73D41416194E8A7C390936971FB2B74B Chira Sathi: Drop Down Menu
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Showing posts with label Drop Down Menu. Show all posts

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Create a Drop Down Menu In Facebook Style With Rounded Borders

The Drop Down Menu code that I provided earlier can be used as a structure to design any navigation menu you like. I have designed a drop down menu using Facebook as inspiration. You can fully customize this menu and can add colors and fonts of your preference too. The new thing about this menu is that it also contains a sub drop down menu and all menus have rounded borders. So now you organize your pages even more beautifully. I have made the installation even more easier. If you use the watermark template or any other Blogger Designer Template then you must read the post below after applying this tutorial,
Facebook Drop down menu
Live Demo

Adding The Drop Down Menu To Blogger

     1.   Go To Blogger > Design and select a HTML/JavaScript widget
      2. Paste the following code inside it,
<style>
#mbtnavbar {
    background: #3B5998;
    width: 100%;
 
    color: #FFF;
        margin: 10px 0;
        padding: 0;
        position: relative;
        border-top:0px solid #960100;
        height:35px;
}

#mbtnav {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav ul {
    float: left;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav li {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
      
}
#mbtnav li a, #mbtnav li a:link, #mbtnav li a:visited {
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
   font:bold 12px Helvetica, sans-serif;
   margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 11px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
        border-right:0px solid #627AAD;
}
#mbtnav li a:hover, #mbtnav li a:active {
    background: #627AAD;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
        margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 11px 12px;
      
  
      
}
#mbtnav li {
    float: left;
    padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav li ul {
    z-index: 9999;
    position: absolute;
    left: -999em;
    height: auto;
    width: 160px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav li ul a {
    width: 140px;
}
#mbtnav li ul ul {
    margin: -25px 0 0 161px;
}
#mbtnav li:hover ul ul, #mbtnav li:hover ul ul ul, #mbtnav li.sfhover ul ul, #mbtnav li.sfhover ul ul ul {
    left: -999em;
}
#mbtnav li:hover ul, #mbtnav li li:hover ul, #mbtnav li li li:hover ul, #mbtnav li.sfhover ul, #mbtnav li li.sfhover ul, #mbtnav li li li.sfhover ul {
    left: auto;
}
#mbtnav li:hover, #mbtnav li.sfhover {
    position: static;
}
#mbtnav li li a, #mbtnav li li a:link, #mbtnav li li a:visited {
    background: #EDEFF4;
    width: 120px;
    color: #3B5998;
    display: block;
    font:normal 12px Helvetica, sans-serif;
    margin: 1px 0 0 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
z-index:9999;
border:1px solid #ddd;
-moz-border-radius:4px;
-webkit-border-radius:4px;
  
}
#mbtnav li li a:hover, #mbtnav li li a:active {
    background: #627AAD;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
  
}

#mbtnav li li li a, #mbtnav li li li a:link, #mbtnav li li li a:visited {
    background: #EDEFF4;
    width: 120px;
    color: #3B5998;
    display: block;
    font:normal 12px Helvetica, sans-serif;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
z-index:9999;
border:1px solid #ddd;
    margin: 1px 0 0  -14px;
  
  
}
#mbtnav li li li a:hover, #mbtnav li li li a:active {
    background: #627AAD;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
}
</style>
<div id='mbtnavbar'>
          <ul id='mbtnav'>
            <li>
              <a href='#'>Home</a>
            </li>
            <li>
              <a href='#'>About</a>
           </li>
            <li>
              <a href='#'>Contact</a>
            </li>
      <li>
               <a href='#'>Sitemap ▼</a>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href='#'>Sub Page #1</a></li>
                    <li><a href='#'>Sub Page #2</a></li>
                    <li><a href='#'>Sub Page #3</a>
               
   <ul>
                    <li><a href='#'>Sub Sub Page #1</a></li>
                    <li><a href='#'>Sub Sub Page #2</a></li>
                    <li><a href='#'>Sub Sub Page #3</a></li>
                  </ul>

</li>
                  </ul>             </li>
          </ul>
        </div>

The colors and font family and size can be changed in the same way as in the previous post. The only thing you need to understand is how to control the number of link lists. The code in purple is responsible for the appearance of the first drop down menu and the highlighted yellow code controls the sub drop down menus. If you wish to increase or decrease the number of tabs then simply add or remove a code like this,
<li>
<a href="#">Tab Name</a>
</li>
Where # should be replaced with Page Link and the corresponding text should be replaced with the Tab name.
I will creating more menus using the same HTML structure. The above code is created without using any Jquery, Images or scripts. It is pure CSS and html and it will help you speed up your website load time too. Feel free to ask for any help if needed.

Create a Drop Down Menu In Blogger

If you wish to add the same menu to Blogger Template Designer templates then read this post -> Custom Drop Down menu

image
Why do you run after scripts such as jquery while you can use simple CSS and HTML to create beautiful drop down menus for your blog. I already shared a list of 30 Navigation menus and now you need to learn how to create a drop down menu in a navigation. I am sharing a simple code here that can be fully customize to make your preferred changes. So lets get to work!

Live Demo


How To Create a Drop Down Menu?

A drop down menu is needed when you have too much content on your blog or you love keeping things organized. To add a drop down menu to your blogger blogs do this:
  1. Go To Blogger > Design > Page Elements
  2. Select a HTML/JavaScript Widget just under the header and paste the following code inside it,
drop down menu
<div id='mbtnavbar'>
      <ul id='mbtnav'>
        <li>
          <a href='#'>Home</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href='#'>About</a>
       </li>
        <li>
          <a href='#'>Contact</a>
        </li>
  <li>
           <a href='#'>Sitemap</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href='#'>Sub Page #1</a></li>
                <li><a href='#'>Sub Page #2</a></li>
                <li><a href='#'>Sub Page #3</a></li>
              </ul>

        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
Replace # with your Page Links and the bolded text with relevant page names. The yellow highlighted code is responsible for the drop down menu. You can copy and paste it under any tab you want just before </li>
To add another tab just paste this code above </ul>
<li>
          <a href='#'>Tab Name</a>
        </li>
       
    3.   Now Go to Design > Edit HTML
    4.   Backup your template and search for ,
]]></b:skin>
     3.   Just above it paste the code below,
/*----- MBT Drop Down Menu ----*/

#mbtnavbar {
    background: #060505;
    width: 960px;
    color: #FFF;
        margin: 0px;
        padding: 0;
        position: relative;
        border-top:0px solid #960100;
        height:35px;
}

#mbtnav {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav ul {
    float: left;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav li {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
        border-left:1px solid #333;
        border-right:1px solid #333;
        height:35px;
}
#mbtnav li a, #mbtnav li a:link, #mbtnav li a:visited {
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
   font:normal 12px Helvetica, sans-serif;    margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
       
}
#mbtnav li a:hover, #mbtnav li a:active {
    background: #BF0100;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
        margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
       
   
       
}
#mbtnav li {
    float: left;
    padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav li ul {
    z-index: 9999;
    position: absolute;
    left: -999em;
    height: auto;
    width: 160px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav li ul a {
    width: 140px;
}
#mbtnav li ul ul {
    margin: -25px 0 0 161px;
}
#mbtnav li:hover ul ul, #mbtnav li:hover ul ul ul, #mbtnav li.sfhover ul ul, #mbtnav li.sfhover ul ul ul {
    left: -999em;
}
#mbtnav li:hover ul, #mbtnav li li:hover ul, #mbtnav li li li:hover ul, #mbtnav li.sfhover ul, #mbtnav li li.sfhover ul, #mbtnav li li li.sfhover ul {
    left: auto;
}
#mbtnav li:hover, #mbtnav li.sfhover {
    position: static;
}
#mbtnav li li a, #mbtnav li li a:link, #mbtnav li li a:visited {
    background: #BF0100;
    width: 120px;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    font:normal 12px Helvetica, sans-serif;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
z-index:9999;
border-bottom:1px dotted #333;
   
}
#mbtnav li li a:hover, #mbtnavli li a:active {
    background: #060505;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;     margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
}
Make these changes:
  • Change #060505 to change background color of the Main menu
  • Change  the yellow highlighted text to change font color, size and family
  • Change #BF0100 to change the background of a tab on mouse hover
  • Change #BF0100 to change the background color of the drop down menu
  • Change #060505 to change the background color of drop down menu on mouse hover
      4.    Save your template and you are done!

Visit your Blogs to see a beautiful Navigation menu just below Header. Have Fun! :)
If you have any questions feel free to post them.
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