, ive found a simple tutorial and followed it. but now there is a problem with my layout. can anyone tell me why this messes with my center div?

http://www.nevertap.com/float/

[ray326]

Notice also that the first list item is not visible. Makes me think a display:none is somehow bleeding over from the menu.

[MySyZyGy]

I"m learning how to dot his myself, what tutorial did you use?
Sorry I can't help ya.
Jesse

[MySyZyGy]

btw:nice site

[matt1776]

thanks mysyzygy ... I got it from http://www.seoconsultants.com/css/menus/tutorial/

[matt1776]

ray,

but all the list items are showing. I dont understand enough of whats going on to go over it in detail ... *sigh* i hate navigation, its the hardest part of a website to me. I would rather just have a plain text nav, but the 'customer' doesnt want the left side cluttered with links.

it could be so easy.

[matt1776]

can someone please enlighten me as to how CSS is better than table layouts? this is a joke. go to this site with FF and then refresh your browser. the same code will be one way and then change magically before your eyes.

http://www.nevertap.com/float/

whats more, is that when i try to put text on the left hand column, the navigation bar breaks. This is so so so lame. Ive tried 3 variations of this code with 'fixes' that were supposed to help this.

tell me, if its so wonderful, then why all the workarounds? I understand about standards and all that, but wtf? i am so frustrated with this.

[ray326]

Well it helps to start with good HTML and CSS.

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nevertap.com%2Ffloat%2F
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css2&warning=2&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nevertap.com%2Ffloat%2F

[Vladdy]

Also you should use Strict DTD (besides other reasons, IE would render the page closer to compliant browsers)

[matt1776]

ray and vlad.

thank you for the suggestions, i have switched over to strict and i have made sure all my css and html is now valid.

I have decided to go without the dropdown menus, according to another source, this isnt correct CSS anyway, should only be used for presentation. . .