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mrbuds

27th Mar 2003, 04:26 pm

Can anyone recommend a good menu building program that is compatible with dreamweaver. A free one would be great but either way I am not picky as long as it works well. I want to make animated pull down menus. Any advice would be great. thank you for your help in advance.

CADTutor

27th Mar 2003, 07:13 pm

The drop-down menus at www.CADTutor.net were created using DHTML Menu Builder. You will find it here http://software.xfx.net/utilities/dmbuilder/. It's not free ($65) but it does the job and I've had no problems since I started using it a couple of years ago. There is a demo version you can download. As for using it with Dreamweaver. It doesn't integrate into the DW interface but it's simple to add the menus to your HTML file after you complete the layout in DW.

mrbuds

27th Mar 2003, 07:40 pm

I agree that DHTML is a great program and menu builder. The only question I have is when inserting it into Dreamweaver how do u do that. Do you insert it into an image place holder? A table etc..... Thanks for your help

:D

CADTutor

27th Mar 2003, 11:08 pm

Yes, you need an image place holder. The DMB hotspot editor allows you to attach each element of the menu to an image in the html file. So, complete the page layout in DW, including the images. Compile the menu in DMB and then use the hotspot editor to assign each drop-down to the corresponding image.

mrbuds

28th Mar 2003, 02:20 pm

Thanks a lot for your help. Is there any place that has a good tutorial on how to place the menu on a website?? :)

f700es

28th Mar 2003, 05:10 pm

Can anyone recommend a good menu building program that is compatible with dreamweaver. A free one would be great but either way I am not picky as long as it works well. I want to make animated pull down menus. Any advice would be great. thank you for your help in advance.

Hi Buds, you got Dreamweaver and did not get Fireworks with it? I might get disagreed with here but I like the way Fireworks and Dreamweaver work together and FW can make some nice menus (IMHO) and they seem very easy to do. I am not sure if it adds more code than it needs but the ones I have made work well.

F7

CADTutor

28th Mar 2003, 05:58 pm

I don't use Fireworks. Maybe I should but since I already have Photoshop it seems like an unessesary expence. Can you show us some examples of your Fireworks menus?

mrbuds

28th Mar 2003, 06:49 pm

Yeh that would be great if you could show some examples of fireworks menus. I have Fireworks but have never really gotten into it since I use photoshop quite a bit. If you can also lead me to some good tutorials that would be great.

Thanks

f700es

29th Mar 2003, 03:20 am

I don't use Fireworks. Maybe I should but since I already have Photoshop it seems like an unessesary expence. Can you show us some examples of your Fireworks menus?

I agree there, kinda. Since ImageReady comes with PS then it is a no-brainer. FW does not always come with DW but it should be together like PS and ImageReady. I will be some together and maybe find a few site with examples and/or tutorials.

F7

Flores

4th Apr 2003, 03:23 am

I know you want a menu to work with DW, but there are some great DHTML menus at:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/index.html
Look into the "Top Navigational Bar" series. They are easy to use, and free.

Flores

mrbuds

4th Apr 2003, 03:51 pm

Thanks for the advice I will give them a try and let you know how they work for me.

Thanks again :D

superjari

11th May 2003, 03:57 pm

I just designed a site for someone last week and needed a menu, here's what I found; http://www.milonic.co.uk/menu

Best of all; it's free (for non-commercial use)...

mrbuds

12th May 2003, 02:24 pm

Thanks a lot for all your help! I think this program is just what I am looking for! :D

Mrbuds

CADTutor

16th May 2003, 06:42 pm

Just came across this menu builder. It works as a Dreamweaver extension and looks pretty good if you want to stay within the Dreamweaver interface. Is there a downside? It costs $90.

http://www.projectseven.com/mm2/index.htm

mrbuds

16th May 2003, 06:57 pm

Hey thanks a lot ! I actually ran across the same product myself. I have purchased it and it works perfectly.

Thanks for all your help

Mrbuds

CADTutor

16th May 2003, 09:00 pm

Let us know when you've implemented some of those menus, I'd like to take a look.

mrbuds

31st Jul 2003, 06:08 pm

The drop-down menus at www.CADTutor.net were created using DHTML Menu Builder. You will find it here http://software.xfx.net/utilities/dmbuilder/. It's not free ($65) but it does the job and I've had no problems since I started using it a couple of years ago. There is a demo version you can download. As for using it with Dreamweaver. It doesn't integrate into the DW interface but it's simple to add the menus to your HTML file after you complete the layout in DW.

Ok sorry for the late response it has been a very busy summer here. I have just bought the program you recommended DHTML Menu Builder (THANKS FOR YOUR ADVISE). I am running into a small problem. When I load the menu on my page everything is great except it will not show over the frames. In other words when I mouse over the menu and it flies out it will not go over top of a frame. I read the help supplied by the program and am still lost. Can anyone explain it in laments terms?

Thanks a lot for you help
Mark

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CADTutor

4th Aug 2003, 02:30 pm

I know using DMB with framed sites requires a little more work (you'd have the same problem with any such application). I must admit that I stopped using frames some time ago and so I haven't had to battle with this. I know it is possible. I find the user forum on the DMB site very friendly and useful. Maybe try asking there.

superjari

4th Aug 2003, 02:44 pm

Does it have the same problem with Iframes?

mrbuds

6th Aug 2003, 08:38 pm

I am not sure about Iframes. I dont think it would actually. As for useing frames I would like to switch the entire site to no frames. Now CADtutor do you only use tables? Or how is your pages done with no frames?
I believe the reason why I am having this problem is because I have to load the loader code for the menu into the frame I want it to go over. Does this sounds correct at all.

Thanks again for the advise.

Mark

superjari

6th Aug 2003, 08:46 pm

You can use php if you don't want frames, but iframes are an option for html-sites...

CADTutor

6th Aug 2003, 09:16 pm

I am not sure about Iframes. I dont think it would actually. As for useing frames I would like to switch the entire site to no frames. Now CADtutor do you only use tables? Or how is your pages done with no frames?
I believe the reason why I am having this problem is because I have to load the loader code for the menu into the frame I want it to go over. Does this sounds correct at all.

Thanks again for the advise.

Mark

You are right, the CADTutor site uses tables for page layout. Not a single frame in the whole site. This is nice because it means that every page has a unique URL that can be added to Favorites or whatever. I hate getting into a framed site and finding a good page I want to add to Favorites only to find that I can only see the URL for the homepage. Sure, you can right click on links and open in new window but what a pain!

If you look in the help section of DHTML Menu Builder you will see a whole section devoted to implementing menus in frames and iframes :roll:

mrbuds

8th Aug 2003, 03:18 pm

Thanks for you help everyone! Now one more thing. Does anybody know any good URL's to learn Iframes? Or PHP?

Thanks again!

Mark

superjari

8th Aug 2003, 06:34 pm

mrbuds

8th Aug 2003, 08:52 pm

Thanks a lot that helps quite a bit superjari!

Mark

Melizard

15th Feb 2004, 04:14 am

Check out CoffeeCup software... it's got free trials and tutorials. Also check out Lissaexplains.com for other advice.

FindAPath

11th May 2006, 06:03 pm

Just came across this menu builder. It works as a Dreamweaver extension and looks pretty good if you want to stay within the Dreamweaver interface. Is there a downside? It costs $90.

http://www.projectseven.com/mm2/index.htm

I've been using the P7 menus for ages. They're so easy to set up and work flawlessly. I like them a lot.

Wow...just realized this thread is like 2 years old.... :oops: