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Navigation menu is the vital element for website, it not only draws the outline of website structure and gives the visitors some sense of orientation though the site; but also spotlights your web design; even navigation menu is SE friendly to promote your website ranking. Navigation menu has been developed for years, its style and functions are not limited in image and text anymore, the navigation menus are various in future trend. Let’s share the popular navigation menus on web design:

• Tab menu to show more in less space
  
• Creative menu for individual website
  
• Mac style of navigation bar
  
• Navigation menu of multi-column/multi-level
  
• Vertical menu to navigate the website
  
• Stunning icon of JavaScript menu
  

They are great DHTML menu, right? Come here to enjoy more web menus.
Download drop down menu builder to design your own menu.

Sothink DHTML Menu can create the various drop down menus, JavaScript menus, navigation

bars amd web menus without coding.  With this drop down menu builder, you can create the  diverse menu styles, such as horizontal menu, vertical menu, etc. Next, I will show you the excellent JavScript menus made by Sothin DHTML Menu:

Drop Down Menu Samples – Tab Menu

JavaScript Menu Samples – Multi-level & Multi-column

Navigation Bar Samples – Clone of some famous menus

JavaScript Menu Samples – Database Driven & Special Effect

Come to our menu samples to view more well-design menus.

Many menu samples have been saved to built-in template; download Sothink DHTML Menu to create your own menu.

Sothink Menu Template collects lots of website-matching DHTML menus and tree menus, you can apply the professional and well-designed menus to your website directly. In menu template, almost all menus are listed here, such as vertical or horizontal JavaScript menus, drop down menus and tree menus. Each series of menu template inlcudes the DHTML menus of several colors. Come on, pick up your favorite menu template!

Just 3 steps to build menu from menu template. First, choose one menu template and open the authoring file (.pgt or .stm) in Sothink program; and then edit the menu style, text and link to match with your website; finally, publish the menu to make it display perfectly on Internet.

View Menu template:

Each Menu template has several colors:

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View tree menu template >>

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At present, many well-known companies use drop down menu as navigation bar to navigate their website, such as Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon, etc. How these great drop down menu would be like? Below collects the excellent drop down menus from famous websites. The clone web menus have their own features, such as multi-column JavaScript menu, horizontal or vertical drop down menus. These simple and practical navigation bars are the most favorite web menu for big company.

Let’s view thses clone web menus:

Navigation bar from Amazon

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Drop down menu from Amazon

 
 
 
 
 
Web menu from Alcatel

 
 
 
 
DHTML menu from Sony

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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List menu refers to navigation bar on the website, which shows menu in unordered list, it enables to popup the sub-menu and quick link to the target page. Generally, list menu can be made by CSS+HTML (tag <ul>&<li>). If being familiar with HTML code, you can create a well-design drop down menu with ease; if not, you may have to take days or even weeks to learn DHTML coding before you can build you own list menu from scratch. Fortunately, Sothink DHTML Menu can help you create the professional list menu without coding.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
About Sothink DHTML Menu

Sothink DHTML Menu enables to create list menu without coding. With rich templates and styles, you can create cross-browser list menu in clicks. Fully customize list menu style and free integrate with web editors to build list menu.

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Start list menu with Sothink DHTML Menu

1. Start list menu with rich templates

Launch Sothink DHTML Menu. Template windows open and you can choose list menu “Business > Bullet” .

2.Modify the text and link for list menu

Modify the text and link for your website. Click the text on menu panel, select the option “Menu Item > General”, and edit the text and link in property panel below.

3. Set multi-column function for 2-level menu item in list menu

Select the menu item that includes sub menu items, and click the option “Popup Menu > Multi-Column” to make them display in list way. And adjust their sequence to make them show in right category.

After setting “multi-column” function, the program will auto-arrange the menu items from left to right orderly based on the defined row number or column number. In order to get the better layout, you must adjust the sequence of menu items for drop down menu.

4. Set resource folder for list menu and make it work locally or on Internet

Set resource folder to save JS and image files to the specific directory, which makes the list menu display correctly. Enter the “Global > Resource Folder” to set them.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Publish list menu and upload the necessary resources to web server

Publish the resource files, menu code or JavaScript menu code to the specific folder, and insert two pieces of code to the tag “head” and “body” within web page. You can preview list menu locally; upload all the resource files to web server, view list menu on web.

Check the button “Publish” on the toolbar to publish list menu.
Without coding, you can edit list menu style in WYSWYG menu builder; execute the command “Copy&Paste” to insert menu code into web page; and upload all the resources to web server. Your list menu will display perfectly on the web and offer clear navigation to all your visitors.

Popup menu is widely used for web navigation, it can popup its sub-menu upon user interactions, such as moving the mouse over the menu item, or clicking the menu item to display more link items. Popup menu is designed as the hierarchy style; you will see only the top-level menu item on website if no mouse behavior involved.

The popup menu is like this:

Popup menu has the features of slim body and large volume. You can add unlimited sub menu items under the top menu. The popup menu is specially applied to the website design of compact structure and multifarious contents. It not only classifies the web pages clearly for website, but also switches to the destination page in one click. Popup menu can be vertical or horizontal style, which is pretty good decoration element for website design.

At present, many well-known companies use popup menu as navigation bar to navigate their website, such as Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon, etc. But, how can I create popup menu of my own? Be patient, I will show you the steps to create popup menu with Sothink DHTML Menu.

Sothink DHTML Menu enables you to create popup menu for compact website. With the built-in templates and rich preset styles, you can create SE friendly popup menu in clicks. Fully customize popup menu to match with web design. Freely integrate with web editors to build popup menus.

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Follow me to start a popup menu now:

1. Start Popup Menu with Built-in Templates

Launch Sothink DHTML Menu. Template windows open and you can choose popup menu “Simple > Classic Silver”.

2. Add the sub menu items for this popup menu

Select the menu item which needs add sub menu items below, and click the button “Append Sub Menu Item” in the menu panel to add sub menu items.

3. Modify the text and link for popup menu

Modify the text and link for your website. Click the text on menu panel, select the option “Menu Item > General”, and edit the text and link in property panel below.

4. Set resource folder to make popup menu work well in Intranet or Internet

Set resource folder to save JS and image files to the specific directory, which makes the popup menu display correctly. Enter the “Global > Resource Folder” to set them.

5. Publish popup menu and make it display on web page

Publish the resource files, menu code or JavaScript menu code to the specific folder; and insert two pieces of code to the tag “head” and “body” within web page.

Check the button “Publish” on the toolbar and choose the option “View/Copy Code…”; the dialog opens, follow the tips to copy and paste the codes to web page; and check the option “Copy the resource files” to copy resource to the defined folder.

Finish the above steps, you can preview menu locally; and upload all the resource files to web server to view popup menu on Internet.

Tab menu usually has the crystal appearance and clean design, which makes the website designer love to use it in their web pages. To more important, tab menu can display more menu items in the limited space, save much more room to present the various contents for surfers.

Tab menus are the one type of drop down menus. This kind of tab navigation bar is usually shown as horizontal web menu, and its submenus list in below line. The tab menu of round corner makes the navigation bar clear and good-looking.

Let view the tab menu samples:

Here is the tutorial about making tab menu in Sothink DHTML Menu:

Hurry up, download Sothink DHTML Menu to create tab menu. Hope you like this tab menu.