I have a new site request - I’d like to use something along the lines of this, for top level navigation, alternating colors and script, with a lower line for deeper navigation:
I don’t think this level of CSS is available, out of the box, from FW. In the past, I could do something like this in FW with JS, using rollovers and slaves (IIRC), but at that point the navigation is no longer search engine friendly (I’ve built a couple of sites using rollovers, and know all too well that it presents problems getting indexed).
Am I correct that this type of [CSS] menu is not possible with FW as it stands, and that I’ll need to create, out of CSS, code necessary to do this?
Secondly, I see navigation like this frequently, some much more extensive, and, if CSS is needed to do this, where would a CSS-novice go to begin learning how to do this type of hand-coding? Can anyone suggest or recommend a book on the subject?
Secondly, I see navigation like this frequently, some much more
extensive, and, if CSS is needed to do this, where would a CSS-
novice go to begin learning how to do this type of hand-coding? Can
anyone suggest or recommend a book on the subject?
, lots of great stuff. Dan Cedarholm has some good books though I
don’t know if they’ve been updated to include the CSS3 spec yet. Apple
has some useful docs for using the new CSS3 specs; it’s a much
narrower view, not an overview of general CSS but still worth a look.
Lots of online tutorials, Google “CSS tutorials” or similar. If after
all that you still can’t find anything helpful post here again.
I don’t think this level of CSS is available, out of the box, from FW.
If you mean is there built-in access to all the CSS options via FW Pro menu choices, then technically the answer is no. Unfortunately some CSS styling can only be implemented via the Extended option.
Am I correct that this type of [CSS] menu is not possible with FW as it stands, and that I’ll need to create, out of CSS, code necessary to do this?
It is definitely possible, but it will require a bit of custom CSS styling on your part.