dynamic menus

[karnb]

setting up a new website, thought i'd use a template to speed things up

came with a dhtml menu

but i have duscovered it uses javascript

and in internet explorer it wont appear unless javascript is enabled

so i am thinking a lot of users wont go any further and just pass on my wonderful new site

is this a genuine concern , is there a simple workaround or should i use an alternative navigation strategy?

also is it a concern from a seo point of view
thanks

[txbakers]

it's a real concern. enough users disable javascript, so you will lose that many users.

If you can afford to lose that percentage, then don't worry about it. otherwise, come up with a pretty vanilla navigation system that uses plain old HTML.

On some of my sites, Javascript is heavily used, and I say point blank that the site requires cookies and javascript. If you don't want to enable these, then don't use my site.

But I can afford to lose a few.

[Storyman]

Not to mention that there are a lot of search engine spiders that choke on javascript--so links using javascript will not be followed by the spider.

[le_gber]

karnb

try googleing for 'suckerfish drop down menu html css' it's a css based drop down wotking with lists (<ul><li>) that would allow the people with Js disabled to see the menu - not 100% that ie user with js disabled would see it - because IE is not 100% CSS compliant.

Tha main advantage is that search engines would see it and spider your site without problems.

Hope this helps