After much discussion that

netsperience — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:56:43 +0000

After much discussion that was sneering (at d.o. not here - we're nicer here) (example: "Let's Party Like It's 1999") but did not quite address the original post I was able to come up with this css solution that does not require any alteration of php code in template or core:

I think this is it
netsperience - June 29, 2008 - 15:44

using

ul.primary-links a { background-position:center top; background-repeat:no-repeat; height:0px !important; overflow:hidden; padding:32px 0pt 0pt; }

the text is gone but the Garland theme bg images are still there

so to replace the bg images - for each menu item (example here is in Garland theme)

ul.primary-links li a.menu-1-1-2 { background: transparent url(images/bg-bar.png); }

(make sure it is placed after the css that sets the theme bg images, if any)

This is a css solution I can live with, thanks all for the suggestions

original post on d.o. was

netsperience — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:19:58 +0000

original post on d.o. was specific to Drupal 5

I believe my solution would work in v 6 too

I am using both Drupal 6.2 and Drupal 5.7

The "consensus" is that 5.7 is a better pick still for "serious" development due to more module support (many module maintainers are taking along time to release v 6 probably because of the new menu system etc)

Some reasons I would choose v 5.7:

1) Ubercart for ecommerce
2) Workflow-ng (this amazing module not in v 6 yet either)

and there are many bugs in v 6 modules, eg login_destination someone (not maintainer) made a temporary replacement that works in most v 6 installations

netsperience wrote: what do

greg — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:05:00 +0000

netsperience wrote:

what do you think?

I'm all out of Blue Peter badges

(Sorry, couldn't resist )

Shouldn't everyone be heading to Drupal 6 by now?