Roo — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:09:02 +0000

I'm currently running the DW8 demo, and I have to say that the script it puts out is very, very bloated. I haven't checked to see how valid it's scripts are, but from what I'm seeing I'm thinking there would be validation issues.

Try Dynamic Drive or something like it. But your best bet would be to visit the ALA link that Jeeves gave you.

demonhale — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:17:17 +0000

Read Jeeves notes, many dropdown methods are becoming a standard practice and is compliant, thus is cross-browser compatible... Dont convince yourself with what a WYSIWYG can do, rather be open and look for comparisons... For my own, ive tried them all, I sometimes use DW in the past (not these days) , and its quite good, but I code by hand, I wonder why that is....

Blue — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:39:36 +0000

Thanks I'll read the standards link. The problem, so I've been reading, is that the external scripts aren't compatible in as many browsers as DW drop downs.

Thoughts?

JeevesBond — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:51:42 +0000

Nothing wrong with using external scripts, just keeping a copy of them saved somewhere is as good as using the code in DW, and at least your gaining a little insight into how to code.

It doesn't really make much difference whether you use the DW ones or something from a scripting site, they're both written by someone else!

Personally I've never used drop-downs, but if I had to I would read the ALA article on standards compliant drop-downs.

demonhale — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:59:48 +0000

A necessisity sometimes to use dhtml and javascript menus, its fairly up to you, the advantage however is that youll have cleaner codes when you use external scripts, also you can tweak it manually as required... Its good to learn how to make this menus in DW. Notice that even the biggest sites use external scripts for their menus...