Newbie... menu problem :) Lit'l help plez

I'm trying to create a menu, that uses css and a bit of java, of which both my knowledge is minimal to say the least.
but... Im making slow progress. Basically my problem is the submenu components, when you mouse over the items that have a sub menu, show behind the main menu. I need the sub menu items to show on top of the main menu, so that I can see the sub menu items. I know this is some code in the java page, but do to my lack of java script, I'm a bit lost. Could anyone out there please help me fix this. Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated!
below is the code to each defined document.
horizontal.htm
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Horizontal Drop Down Menus</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<script type="text/javascript" src="horizontal2_files/drop_down"></script>
<style type="text/css">
@import "style2.css";
</style></head>
<body>
<ul id="nav">
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Shade Sail Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Shade Sail Fabrics</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">High Density Polyethylene(HDPE)</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Fire Retardant High Density Polyethylene(FR/HDPE)</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">PVC Composite Fabrics</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Warranties</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Dangers of UV</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Architects / Designers</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Application Gallery</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Residential</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Commercial</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Schools</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Playgrounds</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Restaurants</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Sports Venue</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Auto Dealerships</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Parking Areas</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Resorts</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Campus Designs</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Parks & Recreation</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Kiosks</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">External Links</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">SunWise Program</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">SkyShades USA</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Skin Cancer Foundation</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">WeatherStopper </a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
</ul>
</body></html> --------------------------------------------------------
the css document: style2.css
body {
     font: normal 10px verdana;
ul {
     margin: 0;
     padding: 0;
     list-style: none;
     width: 258px; /* Width of Menu Items */
     border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
ul li {
     position: relative;
li ul {
     position: absolute;
     width: 137px;
     left: 130px;
     top: 0;
     display: none;
/* Styles for Menu Items */
ul li a {
     display: block;
     text-decoration: none;
     color: #333366;
     background: #fff; /* IE6 Bug */
     padding: 5px;
     border: 1px solid #ccc;
     border-bottom: 0;
/* Fix IE. Hide from IE Mac \*/
* html ul li { float: left; height: 1%; }
* html ul li a { height: 1%; }
/* End */
ul li a:hover { color: #21536A; background: #DDEEFF; } /* Hover Styles */
li ul li a { padding: 2px 5px; } /* Sub Menu Styles */
li:hover ul, li.over ul { display: block; }---------------------------------------------------------------------------
and finally the js file: drop_down.js
// JavaScript Document
startList = function() {
if (document.all&&document.getElementById) {
navRoot = document.getElementById("nav");
for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {
node = navRoot.childNodes;
if (node.nodeName=="LI") {
node.onmouseover=function() {
this.className+=" over";
node.onmouseout=function() {
this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");
window.onload=startList;
thanx again,
Kim

Java and Javascript are different languages. This forum is about Java. You are asking about Javascript.

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P.S. - For the record, I've been in an altered state (call frustration) for 20 years worth of Adobe products, and the light at the end of their tunnel, IMO is an oncoming train.

Spry menu problem - CS6 Dreamweaver

I wonder if anyone can help me with my spry menu problem which I have with a fixed 960px wide horizonal menu bar that has 8 items in it. The sub-menus don't seem to display properly when you click on them in that some of the submenus only show up at the end of the menu bar itself in Explorer browsers 8/9. Does anyone know of any code I can apply to fix this problem? I am new to spry menu features and so any help would be very much appreciated.

Also validate the rest of the code in your pages to see if you have any critical errors that need fixing. For example, a missing doc type declaration might explain Spry failures.
CSS - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
HTML - http://validator.w3.org/
As an FYI, Adobe abandonded the Spry Framework late last year, after CS6 was released because Spry drop-menus don't hold up well on touch screen devices. If you can't get satisfaction with Spry, try jQuery Superfish. It's a better menu system.
http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birch/plugins/superfish/
Nancy O.

My MacBook can find my wifi says it has perfect signal and it's connected. But there is no internet and I've have had this same problem at my house my friends and wifi source I use. Has anyone had this problem or can help me with this thanks

i have a MacBook pro. I'm trying to connect my Mac through wifi at my house, it shows my router says it's connected with full signal yet I have no internet. So I thought I would try it at my friends house but I had the same problem. the Internet connection and wifi were on, as our iPhones were working through wifi. And my friends Mac works via wifi at my house. Just mine dosnt has anyone had this problem or can help me with this problem thanks.

Try this.
    Power off the router. Unplug it from the wall. Wait a while.
    Plug it back to the wall. Power the router on. Wait until all the lights are lit properly. It will take a while.
    Restart the computer.
    Start up in Safe Mode.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204

Newbie... menu problem :) Lit'l help plez

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