Need help with menus, please?

[Rosebud]

I posted this on the Java area but maybe it wasn't appropriate there. I sure hope someone can help! I am a graphic designer who has developed a few simple web sites for people, I am developing a site for a small community where I live.

I want it to look really nice, and I would like to have an effect of pop-up or cascading menu items. I have a few scripts but they are for text menus, I'd like to accomplish the same thing using gfx.

Here a couple examples:

First, I want a rollover and then a pop-up:
http://www.billfish-creations.com/images/comm_submenu1.jpg

Then I want a submenu hilite and the submenu to disappear upon mouse click.
http://www.billfish-creations.com/images/comm_submenu2.jpg

If you have any idea on how I can accomplish this or if you have any suggestions, I would really appreciate it. I am new here and I'm not sure who to ask.

Thanks for providing this forum!

[jdavia]

Originally posted by Rosebud
I would like to have an effect of pop-up or cascading menu items. I have a few scripts but they are for text menus, I'd like to accomplish the same thing using gfx.

Look at this script
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/popit.htm
Or others are at
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

Don't be alarmed of the fact that it uses text. You can eliminate the text and replace it with an image. Maybe you can use what you already have this way.

Example: TEXT
<a href="#" onMouseover="showmenu(event,linkset[0])" onMouseout="delayhidemenu()">My Web Page</a>
Example: IMAGE
<a href="#" onMouseover="showmenu(event,linkset[0])" onMouseout="delayhidemenu()"><img src="smile.gif"></a><br>

[Rosebud]

Thanks very much! I will take a look and see if I can get it to work.

I am very excited about this, I think it will look very nice and be easy for the web surfer as well.


Thanks again.

[MaineWebGirl]

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/hvmenu/index.htm

I used this on my site. http://64.179.21.94 If you look under "Products" you'll see where I used graphics. Hope this helps.

[KevGymnast]

you could use flash...of course it would take some time and effort, but you could do some cool stuff with it. check http://www.spoono.com
http://flashkit.org
http://www.shadowness.com
or
http://www.phong.com
and you'll see some cool things and get some good tuts on it. just some thoughts :D