Drop Down Menus

[Jennifer]

How do you set up this type of situation:

You have a picture that says "our services"
You click on it and it gets bigger but also says "product liability" "general liability" and so on. All in a row and then you can click on those too and then on the same screen will display whatever you clicked on.
Is that w/Macromedia Flash? Thanks.

 

[JDR]

Jennifer,

From your description you could do most everything using DHTML / Javascript, but when you say the content all stays on the same page, you are probably referring to Flash or Swish, both would accomplish everything you described.

You could use an Iframe within a table to swap content, without going to another page, but that probably wouldn't be the best approach to designing your site.

 

[Murray]

You could use something as simple and trouble free as a form's select tag,
or you could use a combination of javascript and absolutely positioned page
elements ('layers'), or you could use one of the many all-javascript
solutions available on the web.

Personally, I would never recommed the latter, as there are many unforseen
problems that may arise when you use them (particularly if you are not
experienced enough to anticipate them).

I always use the middle choice when I need such critters. By inserting,
positioning, and then hiding a layer to hold your subordinate choices, you
can easily reveal it when mousing over the top-level menu option. The trick
is to hide the layer after reading your choices. If you are interested, I
can explain that for you....

--
Murray

How do you set up this type of situation:

You have a picture that says "our services"
You click on it and it gets bigger but also says "product liability"

"general liability" and so on. All in a row and then you can click on those
too and then on the same screen will display whatever you clicked on.

 

[Dick]

"If you are interested, I can explain that for you...."

I am interested also please explane the process.

Dick

 

[Murray]

Well, why not just read this tutorial....

http://www.roksteady.net/menus/default.aspx