Maintaining over state on pop-up menus

I've just recently switched from MX to 8. My pop-up menus are
all done using the new CSS function and I can't figure out how to
keep the over state when viewing sub menus (I have two levels of
sub-menus, if there's a way to keep the over state for both that
would be awesome!!).
I had done it previously in MX using the instructions
available on the web, but they're no longer applicable.
Please help

jtambo wrote:
> I've just recently switched from MX to 8. My pop-up
menus are all done using
> the new CSS function and I can't figure out how to keep
the over state when
> viewing sub menus (I have two levels of sub-menus, if
there's a way to keep the
> over state for both that would be awesome!!).
> I had done it previously in MX using the instructions
available on the web,
> but they're no longer applicable.
> Please help
>
I think you might get more/better help if you post a link to
the page so
folks can see your code.
Bonnie in California
kroko at
pixelplum dot com
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites.woa

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"turpya" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi,
>
> I am trying to work out how to retain button over state
while scrolling
> over a
> pop-up menu. By default the button changes back to mouse
out state, when
> scrolling over menu items for that button.
>
> I have tried to follow the advice in the below technote
(see link below),
> but
> it seems the instructions are incorrect.
>
> I am using Fireworks 8 - it appears the instructions are
for a prior
> version.
> I cannot find function fwLoadMenus() mentioned in Step 3
(number 6.).
>
> Has anyone accomplished this in Fireworks 8, that could
provide me with
> instructions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> turpya.
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15926
>

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"turpya" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi,
>
> I am trying to work out how to retain button over state
while scrolling
> over a
> pop-up menu. By default the button changes back to mouse
out state, when
> scrolling over menu items for that button.
>
> I have tried to follow the advice in the below technote
(see link below),
> but
> it seems the instructions are incorrect.
>
> I am using Fireworks 8 - it appears the instructions are
for a prior
> version.
> I cannot find function fwLoadMenus() mentioned in Step 3
(number 6.).
>
> Has anyone accomplished this in Fireworks 8, that could
provide me with
> instructions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> turpya.
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15926
>

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> I'm attempting to add pop-up menus to my navigation bar,
to make my site
> more
> user-friendly, but to no avail:
Sometimes, they make your site less user-friendly. So be
careful.
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avoided. They
are very poorly thought out and implemented, and will likely
cause you
continuing problems. It's foolish to devote the time to them
that could be
more effectively be placed elsewhere, especially since there
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check the free
and commercial options here -
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> Any light you could shed would be greatly appreciated!
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"Ally86" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm attempting to add pop-up menus to my navigation bar,
to make my site
> more
> user-friendly, but to no avail:
>
> I've tried designing pop-up menus in Fireworks, then
importing the html
> code
> in, but that gives me errors when I try to insert the
bar. Then, I tried
> putting my menus in different layers, with a "show
layer" behavior on the
> button, and a "hide layer" behavior attached to the
roll-off of the layer,
> but
> my version of Dreamweaver won't attach a behavior to a
layer.
>
> Then, I noticed the tech-note on this site for the fix
to use pop-ups in a
> template, so I added pop-up menus directly to my
navigational buttons
> using the
> wizard. So here's where my problem comes in. . .
>
> When I preview my page, it throws up an active content
error, but will
> still
> run. I uploaded it to my remote server, but when I went
to the url, no
> action
> takes place when I put my cursor over it. Anybody have
any ideas on how
> to
> create a pop-up menu that won't throw up an active
content error? I've
> seen
> them on plenty of websites before, but can't figure how
to do them.
>
> Any light you could shed would be greatly appreciated!
>

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