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What is your favorite way of doing drop down menus?

by Lloyd Buchinski
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Css, javascript, php, jQuery? Why is it your favorite and what are the problems with it? I've been searching but it's a PIN and it takes awhile before you even get to the negatives for each method.

The code or a link to an example would be nice too

I think the ezinearticles.com menu would be a good start. It doesn't seem to be css. Does anyone know how that one is done?
#drop #favorite #menus
  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    I personally think CSS menus are the best as they are lightweight and will work in most browsers (unless they are very old).

    I recently created some menus using CSS Menu Maker
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    • Profile picture of the author clickbump
      Originally Posted by UMS View Post

      I personally think CSS menus are the best as they are lightweight and will work in most browsers...
      Agreed. CSS offers the best mix of responsiveness and speed. Menus that rely on javascript (ie, suckerfish, etc) rely on several inline .js and css files that require numerous http requests to load. If you ever see a site using one of these, check the view source, its not a pretty sight.

      In my opinion, CSS based drop downs (where a drop down menu is absolutely necessary) are the way to go.
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  • Profile picture of the author danieldot
    Apart form Javascript and Jquery I feel okay to use any platform to accomplish your request. If you create your drop down menus using Javascript and Jquery, google will not catch those content and your page will loose the advantage of keyword density.
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    • Profile picture of the author WPcrew
      Originally Posted by danieldot View Post

      Apart form Javascript and Jquery I feel okay to use any platform to accomplish your request. If you create your drop down menus using Javascript and Jquery, google will not catch those content and your page will loose the advantage of keyword density.
      With all due respect, this is wrong. No decent dev will ever make drop down menu this way. Whenever you create dropdown menu, all lists, links, and whatever is in drop down is outputted in the HTML source, and G! can access to everything in a drop down.

      After the HTML is created, jquery, js is applied, and THEN creates drop down effect. The point is that drop down must always be in the page source, it's just differently served to a browser.

      I prefer jquery drop downs, cause of effects
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  • Profile picture of the author thememass
    JQuery is good for cross browser compatibility. I like it's smoothly effects in different browsers.
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