[FX.php List] [OFF?] Data driven dynamic menus

[Kevin Futter]

On 13/11/06 2:31 AM, "Jonathan Schwartz" <jonathan at eschwartz.com> wrote:

> Actually, I was looking for the javascript-like expanding navigation
> pop up menus. That's the challenge.
> 
> I have looked at Milonic.com and it looks like the right direction.
> 
> At the moment, javascript isn't in my bag of tricks.....yet. ;-)
> 
> J

Jonathan, you could always use a more accessible approach that doesn't rely
on JavaScript, such as the Son of Suckerfish menu - it's simply positioned
CSS menus, with a small amount of JavaScript to make it work properly in
IE6, due to its brain-dead support of pseudo-classes. As with anything, you
can easily populate the menu with dynamic data from a database.

http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/

Bear in mind that if you're not used to working with semantic markup, then
the approach used here might seem strange at first, but standards-aware
developers have been using lists for navigation for quite a while now.
JS-only solutions are generally frowned-upon these days for their
accessibility problems.

-- 
Kevin Futter
Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/



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