Spry Menu problem with using a transparent background image

Hi- I'm new to CS5 and Dreamweaver. I just finished the beginning webpage tutorial and I have started to work on a personal project. The Problem: when I use a transparent png image as a backgroun-image for my spry menu it shows up fine in live view, but doesn't work in browser view (safari), in fact the menu reverts to it's original grey and blue boredom. Does anyone have a solution for me? Does this mean it will be grey and blue when it goes live? Thanks, Ruth333333

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Gramps

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/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
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    width: auto;
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ul.MenuBarActive
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/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    line-height: 21px;
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    font-size: 100%;
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    text-align: left;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal_no-sub-menu li
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    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
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    width: auto; /* This allows the width of the various top level menu items to adjust automatically to fit the contents of each menu item */
    float: left;
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
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    width: 8.2em;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    width: 200px; /* This establishes a fixed width for the drop down menus */
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
    position: absolute;
    margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
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/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration NB: Remove - background-color: #EEE; reset color from #333 to #FFF*, and establish a background image with repeat, Especially note that this only sets the top level items, i.e. those with no children sub-menus attached to them.*/
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
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    cursor: pointer;
    background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Navigation%20Bar%20Segm ent-Dark.png);
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    background-color: #000088; /*background color must exactly match the color of the bottom edge of the repeating background png so that if it runs over 39px in height their won't be any gaps of white. */
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
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    color: #FFF;
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/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) Remove the background image that displays arrows and set the appropriate background image and repeat. */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
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/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%)   */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Navigation%20Bar%20Segm ent-Dark.png);
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    background-color: #000088;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) This controls sub-sub-menu items in hover state. */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Navigation%20Bar%20Segm ent%20Light2.png);
    background-repeat:repeat-x;
    background-color: #2E35A3;
    color: #FFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically Controls fly-out menu items in hover or focus state.(50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Navigation%20Bar%20Segm ent%20Light2.png);
    background-repeat:repeat-x;
    background-color: #2E35A3;
    color: #FFF;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
    filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
        display: inline;
        f\loat: left;
        background: #FFF;
Finally, there is minimal css coding to help position the menu bar within the web page relative to the top of the page, and left edge of the web page.
This is done with a div tag called Main Nav Contents.
#Main_nav_contents {
    padding: 0;
    margin-top: 0px;
    height: auto;
    width: 950px;
    padding-top: 275px;
    padding-left: 35px;
I would very much appreciate any further help that people can provide me. It seems that the trick is to identify the appropriate rule; however that has thus far alluded me.
Thanks,
Steve Webster

This will help http://www.dwcourse.com/dreamweaver/ten-commandments-spry-menubars.php#one

Spry menu problems. Please help.

Hello,
I am new to web design so please try and be patient with me .
I am trying to create a horizontal spry menu bar into a new page. Even though I select horizontal, the menu is vertical. I have read through many previous posts and FAQ'q, but cannot find the answer. It is not just in IE, it is in every browser and dreamweaver itself. I am using 5.5.
UPDATE-- If I create the spry into a new blank HTML document, it works just fine. So I imagine it is something to do with the template?
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal
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          padding: 0;
          list-style-type: none;
          font-size: 100%;
          cursor: default;
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ul.MenuBarActive
          z-index: 1000;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
          margin: 0;
          padding: 0;
          list-style-type: none;
          font-size: 100%;
          position: relative;
          text-align: left;
          cursor: pointer;
          width: 8em;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
          margin: 0;
          padding: 0;
          list-style-type: none;
          font-size: 100%;
          z-index: 1020;
          cursor: default;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
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          margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
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          top: 0;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
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          cursor: pointer;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
          background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          background-position: 95% 50%;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
          background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
          background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
          background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          background-position: 95% 50%;
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/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
          position: absolute;
          z-index: 1010;
          filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
          ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
                    display: inline;
                    f\loat: left;
                    background: #FFF;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal {
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          margin: auto;
And this is the HTML for the menu bar when insterted into a page:
InstanceBeginEditable name="Header" -->
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              <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
                <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 1</a>
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                    <li><a href="#">Item 1.1</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Item 1.2</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Item 1.3</a></li>
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                </li>
                <li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
                <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3</a>
                  <ul>
                    <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3.1</a>
                      <ul>
                        <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.1</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.2</a></li>
                      </ul>
                    </li>
                    <li><a href="#">Item 3.2</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Item 3.3</a></li>
                  </ul>
                </li>
                <li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
              </ul>
            </div>
            
Thank you for any and all help!
Nick

Ok so I decided to make a nice menu through fireworks.
This confuses me even further, how did you make a SpryMenuBar through FW?
It now works, but the links to the drop down menu are not horizontal in the drop down menu.
So it doesn't work
And this is only when trying to enter it into the template, into a new HTML it works fine..So it does work
Unforuntely I cannot post the website
Well, our worries are over, there is no need to correct the problem, no one will ever see the website.
Yes, I am being facetious.
In all seriousness, you can upload the website to a temporary location. This way we will be able help you.
Have a happy New Year!
Gramps

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looks terrible. The problem disappears after I clear the ActiveX
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@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarVertical.css - Revision: Spry Preview Release
1.4 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights
reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning,
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container and are same fixed width as parent */
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margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
width: 150px;
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(95%) and up (-5%) with a higher z-index, but they are initially
off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
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MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen
ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: 0;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
background-image:url(../images/topnav-up-165.gif);
background:#FFFFFF;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text
decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-image:url(../images/topnav-up.gif);
padding: 0.3em 0.3em;
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue
background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #333;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to
MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #333;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a
given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation
MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned
on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%)*/
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(../images/topnav-up.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
background-color: #038203;
border-bottom-width: 2px;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-color: #666666;
border-top-width: 2px;
border-top-color: #FFFFFF;
border-right-width: 2px;
border-left-width: 2px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-right-style: solid;
border-left-style: solid;
border-right-color: #666666;
border-left-color: #FFFFFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class
designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover"
background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered
vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(../images/topnav-dn.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless
you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form
controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarVertical iframe
position: absolute;
z-index: 1010;
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the
slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
display: inline;
f\loat: left;
background: #FFF;

I just finished setting up a vertical, 3-level spry menu in
Dreamweaver CS3, and when I preview it in IE7, several pixels have
been added in between the buttons, which spreads the menu out and
looks terrible. The problem disappears after I clear the ActiveX
warning, and it doesn't occur in FF. Could someone please tell me
how to fix this??
Here's my SpryMenuBarVertical.css file:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarVertical.css - Revision: Spry Preview Release
1.4 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights
reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning,
z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, a fixed width box
with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarVertical
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 0.8em;
cursor: default;
width: 150px;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting
z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug:
http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html
ul.MenuBarActive
z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this
container and are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical li
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
width: 150px;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right
(95%) and up (-5%) with a higher z-index, but they are initially
off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation
MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen
ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: 0;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
background-image:url(../images/topnav-up-165.gif);
background:#FFFFFF;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text
decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-image:url(../images/topnav-up.gif);
padding: 0.3em 0.3em;
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue
background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #333;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to
MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #333;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a
given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation
MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned
on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%)*/
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(../images/topnav-up.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
background-color: #038203;
border-bottom-width: 2px;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-color: #666666;
border-top-width: 2px;
border-top-color: #FFFFFF;
border-right-width: 2px;
border-left-width: 2px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-right-style: solid;
border-left-style: solid;
border-right-color: #666666;
border-left-color: #FFFFFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class
designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover"
background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered
vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(../images/topnav-dn.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless
you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form
controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarVertical iframe
position: absolute;
z-index: 1010;
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the
slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
display: inline;
f\loat: left;
background: #FFF;

Spry menu problem

I'm using DW SpryMenubarHorizontal.css. Because my drop-down menu didn't work correctly with IE I made some changes and it works on all browsers. But when I'm in Split or Design view the drop-down menu covers my text and it is quite difficult to work on the document. How can I change my sprymenu CSS so that I can see the text? Thanks for your help.
Here a screenshot of the problem:
And here my CSS:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
          list-style-type: none;
          font-size: 12px;
          cursor: default;
          width: 960px;
          margin-top: 0;
          margin-right: auto;
          margin-bottom: 0;
          margin-left: auto;
          padding-top: 10px;
          padding-right: 5px;
          padding-bottom: 10px;
          padding-left: 5px;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
          z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
          margin: 0;
          padding: 0;
          list-style-type: none;
          font-size: 12px;
          position: relative;
          text-align: left;
          cursor: pointer;
          width:auto;
          float: left;
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
          margin: 0;
          padding: 0;
          list-style-type: none;
          z-index: 1020;
          cursor: default;
          width: auto;
          position: absolute;
          left: -1000em;
/* this piece of coding is added because without it, IE will show the submenu horizontally instead of vertically. Paolo */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li ul li{
    clear: left;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
          left: auto;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
          display: block;
          float: none;
          width: auto;
          white-space: nowrap;
          border-bottom: solid 1px #EEE;
          font-size: 10px;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
          position: absolute;
          margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
          left: auto;
          top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides : border: 1px solid #CCC; I have set it to 0 (zero because of IE*/
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
          border: 0px;
          background-color: #0CF;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
          display: block;
          cursor: pointer;
          background-color: #0CF;
          color: #333;
          text-decoration: none;
          padding-top: 8px;
          padding-right: 8px;
          padding-bottom: 4px;
          padding-left: 4px;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
          background-color: #0CF;
          color: #FFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
          background-color: #33C;
          color: #FFF;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
          background-image: url(../../Templates/SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
          background-image: url(../../Templates/SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
          background-image: url(../../Templates/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
          background-image: url(../../Templates/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          background-position: 95% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
          position: absolute;
          z-index: 1010;
          filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
          ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
                    display: inline;
                    f\loat: left;
                    background: #FFF;

Nothing in the CSS that will cause the problem.
Gramps

Spry menu error in EI Disappearing List Background Bug

I wanted to be able to update the menu once so I made the menu as a library item. At first the menu kept dissapearing in EI, somehow I fixed it so it actually does show up properly now but Dreamweaver is still showing the error " Disappearing List Background Bug in EI" all in the opening of the <ul> . And now I have also noticed that there is an issue with the first menu, when rolling over the "company tab" it drops down the sub-menu and let you click on "about" it goes to the page but from there when you roll over the menu's they dont change color and they dont show the sub-menu. This work fine if I go to any other menu on that bar exept for the first one. I dont know what to do, and apreciate any help!
Here is website:
http://phantazia.ca/
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 14px;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    z-index: 10;
    background-color: #424242;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 8em;
    float: left;
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 20;
    cursor: default;
    width: 13em;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    width: 13em;
    background-color: #424242;
    border-top-width: 1px;
    border-top-style: solid;
    border-top-color: #FFF;
    color: #FFF;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
    position: absolute;
    margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    border-top-width: 1px;
    border-bottom-width: 1px;
    border-top-style: solid;
    border-bottom-style: solid;
    border-top-color: #666;
    border-bottom-color: #666;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: none;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
    background-color: #424242;
    color: #FFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    background-color: #0689C4;
    color: #FFF;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
    display: inline;
    f\loat: left;
    background-color: #424242;

The reason the menu does not work in the about page is because there is no link to SpryMenuBar.js on the page.
The following shows the first few lines of your document for index.html
<!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>
<link rel= href="/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>B SHARP SYSTEMS | Company</title>
<link href="layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
and the following for about.html
<!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>
<link rel= href="/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>B SHARP SYSTEMS | Provider of highly scalable technology solutions located in California, USA</title>
<link href="layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
Gramps

Dreamweaver CS4 SPRY Menu Problems in IE

I am trying to have a drop-down menu on my site using the SPRY option in Dreamweaver CS4. In all browsers it looks exactly like it should. Unofrtunately in IE it pops out to the side instead of down. Anyone know a fix around this. The site is http://mtltechnologies.com/
Here is the SPRY CSS.
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 12px;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 154px;
    float: left;
    height: 25px;
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    width: 154px;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 5px;
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: none;
    background-image: url(../images/button_bg.jpg);
    text-align: center;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
    color: #FFF;
    background-image: url(../images/button_bg_down.jpg);
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image: url(../images/button_bg.jpg);
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(../images/button_bg_down.jpg);
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(../images/button_bg_down.jpg);
    background-position: 95% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
    filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
        display: inline;
        f\loat: left;
        background: #FFF;
Anyone know a fix?
Thanks,

The code is too long. Let's do it this way, did you change anything on the default css of the SPRY menu?
just my thought, why don't you remove it from the table? That might be the cause. Try to think of an alternative way like using divs and css.

CSS - Spry Menu Problem

Hello everyone!
I am having a tricky question, I need your help with!
I want to insert a spry menu into my webpage. I want the colors of the menu and sub menu to change when I hover over them depending on how many sub menus exist.
All in all I have at most two submenus.
That means, I need to assign three colors. One for the menu without submenu, one for the menu with one submenu, and a third for the menu with 3 submenus.
So far it is working with two colors.
Who could help me?
Heartly regards!
This is what I got:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarVertical.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, a fixed width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarVertical
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    cursor: default;
    width: 8em;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical li
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 8em;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
    margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 8.2em;
    left: -1000em;
    top: 0;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: 0;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
    width: 8.2em;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Outermost menu container has borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical
    border: 0px solid #CCC;
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
    border: 0px solid #CCC;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    background-color: ##FFFFFF;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    color: #333;
    text-decoration: none;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
    background-color: #0FF;
    color: z;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    background-color: #0FF;
    color: #FFF;
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ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
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    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
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ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
    background-color: #F0F;
    color: #FFF;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSUBSubmenu
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSUBSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
    background-color: #FF0;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarVertical iframe
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
    filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
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@media screen, projection
    ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
        display: inline;
        f\loat: left;
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As is the case with any styling, all you need is an identifyer to apply style rules to it.
Hence, if you want to change the colour of a main menu item housing two sub-menu items, simply add a class name as in
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryMenuBarVertical.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style>
ul.MenuBarVertical a.three-subs {
    background-color: yellow;
ul.MenuBarVertical a.two-subs {
    background-color: red;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarVertical">
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu three-subs" href="#">Item 1</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Item 1.1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 1.2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 1.3</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu two-subs" href="#">Item 3.1</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.2</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>

How to save transparent background images to have transparent background thumbnails with Photoshop 2014?

In old versions of Photoshop there was a feature that made thumbnail images have a transparent background. I'm a CC member using Photoshop 2014 on a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.9.4 and every thumbnail of a transparent background image I've created in Photoshop 2014 appears on my desktop with a solid white box background that has a thin black outlined box inside of it. How do I save the transparent background images I've created in Photoshop 2014 so they will appear on my desktop as thumbnails with a transparent background? I'd like to continue to be able to replace the default background-less folder icon that that appears on files with transparent background thumbnails to customize my files as I use to do with older versions of Photoshop.

If your layered document has a Photoshop background layer it visibility need to be set off when saving a PNG or Gif file for Photoshop background layers do not support transparency.
Thumbnail may be a bit more complicated than you think. I do not use Lightroom, and only occasionally use the bridge. I believe Lightroom and Bridge keep thumbnails they develop for image files in their library databases and caches. Other programs do not have acces to these. RAW Files and Image files have Jpeg previews stored in then. I believe most application use these previews jpeg to create thumbnails. Jpeg format does not support transparency.
Icon on the desktop are not always thumbnails some are embedded icons in application modules other are icon in dll these may well have transparency. However image file on the desktop have generated thumbnails. However you can create a shortcut for an image png file and create a icon with a transparent background for the png file and change the shortcut's icon for the png file to the transparent ico file you created for it.
Also many Photoshop release ago an Adobe module created Thumbnails for image files in Windows File explorer and most likely system file dialog. Adobe stopped supporting that stating Microsoft changes how windows works.
Today I use FastPictureViewer Codec Package to generate image thumbnails for image files including RAW and PSD files in File Explorer and system file dialogs.
I don't use a Mac don't know what available for your Mac.

Menu problem with IE

menu problems with IE connected with spry - see site:
1.
http://www.whatwomenwant-tv.com/index.html
(horizontal menu bar - will not display fully, probably to do with
flash)
2.
http://www.whatwomenwant-tv.com/about.html
(horizontal menu bar swerves to the left)
3.
http://www.whatwomenwant-tv.com/streetinterviewswomen.html
(vertical menu bars in questions are all over the page)
thanks 4 help.

I tried in Firefox 3 and IE7 and they both seemed fairly slow
for any action to take place. But IE7 did seem pretty slugish.
It seems that you're already determined what the issue is,
you have waaaaaay too many menu items. Seems to me that that number
of items don't belong in a menu. There are even menus that are too
long to appear entirely on the page, so they can't be easily
accessed without accidentally hiding the menus again, which I did
several times. IN particular:
Cartuchos > Technologica
If you cannot change to a different format to show all of the
items, then perhaps you can split up the menu so that you don't
have too many at one time. I checked the code of your page and it
seems that you've got a lot of other scripting going on there
besides Spry, so is the issue with Spry or with everything else
you're trying to do with that menu. If you can try to recreate the
page with only the menu items on it (and not pulled in dynamically
on the fly), and then add back to your page a bit a time, you might
be able to find out what is really causing the delays.

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.

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