Where to find the best possible Drop Menu?

[toplisek]

Hi,
I have seen some very good Drop Menu like name DropMenuShadow but wit ASP.

Need help with link to find the best sofisticated Drop Menu on the market.

Have seen some web site with ASP which have this like: [url removed]

or on YAHOO with PHP:
[finance.yahoo.com...]
Transactions where you see Portfolio if user clicks.

Nice solution.

Need help

[edited by: SuzyUK at 12:18 pm (utc) on Dec. 1, 2007]
[edit reason] removed non-authority link [/edit]

[SuzyUK]

Hi topsilek..

had to remove one of the links but by way of helping clarify your question without the first sample:

It matters not which language pages are generated by - ASP or PHP - both languages generate HTML (source code) and it is that which can be manipulated via CSS and/or JavaScript to produce the desired visual effects.

As it happens the first link was to a menu that was done with Javascript (onmouseover effects) which hides/displays a table of links and the second, the Yahoo one, is done using CSS and lists

Javascript/Ajax can produce some really neat effects. Some will avoid using JS if the source code is important for SEO, or the if the menu itself needs to be highly accessible. The code involved, in some JS menus around, can clutter the HTML for SEO purposes, some even (though not the one you referred to) have the links in a separate JS file so the SE's don't see them at all

CSS menus are known for keeping the HTML 'clutter free' and still usable in a text browser, thus they are generally regarded as highly accessible by all, including the SE's

All of these Drop Menus have their fans/detractors but the first step might be to choose how you would like it to work if either CSS or Javascript is not available to your users.. then you can search for the more specific menu types, based on your sites needs

re: Javascript menus: there are some free scripts out there good and bad. "Bespoke" ones (usually the better ones) are generally custom built or are produced by scripts that you can pay for

CSS menus are mostly just lists which use the

:hover

behaviour to show/hide nested elements/lists. These we can help you with if that's your choice, or if you find one, like the Yahoo one, that you like, you can view the source code, grab the HTML code for the relevant menu, grab the CSS file and dissect/teeak for yourself, or again you can obviously pay someone to build/copy one for you ;)

I'm sure there must be some examples of CSS ones here, and JS ones in the JS forum, I'll try to find them later but maybe some others have some suggestions or WebmasterWorld bookmarks to share

as for the absolute "best" menu, hmm there's too much to choose from, and as it could depend on the users needs and site design, I don't think I have a "best" favourite.... except my personal preference would be, fairly obviously, to build a CSS one :)