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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 01:37 AM

  HI All
  
  Coming back to using postnuke after a few years so bare with me while I try to refresh the old grey cells.
  
  ANyway, I am trying to create a postnuke site similar to my current one for my soccer team - www.lynefc.co.uk/teams/
  
  and was wondering, is there a module that I can create custom drop down menus?
  
  Scott

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• dits
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 04:34 AM

  Sure, it's called menutree: http://community.postnuke.com/index.php?module=Database&func=viewpub&tid=5&pid=6
  
  You can create CSS-only (not using any javascript) ul based custom dropdown menus. It's very flexible. You need the 0.1 version for a pre .8 Postnuke installation and 1.0 for a .8 install.

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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 06:45 AM

  It will take some effort to creat a top menu like you have on your site now. I think some people are using dynamenu in pn0.8, but the code is far from being on par with 0.8.
  My choice would be to use menutree (uptodate Ajax menu entering) and already available CSS based menus. If I have some menuexamples ready I will post them and send the patches to menutree in the NOC.
  
  I'm looking into menus at the moment. It seems that menutree can be combined with for example the Suckerfish Dropdowns (a list apart) or Son of suckerfish dropdowns. They both use a simple unordered list, CSS and small javascript as the basis. The sun of suckerfish dropdowns can also be turned into a vertical one (demo).
  
  On dynamic drive you have suckertree horizontal and suckertree vertical also using unordered lists, CSS and lightweight javascript.
  
  A more versatile one (delay before closing etc) on dynamicdrive Chrome css dropdown menu. But the structure is not simply an unorderer list. Or Drop Down tabs, Drop Down Tab Menu.
  
  You can also check out cssdrive menus.
  
  So there are a lot of options that could be fitted to menutree as far as I can see . Adapting the templates, adding CSS and testing it out.
  
  
  
  edited by: espaan, Jan 26, 2008 - 07:52 PM
  
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• dks
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 06:55 AM

  I purchased the Milonic DHTML Menus some time back and have also used Brothercake's Ultimate Dropdown Menus, but neither are quick or a newbie thing to impliment. Once tweaked they're both quite nice though.
  
  I think it would be nice to have some integration with the Spry Menu Bar and Postnuke.....pnSpry

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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 07:47 AM

  Nice looking stuff, but not free and not so lightweight
  
  I think adding several options to menutree would already serve a lot of people really well.
  Just starting off with a simple menu and adding complexity if you really need it.
  
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• AmmoDump
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 07:53 AM

  Simple div(positioned)-CSS drop down menus are the best, in my opinion. Really no drop down is the best solution.
  
  Put the links out there for people to see! ...and the search engines to find...
  
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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 08:17 AM

  I agree, but that kind of clearity is not always what people want
  The suckerfish scripts are clean and use the unordered lists (also multi level) with CSS (and a tiny javascript) to display them.
  Offerering several horizontal and vertical menuoptions would offer people the oportunity to use postnuke easier in their own layout.
  
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• dks
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 12:24 PM

  Worthy of note is that any solution should also very cross-browser compatible, like suckerfish. And allllll the cool kids use unordered lists :)

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 09:21 PM

  Hi
  Thanks for all the advice. Just installed menutree - and looks fine. Activated the module and block, and made sure I overwrite the dargdrop.js.
  BUT I dont get a dynamic menu - http://www.lynefc.co.uk/lynefc/index.php
  Can see what I have missed?
  
  Scott

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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 10:18 PM

  What do you mean with a dynamic menu? You can activate different templates in the menuoptions. there is the menutree_block_menutreeext.htm template that should give a fold out menu.
  
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• dits
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 27, 2008 - 12:36 AM

  More links to related sources:
  
  http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/
  http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/menu_builder_flyout.html
  

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 27, 2008 - 02:25 AM

  Hi
  
  menutree_block_menutreeext.htm is the one selected and does not seem to folder out.
  
  Any ideas?
  
  Scott

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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 01:04 AM

  mmhh hard to say. It seems that you're site is also work in progress so if you have the menu there again a check would be possible.
  
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