Jim's DHTML Menu V5.7

[bradj]

1) Script Title: Jim's DHTML Menu V5.7

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/jimmenu/

3) Describe problem: This was very intuitive and I completed my menu in no time, only now, I face a huge road block. I would like to place the menu in a div or table. I already had a site design built out and decided to add another tier of navigation, thus putting together a menu with this script. The website I have completed is centered, which makes me need to somehow get this to load in a div. HELP!

Here is my menu: http://www.garagememphis.com/staging...v/example2.htm

Here is the site layout I am trying to get it into: http://www.garagememphis.com/staging/FCC/nav/staff.html

[boogyman]

that is caused by the navigation being initiated outside the table structure. I did not dig through your code, but if you find the top of the page in your code and just create a new table row / data entry.

now I would also be reminiscent if I didn't mention that you should abandon tables as the rendering schema as they were designed for tabular / record type data. You had me going when you said you wanted to put it inside a <div>. If you did not have that much difficulty implementing the menu script I am sure you could convert the site into a standards compliant layout, especially since you do not have the need to create multiple columns.

[bradj]

oh i'm very aware that i am not doing any development work here more current than 1997 (and have no problem making fun of myself for that). i don't make a living doing this sort of thing, but right now i am just desperate to get this menu centered, which you would think is a simple thing to do.

you said this boogyman: "that is caused by the navigation being initiated outside the table structure. I did not dig through your code, but if you find the top of the page in your code and just create a new table row / data entry."

and unless i'm missing what you're saying entirely, simply putting a table row before the body so that it loads prior to the body loading, that won't work.

can anyone help me center this menu? i would imagine Jim's Menu is used by a ton of people, and i find it hard to believe no one has ever wanted to center it on their site.

if anyone can help me understand it i would be very grateful.

[boogyman]

you need to take the onload="init()" out of the body and move it into your table, or you would need to add some css to bring the top level element of your menu into the center... I would suggest the former because you wont have to worry about if you resize your table structure.

		<table width="774" style="height:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
		  <tr>

			<td width="774" style="background:url(images/x.jpg) top no-repeat  ">
			
			<table width="774" style="height:100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
			  <tr>
				<td width="774" height="71" onload="init()"></td>
			  </tr>
			  <tr>
				<td height="100%">
				
				<table width="774" style="height:188;  " border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
				  <tr>

					<td width="774">
<img src="images/header5.jpg" alt="" border="0">					
					</td>
				  </tr>
				</table>
				
				</td>
			  </tr>
			</table>
			
			</td>
		  </tr>

		</table>

[insanemonkey]

Have you tried using the center tags arount the script?

<center>
<Script here>
</center>

thats just an idea cuz i dont know alot about js

[boogyman]

his code is being generated dynamically, he would need to go in and edit every single browser model in order to do that monkey, i think it would just be easier to initate it within the table layout structure rather then the body, which is where its being generated and thus why its not "centering"

[insanemonkey]

lol..ok...

I was just telling him something sir boogyman,

I don't know anything about javascript that much and I saw that when i replied you beat me too it....lol