Dreamweaver Drop Down Menus - Very weird problem

AFK_Matrix · 10 Jun 2006 at 20:40

Ok I have setup a drop down menu in dreamweaver by creating a image with a behaviour added to it for the pop up menus. All is fine and the menu's work fine but i have an annoying image comming up on the menus as though an image is not being displayed.

If you link to this page you'll see what I mean under protfolio images, also doing a test on the contact button:

My Website Link

Now I have been playing and basicaly if i have all the menus in one line, ie not submenus it works fine. As soon as i indent one of the menu options so its a sub menu the university images option gets the symbol saying an image is missing??? You can see what I mean by looking at the contact button, its fine there but then i have no submenus on that if i put one in it will go funny?? Same thing happens if i create the menu in Fireworks??

Help pls.

ClearChaos · 10 Jun 2006 at 21:28

mm_menu_0731165358_0.childMenuIcon="Fireworks Buttons/arrows.gif"

guessing thats the culprit,either delete the line or upload the image

AFK_Matrix · 11 Jun 2006 at 00:03

Brilliant thanks for that sorted the problem out. Don't suppose you know how I can get a hand or pointer icon to show when i hover over the menus do u?

ClearChaos · 11 Jun 2006 at 01:19

good reason not to use the dreamweaver drop downs!

probably a better way of doing it but the dreamwaver wizard thing is kinda restrictive on how you can display those menus

add a new style to your style sheet if your using one

.evilpointerfix {
cursor: pointer;
cursor: hand;
}

you the need to modify each submenu and add <span class="evilpointerfix">your link text here</span>

with a bit of a luck someone else will take a look who is a bit more familiar with css and give you an easier option

if you decide to do it again i would recomend switching completly to a css based layout (lots of free layouts that look exactly like yours) and use a different menu (dreamweavers menus should be killed with fire and nuked from orbit etc)

AFK_Matrix · 11 Jun 2006 at 01:46

TBH I have tried doing it all in css but was taking a bloody age and the menu drop down drove me mad could not get it at all, I think I would need someone sitting next to me to do it.

Plus I needed to get the webpage up and running quickly and to be able to update it quickly and I just don't have the time to learn css so that I can do things as quickly as I can in dreamweaver.

Thanks for your help though.