modding ddsmoothmenu problems

[mmoalem]

1) Script Title: ddsmoothmenu

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...smoothmenu.htm

3) Describe problem:
Hi there all - quite a newbie to coding so please help if you can...

found the above script as it was the nearest thing to what i needed, tried to figure what is what on it so i can mod it to my needs but i'm still short of getting it to do what i want...

1. i would like to loose the arrow images from the menu. I deleted the imege ref from the js script, line 10, like this

arrowimages: {down:['downarrowclass', '', 23], right:['rightarrowclass', '']},

this works in firefox but not opera as opera shows an image place holder or something like this

2. the sliding menu doesnt show over embeded video player - any ideas why and if it can be done
(see my test site
http://michelmoalem.awardspace.com/index3.htm
goto 'sample footage' -> 'showreel' for the video)

3. can i delay the slide out of the menu for half a second or so?

4. trying to place my elements correctly on the page i had to resolt to tables and splitting the menu into four menus (each in a cell inside a neted table)
any other way to position menu elements on the page or is usung a nested tables acceptable solution?

thats all for now and thank you in advance for any advice you can give
cheers
michel

[ddadmin]

1) is simple enough, but since the others aren't, have you looked at All Levels Menu instead? It supports 2) and 3) by default. With 4), it shouldn't be an issue with neither script (a link to the problem page would help).

[mmoalem]

thank you for that - I will look at your suggestion for alternative script later on today...

in regard to 4. the page in question is the same

http://michelmoalem.awardspace.com/index3.htm

the difficulty i had was spreading the top menu items to fit evenly across the page (or to specific design as you can see on the link above) - thats why i resorted to split the menu into 4 menus and position each one in separate cells in the nested table using cell dimensions for correct positioning