Posts Tagged ‘navigation bar’

The simplest, the best. So does the drop down menu. We find some classic navigation bar currently, which they are so simple to navigate the website, and many web designers would like to apply such that JavaScript menu to their webiste, let’s view them:

Sothink DHTML Menu groups many excellent drop down menu samples since it comes out. With the development of JavaScript menu builder, menu samples are more and more beautiful; and their functions are more and more powerful. Let’s view some classic menu samples from DHTML Menu builder:

Horizontal Menu:

Vertical Menu:

Web menus are common on e-commerce sites because they typically include a lot of categories of different products, a good drop down menu can help website to improve navigation and usability, so JavaScript menus can be very useful for visitors. They are also a possibility for other large websites in which fewer clicks can be used to get to a specific page.

Let’s enjoy 5 brilliant web menus:

Float Menu is a web menu used for site navigation, which locates in a fixed position on the webpage. This float menu enables to scroll along scroll bar, and always keep visible no matter how long your page is and how viewers change the window size. Generally, web menu is done by HTML, CSS and jQuery; but it is a difficulty to create such a float menu for web design newbies or if you face urgent design task while time is limited. Maybe, using DHTML menu builder is an easy way for all of us to build float menu in minutes.

Sothink DHTML Menu is an ultimate drop down menu builder; it can build JavaScript menus with simple steps. Besides float menu, DHTML Menu enables to create lots of functional menus, like scroll menu, highlight menu, multi-column menu, and disable items and separators and non-English menu. Now, let’s create float menu in the program:

View float menu sample, and it stays visible even if you scroll down a web page. They’re animated, so they move up and down as you scroll the browser window up or down.

Steps:

1.    Start DHTML menu from Built-in Template.

2.    Set menu type as Float to create Float menu

  • Check “Global > Menu Type” in Tasks panel, and enter the property panel on the bottom. Input name for this menu and check “Float” option here.
  • Check “Global > General” in Tasks panel, and enter the property panel on the bottom. Input value as coordinate to float menu on web page. Now preview menu, you will see the menu placed in a fixed position.
  • Still in this panel, check two “Auto-scroll” options to make float  menu scroll along scroll bar.

Creating float menu is so easy in DHTML menu builder. To build more functional menus, download Sothink DHTML Menu to make them in minutes.

Get a brand-new attractive JavaScript menu from other navigation bars just in steps! Believe it or not, DHTML menu builder can work with various authoring files to create stylish drop down menu based on the existing menu contents and menu structure:

  • Copy & paste the related menu items in one or two DHTML Menu windows to reset menu sequence;
  • Import menu items from Sothink Tree Menu to get the same menu structure and contents tree menu;

To make your menu creation effectively; you can use one of above-mentioned methods. To make your web menu special, you can apply HTML code or image in DHTML menu as menu item.

Now, let’s view which elements can be use as menu item:

Use HTML code as menu item
Check the “HTML” option in “Menu Item > General” property panel after selecting the menu item in Menu Panel; input HTML code in it to use as menu item
Use image as menu item
Pick up the menu item in Menu Panel, and check the “image” option in “Menu Item > General”; and then re-enter “Menu Item > Image” property panel, click “Image Library” or “Folder” button to browse and choose image file, or type image file’s path, the image menu item will appear in the preview window.

Besides general text, DHTML menu builder provides more options to generate menu items. They enrich contents for web  menu, which gives us a wonderful journey to build navigation bar.

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A stunning Flash menu will lighten the website, and impress the visitors. Web designers would like to use Flash menu as web navigation because of its cool visual effects, high-quality animation and great interaction. Flash menu has the feature of extensive cross-browser compatibility, which is well-supported on various browsers and diverse OS, and Flash drop down menu can be viewed correctly by anyone so long as Flash plug-in is installed, it is operating system and browser independent. Compared with to CSS menu and DHTML menu, Flash menu will be more attractive web menu for all of us.

Generally speaking, there are two tools to create Flash menus: Adobe Flash and Flash menu builder. As we know, any tool has its positive and negative aspect, let’s view their effectiveness in creating Flash menu.

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In a word, Adobe Flash is a powerful Flash builder, which enables to ad, banner, movie, etc, but it is not ideal Flash menu builder. If you want to create Flash drop down menu in easy and quick way, please resort to professional Flash menu builder.

Next, let’s approach to Sothink Flash Menu and get more info:

Sothink Flash Menu is an ultimate Flash menu builder, which allows us to create attractive & amazing cross-browser Flash drop down menu in clicks. Built-in templates, fascinating Flash menu with special effects, diverse preset styles and image library, we can make SE friendly Flash menus without coding. Fully customize web menu style. Intuitive interface brings better user experience.

Free built-in templates provide wonderful Flash menus like below:

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Download Sothink Flash Menu to try all features in it.

The same menu contents and identical menu structure in JavaScript menu, but website designers create so many attractive drop down menus of different styles for various websites. It owes to diverse menu styles to do a magic trick on DHTML menus, which makes web menus amazing and stunning. Using CSS can control menu styles if you are proficient in HTML code; if not, navigation bar builder will be the better way to customize everything for your web menus.

In Sothink DHTML Menu, the program provides preset menu styles which can be applied to menu item in one click; to get extremely the same DHTML menu with your imagination, you can customize menu styles in this program, which creates thousands combinations of menu display, special effect, background, margin, color, font, image, cursor, separator and icon. Let’s take a close look to see how DHTML menu builder changes your menu style:

  1. Reset menu display to get a brand-new menu. Modify horizontal menu to vertical menu.
  2. Set properties for navigation bar and its items to build a totally different web menu, these properties include background, color, special effect, font, etc.
  3. Add graphics to customize the cursor, icon and separator images.
  4. web menu can play sound when mouse interacts with item.
  5. One web menu can be inserted to multi-page and one page can include multi-menu.
  6. Set menu width in percentage to layout the website design.
  7. Show sub menu by mouse event.

If you are not satisfied with your Flash menu, why not to try DHTML menu builder to create JavaScript menu of your mind?Now, download Sothink DHTML menu to make it come true.

SEO is a hot topic for website design all the time, since the majority of website traffics come from search engine instead of visual attractiveness. Every element in website design should take SEO into consideration. As for navigation bar, website designers usually choose SE friendly DHTML menu to get crawled easily by spider.

DHTML menu can be search friendly to search engine spiders by three ways:

  • Generate the SE friendly code and insert it to webpage
  • Make XML sitemap and submit it to main-stream Search Engine
  • Generate sitemap to help navigate site and make it to be  indexed

As drop down menu builder, Sothink DHTML menu not only enables to create the attractive web menu, but also provides the useful tools to make navigation menus SE friendly. Let’s check out these SEO tools:

  1. Search Engine Friendly Code Maker
    Pro: This tool enables to generate special codes which are readable for web crawlers; and these SE friendly codes can enhance the presence and visibility of a website on search engine listings. The maker will behave like sitemap if JavaScript is forbidden in the browser, which the menu is shown in text link.
    Usage: After publishing the menu into page, you can check button in the program to open dialog, and click “Copy All” button to copy these codes, and paste them behind the menu code between tag within webpage.
    Button:

    Dialog:
  2. Google XML Sitemap
    Pro:
    This tool can generate XML sitemap, which is special for Google search engine. This XML sitemap makes good use of the search engine spiders’ time by make the engines index pages from your site efficiently; and provides the opportunity to make search engines know priority, update time and change frequency.
    Usage:
    Finishing the menu configuration, you can check button in the program to open dialog; input your website link and check the related options to set sitemap; click “Save XML” button to save XML sitemap to defined path. At last, submit this XML sitemap to Google.
    Button:


    Dialog:
  3. Generate Sitemap
    Pro: Sitemap allows search engine crawlers index the website easily; it enables to make SE find all the pages. Even some internal links, sitemap still improves PrageRank or link popularity to all pages it links. Also sitemap helps with usability and site navigation based on existing menu structure used in website.
    Usage: Completing the menu creation, you can check button in the program to open dialog; choose theme, at
    tach CSS and check the related options to set sitemap page; click “Save…” button to save HTML page to defined path.
    Button:

    Dialog:

DHTML Menu supports IE9 beta in its new version of 9.6. With Microsoft IE9 Beta release, you can use this powerful IE browser later, which is optimized in performance, HTML5, Graphic and Browser. As an essential web element, JavaScript menu/DHTML menu needs to be compatible with the main-stream browser of IE9 to get better browsing experience. DHTML Menu enables you to create cross IE9 beta navigation bars without any skills; 100+ built-in templates are available to be applied to your website directly.

What is Sothink DHTML Menu?
Sothink DHTML Menu is a drop down menu builder, which assistant you in making cross-browser menu, fast-loading menu and SE friendly menu in clicks. 100+ templates & 30 styles included; integration with main-stream web editors; support database driven menus; fully customize menu style.

Main features:
* Full cross-browser compatibility, support IE9 beta.
* Seamlessly integrates with DW, FP, EW and GoLive.
* Supports database driven navigation menu with ASP, PHP, JSP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion.
* Creates functional navigation menu, such as tab menu, highlight menu, scrolling menu, cross-frame menu, multi-level/multi-column menu, custom menu, floating menu, etc.
* Offers 100 + free templates, 30+ preset styles; and provides image library for menu design.
* Publish wizard guides you to publish the drop down menu to website step by step.
* Customize web menu properties, like font, icon, background, border, cursor, tool tip, etc.

Check some samples of DHTML Menu:

1. Anchor chain drop down menu

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2. Grass green web menu

drop down menu

3. Notepad navigation menu

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Download Sothink DHTML Menu to create a well cross-browser menu.

Sothink DHTML Menu includes an advanced function, which enables you to generate a navigation page for your site by automatically analyzing the existing menu of a web site. The Generator wizard will scan all sub-items and their corresponding links, and create an “*.htm” file to show all the relation and structure of the website.

How to generate…

When you finish the menu configuration, click “Tools > Generate Site Map” to open the Site Map Dialog.
You can choose a theme from the pre-made theme list, or use an external style sheet by clicking the browse button. The result can be viewed in the Preview area.

After setting the style for your site map, you can choose one of following options as the content of your site map:

Items with links attached: Use the menu item’s text that is attached a link.
Items and links:  Use both item’s text and link URL.
Items only:  Use item’s text only.
Links only:  Only use the links of menu items as the content.

At last, click “Save” button to save the site map as an htm/ html file, or click “Print” button to print it.

View visual tutorial to get it >>

Download Sothink DHTML Menu to make navigation bar.