DHTML : Step 2: Animating the menu
Dr Benton


Did you complete the first step dedicated to the creation of this menu? Fine. So now you are ready to dive into more serious things. We owe you this warning: this workshop is of a high technical level! So hold on tight and do not hesitate to review the sections that present some difficulties. And if you feel like giving up, just remember that the third and last step of this series is devoted to customising the menu and is independent of the first two steps.

Contents:

- The Other Way Round

- Starting the Script!

- Preloading Images

- Scrolling a Layer Content

- Parent and Child Layers

- Handling Layers

- Using Arrays for Defining the Hierarchical Structure

- Dynamic Generation of the HTML Code

- Close-up of the Dynamic Code

- Conclusion