Nice topic....
None of these solutions worked for me. Going with Artisteer feels like it was a mistake.
The CSS is quite complicated, and there are no tutorial resources for the code itself within the program or at their site home.
I tried every possible configuration of the top menu module possible. List view, always show.... Toggled expand, parent, .... I basically spent an hour toggling and de-toggling everything and then a bunch of time trying to comb through and adjust the CSS with no luck....
If anyone can dig out/identify/post? the portion of the CSS which works with the top suckerfish drop-down effect, I would greatly appreciate it. Surely, it is somewhere within the below block of code:
Code:
/* begin Menu */
/* menu structure */
.artmenu a, .artmenu a:link, .artmenu a:visited, .artmenu a:hover
{
text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;
outline:none;
letter-spacing:normal;
word-spacing:normal;
}
.artmenu, .artmenu ul
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
list-style-type: none;
display: block;
}
.artmenu li
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
display: block;
float: left;
position: relative;
z-index: 5;
background:none;
}
.artmenu li:hover
{
z-index: 10000;
white-space: normal;
}
.artmenu li li
{
float: none;
}
.artmenu ul
{
visibility: hidden;
position: absolute;
z-index: 10;
left: 0;
top: 0;
background:none;
}
.artmenu li:hover>ul
{
visibility: visible;
top: 100%;
}
.artmenu li li:hover>ul
{
top: 0;
left: 100%;
}
.artmenu:after, .artmenu ul:after
{
content: ".";
height: 0;
display: block;
visibility: hidden;
overflow: hidden;
clear: both;
}
.artmenu, .artmenu ul
{
min-height: 0;
}
.artmenu ul
{
background-image: url(../images/spacer.gif);
padding: 10px 30px 30px 30px;
margin: -10px 0 0 -30px;
}
.artmenu ul ul
{
padding: 30px 30px 30px 10px;
margin: -30px 0 0 -10px;
}
/* menu structure */
.nav
{
position: relative;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 874px;
height: 41px;
z-index: 100;
}
.artmenu
{
padding: 12px 6px 0px 6px;
}
.nav .l, .nav .r, .nav .r div
{
top: 0;
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
overflow: hidden;
height: 41px;
}
.nav .l
{
left: 0;
right: 0px;
}
.nav .r
{
right: 0;
width: 0px;
}
.nav .r div
{
width: 874px;
right: 0;
}
.nav .l, .nav .r div
{
background-position: left top;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url('../images/nav.png');
}
/* end Menu */
/* begin MenuItem */
.artmenu ul li
{
clear: both;
}
.artmenu a , .artmenu a span
{
height: 29px;
display: block;
}
.artmenu a
{
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: none;
margin-right: 2px;
margin-left: 2px;
}
.artmenu a
{
background-image: url('../images/item-left.png');
background-position: left top;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.artmenu a span
{
background-image: url('../images/item-right.png');
background-position: right top;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.artmenu a span span
{
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
color: #DDDEDF;
padding: 0 19px;
margin: 0 7px;
line-height: 29px;
text-align: center;
background-image: url('../images/item-center.png');
background-position: left top;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
.artmenu a:hover
{
background-position: left -29px;
}
.artmenu li:hover>a
{
background-position: left -29px;
}
.artmenu li:hover a span
{
background-position: right -29px;
}
.artmenu a:hover span
{
background-position: right -29px;
}
.artmenu a:hover span span
{
color: #232424;
background-position: left -29px;
}
.artmenu li:hover a span span
{
color: #232424;
background-position: left -29px;
}
.artmenu a.active
{
background-position: left -58px;
}
.artmenu a.active span
{
background-position: right -58px;
}
.artmenu a.active span span
{
color: #111212;
background-position: left -58px;
}
/* end MenuItem */
Now, I actually tried taking code (below) from a theme whose drop-down menus, according to Artisteer, work. This resulted in the menu's becoming non-graphical and vertical. Still no drop-down. Of course, I tried manipulating the code below because the targets and image names are different.
Of course, it didn't work. Perhaps because I thought that the code might help, though:
Code:
/* begin Menu */
/* menu structure */
.art-menu a, .art-menu a:link, .art-menu a:visited, .art-menu a:hover
{
text-align: left;
text-decoration: none;
outline: none;
letter-spacing: normal;
word-spacing: normal;
}
.art-menu, .art-menu ul
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
list-style-type: none;
display: block;
}
.art-menu li
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
display: block;
float: left;
position: relative;
z-index: 5;
background: none;
}
.art-menu li:hover
{
z-index: 10000;
white-space: normal;
}
.art-menu li li
{
float: none;
}
.art-menu ul
{
visibility: hidden;
position: absolute;
z-index: 10;
left: 0;
top: 0;
background: none;
}
.art-menu li:hover>ul
{
visibility: visible;
top: 100%;
}
.art-menu li li:hover>ul
{
top: 0;
left: 100%;
}
.art-menu:after, .art-menu ul:after
{
content: ".";
height: 0;
display: block;
visibility: hidden;
overflow: hidden;
clear: both;
}
.art-menu, .art-menu ul
{
min-height: 0;
}
.art-menu ul
{
background-image: url(../images/spacer.gif);
padding: 10px 30px 30px 30px;
margin: -10px 0 0 -30px;
}
.art-menu ul ul
{
padding: 30px 30px 30px 10px;
margin: -30px 0 0 -10px;
}
/* menu structure */
.art-menu
{
padding: 12px 6px 0 6px;
}
.art-nav
{
position: relative;
height: 41px;
z-index: 100;
}
.art-nav .l, .art-nav .r
{
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
top: 0;
height: 41px;
background-image: url('../images/nav.png');
}
.art-nav .l
{
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
.art-nav .r
{
right: 0;
width: 874px;
clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, 874px);
}
/* end Menu */
/* begin MenuItem */
.art-menu a
{
position: relative;
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
height: 29px;
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: none;
}
.art-menu li
{
margin-right: 2px;
margin-left: 2px;
}
.art-menu ul li
{
margin:0;
clear: both;
}
.art-menu a .r, .art-menu a .l
{
position: absolute;
display: block;
top: 0;
z-index: -1;
height: 87px;
background-image: url('../images/menuitem.png');
}
.art-menu a .l
{
left: 0;
right: 4px;
}
.art-menu a .r
{
width: 408px;
right: 0;
clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, 404px);
}
.art-menu a .t
{
margin-right: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
color: #DDDEDF;
padding: 0 19px;
margin: 0 4px;
line-height: 29px;
text-align: center;
}
.art-menu a:hover .l, .art-menu a:hover .r
{
top: -29px;
}
.art-menu li:hover>a .l, .art-menu li:hover>a .r
{
top: -29px;
}
.art-menu li:hover a .l, .art-menu li:hover a .r
{
top: -29px;
}
.art-menu a:hover .t
{
color: #232424;
}
.art-menu li:hover a .t
{
color: #232424;
}
.art-menu li:hover>a .t
{
color: #232424;
}
.art-menu a.active .l, .art-menu a.active .r
{
top: -58px;
}
.art-menu a.active .t
{
color: #111212;
}
/* end MenuItem */
/* begin MenuSubItem */
.art-menu ul a
{
display: block;
text-align: center;
white-space: nowrap;
height: 20px;
width: 180px;
overflow: hidden;
line-height: 20px;
background-image: url('../images/subitem.png');
background-position: left top;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border-width: 0;
border-style: solid;
}
.art-nav ul.art-menu ul span, .art-nav ul.art-menu ul span span
{
display: inline;
float: none;
margin: inherit;
padding: inherit;
background-image: none;
text-align: inherit;
text-decoration: inherit;
}
.art-menu ul a, .art-menu ul a:link, .art-menu ul a:visited, .art-menu ul a:hover, .art-menu ul a:active, .art-nav ul.art-menu ul span, .art-nav ul.art-menu ul span span
{
text-align: left;
text-indent: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
line-height: 20px;
color: #111212;
margin-right: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.art-menu ul li a:hover
{
color: #232424;
background-position: 0 -20px;
}
.art-menu ul li:hover>a
{
color: #232424;
background-position: 0 -20px;
}
.art-nav .art-menu ul li a:hover span, .art-nav .art-menu ul li a:hover span span
{
color: #232424;
}
.art-nav .art-menu ul li:hover>a span, .art-nav .art-menu ul li:hover>a span span
{
color: #232424;
}
/* end MenuSubItem */
Anyone know what the problem is?... what are my options?... 
. Like on the picture below. I have tried using Artisteer 2.3 and 2.5 and on both versions I get the same result so I don't think it is the programs issue but the lack of my knowledge of joomla probably. Please can anyone help?
