Hi Folks thanks for the replies, and sorry to have not got back before.
The code is copied below, and I would welcome your observations.
<!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>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
#dropmenudiv{
position:absolute;
border:1px solid black;
border-bottom-width: 0;
font:normal 10px/18px Verdana;
z-index:100;
}
#dropmenudiv a{
width: 100%;
display: block;
text-indent: 3px;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
padding: 1px 0;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
#dropmenudiv a:link {
color: #000000;
background: #CCCCCC;
}
#dropmenudiv a:visited {
color: #000000;
background: #CCCCCC;
}
#middle a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #666666;
margin-right: 20px;
margin-left: 20px;
font: bolder 16px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#middle {
width: 790px;
padding: 5px;
}
#footer a {
font: 10px "Trebuchet MS";
}
#content {
font-family: "Trebuchet MS";
color: #333333;
margin: 20px;
padding: 30px;
width: 700px;
}
#wrapper {
margin: auto;
width: 800px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
#dropmenudiv a:hover{ /*hover background color*/
color: #000000;
background: #FFFFFF;
}
#masthead {
background: url(images/header2.gif) no-repeat;
height: 255px;
width: 800px;
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
/***********************************************
* AnyLink Drop Down Menu- © Dynamic Drive (
www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/
//Contents for menu 1
var menu1=new Array()
menu1[0]='<a href="../out_06.html">Snowdon 2006</a>'
menu1[1]='<a href="../out_07.html">Helvellyn 2007</a>'
var menu2=new Array()
menu2[0]='<a href="../route_06.html">Snowdon 2006</a>'
menu2[1]='<a href="../route_07.html">Helvellyn 2007</a>'
var menuwidth='150px' //default menu width
var menubgcolor='lightyellow' //menu bgcolor
var disappeardelay=250 //menu disappear speed onMouseout (in miliseconds)
var hidemenu_onclick="yes" //hide menu when user clicks within menu?
/////No further editting needed
var ie4=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
if (ie4||ns6)
document.write('<div id="dropmenudiv" style="visibility:hidden;width:'+menuwidth+';backg round-color:'+menubgcolor+'" onMouseover="clearhidemenu()" onMouseout="dynamichide(event)"></div>')
function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
}
function showhide(obj, e, visible, hidden, menuwidth){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top="-500px"
if (menuwidth!=""){
dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=menuwidth
}
if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover")
obj.visibility=visible
else if (e.type=="click")
obj.visibility=hidden
}
function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}
function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=0
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWid th-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetWidth
}
else{
var topedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeig ht-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeigh t
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure){ //move up?
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetHe ight
if ((dropmenuobj.y-topedge)<dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) //up no good either?
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.y+obj.offsetHeight-topedge
}
}
return edgeoffset
}
function populatemenu(what){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.innerHTML=what.join("")
}
function dropdownmenu(obj, e, menucontents, menuwidth){
if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
clearhidemenu()
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dropmenudiv") : dropmenudiv
populatemenu(menucontents)
if (ie4||ns6){
showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e, "visible", "hidden", menuwidth)
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+"px"
}
return clickreturnvalue()
}
function clickreturnvalue(){
if (ie4||ns6) return false
else return true
}
function contains_ns6(a, b) {
while (b.parentNode)
if ((b = b.parentNode) == a)
return true;
return false;
}
function dynamichide(e){
if (ie4&&!dropmenuobj.contains(e.toElement))
delayhidemenu()
else if (ns6&&e.currentTarget!= e.relatedTarget&& !contains_ns6(e.currentTarget, e.relatedTarget))
delayhidemenu()
}
function hidemenu(e){
if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined"){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
}
}
function delayhidemenu(){
if (ie4||ns6)
delayhide=setTimeout("hidemenu()",disappeardelay)
}
function clearhidemenu(){
if (typeof delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(delayhide)
}
if (hidemenu_onclick=="yes")
document.onclick=hidemenu
</script>
<link href="Untitled-2.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 { font: 12px/1.4em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="masthead"></div>
<div id="middle">
<div align="center">
<a href="default.htm" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu, '150px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()">HOME </a> |
<a href="default.htm" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu1, '110px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()">OUTINGS</a> |
<a href="default.htm" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu2, '110px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()">ROUTE MAP</a> |
<a href="default.htm" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu, '150px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()">GALLERY</a></div>
</div>
<div id="content">Content for id "contents" Goes Here</div>
<div id="footer">
<div align="center"><span class="style1">Copyright © Barry Smith 2006. All Rights Reserved.</span></div>
</div></style>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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