Hello, Thanks for viewing my question.
I am trying to create a drop down menu and I'm using the "Son of Suckerfish" method.
Found here...
http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/
However I am having trouble figuring out how to add styling to it. specifically...
I would like the header bar to be:
50 pixels tall
900 pixels wide
and have an image as a background
I would like the drop down menus to:
have a color as a background
Here is what I have so far...
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#container {
width: 36em;
background: #F4ECD9;
text-align: left;
border: 1px solid #eda;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#nav, #nav ul {
float: left;
width: 36em;
list-style: none;
line-height: 1;
background: white;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0;
background: url(
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...oheaderbar.jpg) center right;
margin: 0 0 1em 0;
}
#nav a {
display: block;
width: 10em;
w\idth: 6em;
color: #ffffff;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 0.25em 2em;
}
#nav a.daddy {
background: url() center right no-repeat;
}
#nav li {
float: left;
padding: 0;
width: 10em;
}
#nav li ul {
position: absolute;
left: -999em;
height: auto;
width: 14.4em;
w\idth: 13.9em;
font-weight: normal;
border-width: 0.25em;
margin: 0;
}
#nav li li {
padding-right: 1em;
width: 13em
}
#nav li ul a {
width: 13em;
w\idth: 9em;
}
#nav li ul ul {
margin: -1.75em 0 0 14em;
}
#nav li:hover ul ul, #nav li:hover ul ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul ul {
left: -999em;
}
#nav li:hover ul, #nav li li:hover ul, #nav li li li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul, #nav li li.sfhover ul, #nav li li li.sfhover ul {
left: auto;
}
#nav li:hover, #nav li.sfhover {
background: #6699cc;
}
#content {
clear: left;
}
#content a {
color: #7C6240;
}
#content a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
sfHover = function() {
var sfEls = document.getElementById("nav").getElementsByTagName("LI");
for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) {
sfEls[i].onmouseover=function() {
this.className+=" sfhover";
}
sfEls[i].onmouseout=function() {
this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), "");
}
}
}
if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", sfHover);
//--><!]]></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<ul id="nav">
<li><a href="#">Percoidei</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Remoras</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Echeneis</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Sharksucker</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Whitefin Sharksucker</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Phtheirichthys</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Slender Suckerfish</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Remora</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Whalesucker</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Spearfish remora</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Marlinsucker</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Remora</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Ceylonese remora</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Remorina</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">White suckerfish</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Rhombochirus</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">R. osteochir</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Tilefishes</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Caulolatilus</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Lopholatilus</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Malacanthus</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Bluefishes</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Pomatomus</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Scombrops</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sphyraenops</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Tigerfishes</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Amniataba</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Bidyanus</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Hannia</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Hephaestus</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Lagusia</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Leiopotherapon</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Mesopristes</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Pelates</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Pelsartia</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Pingalla</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Rhyncopelates</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Scortum</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Syncomistes</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Terapon</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Anabantoidei</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Climbing perches</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Anabas</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Ctenopoma</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="daddy">Labyrinthfishes</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Belontia</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Betta</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Colisa</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Macropodus</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Malpulutta</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Parosphromenus</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sphaerichthys</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Trichogaster</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Trichopsis</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Kissing gouramis</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Pike-heads</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Giant gouramis</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Gobioidei</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Burrowing gobies</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Dartfishes</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Eellike gobies</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Gobies</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Loach gobies</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Odontobutidae</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sandfishes</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Schindleriidae</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sleepers</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Xenisthmidae</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>