Today's lesson (16th March 2013) is the second part of creating a blog. We have learnt how to create a drop down menu. It's quit difficult than the previous lesson as it involved the html code. You have to make sure the code must be typed correctly.
What is a drop down menu?
Drop down menus are one of the most important and integral features of a website. Scripting allows you to add a menu bar with attached drop down menus to the top of your website which helps in website navigation.
How are they created?
It can be created using: HTML, CSS, DHTML, jQuery and JavaScript. Web designers can create horizontal or vertical drop down navigation menus with the help of CSS. However, it should be noted that by using JavaScript, more interactive, responsive and flexible navigation bars can be created for any website.
What are the advantages of websites using a drop down menu?
- A drop down menu is useful because it reveals the contents of a website simply by placing the cursor over the main menu navigation bar. When this happens, the pages below the main sections appear dynamically and third tier pages are also revealed when one goes further down. It enables the visitor to click on any of these links and go straight to these pages.
- Drop down menus makes sure that navigating a website is extremely simple.
- The menu acts like a dynamic site map that provides navigation.
- Search engines can index the site using the menu structure and can then provide a structured search result
Source: http://drupal.org/node/990154
Justification
The drop down menu is the most commonly used menus in most websites. Most people prefer this menu because it uses up very little space and it can help the visitor to navigate the website easily.
Application
During this lesson, I have created a drop down menu using the html code which is easy and only required minimum steps. You can create a drop down menu by clicking this video;
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