JSCookMenu module. Nice alternative to PHPLayers.

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I want to give my accolades to a great CMS   I have looked at many other CMSs, and have found they require studying endless documentation and/or code before I have any hope of making extensions. Although I am an official N00b, I was easily able to make my own module for a menu system with CMSMS.

I origianally developed this module because I thought I was having problems with PHPLayers. It turns out PHPLayers was working fine, but it is still nice to have a good alternative to PHPLayers.

I have structured the module directory as follows

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/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu.module.php
/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu.js
/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/themes    (Place themes here)
/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/themes/ThemeIE    (A example theme director)

Here is the code. (Note the TODO items. Hopefully someone with more time can work on these)

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<?php

#########################################################
#
# Module for JSCookMenu (www.cs.ucla.edu/~heng/JSCookMenu/)
#
# Author: Benjamin Carnes (bjcarnes at gmail dot com)
#
# License: Do whatever you want with this. Just don't violate
# the CMS Made Simple licences and leave my name in the credits.
#
# See http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php?topic=51
# for some good intro info on module development
#
# TODO: Implement theme parameter
# TODO: Support admin link in menu
#
#########################################################

class JSCookMenu extends CMSModule
{
	function GetName()
	{
		return 'JSCookMenu';
	}

	function GetVersion()
	{
		return '.02';
	}

	function GetHelp($lang = 'en_US')
	{
		return "
			<h3>What does this do?</h3>
			<p>Prints a dhtml vertical or horizontal menu using the <a href=\"http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~heng/JSCookMenu/\">JSCookMenu (v1.31)</a>.</p>
			<h3>How do I use it?</h3>
			<p>Just insert the module into your template/page like: <code>{cms_module module='JSCookMenu'}</code></p>
			<h3>What parameters does it take?</h3>
			<p>
			<ul>
				<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>theme</tt> - (ThemeIE, ThemeMiniBlack, ThemeOffice, ThemePanel), Theme for menu. Additional themes
				may be added simply by creating a new one and placing it in the modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/themes/ directory. Default is ThemeIE.
				THIS PARAMETER DOESN'T WORK YET.</li>
				<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>showadmin</tt> - 1/0, whether you want to show or not the admin link. Default is 0.</li>
				<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>start_element</tt> - the hierarchy of your element (ie : 1.2 or 3.5.1 for example). This parameter sets the root of the menu.</li>
				<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>number_of_levels</tt> - an integer, the number of levels you want to show in your menu.</li>
				<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>horizontal</tt> - 1/0, whether you want to have a horizontal menu instead of vertical. Default is 1 (horizontal).</li>
			</ul>
			</p>
		";
	}

	function GetAuthor()
	{
		return 'Benjamin Carnes';
	}

	function GetAuthorEmail()
	{
		return 'bjcarnes at gmail dot com';
	}

	function GetChangeLog()
	{
		return "Introducing beta<br /><b>TODO:</b> Implement theme parameter<br /><b>TODO:</b> Support admin link in menu";
	}

	function IsPluginModule()
	{
		return true;
	}

	function ContentPreRender(&$content)
	{
		$config = $this->cms->config;

		$text .= '<__script__ language="JavaScript" SRC="'.$config['root_url'].'/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu.js"></__script>
					<__script__ language="JavaScript" SRC="'.$config['root_url'].'/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/themes/ThemeIE/theme.js"></__script>';

		$content = ereg_replace("<\/head>", $text."</head>", $content);
	}

	function ContentStylesheet(&$stylesheet)
	{
		$config = $this->cms->config;
		@ob_start();
		@readfile(dirname(__FILE__).'/JSCookMenu/themes/ThemeIE/theme.css');
		$stylesheet = @ob_get_contents() . $stylesheet;
		@ob_end_clean();
	}

	function DoAction($name, $id, $params)
	{
		$config = $this->cms->config;
		if ($name == 'default')
		{
			$basedepth = 1;
			$allcontent = ContentManager::GetAllContent(false);

			# getting menu parameters
			$showadmin = isset($params['showadmin']) ? $params['showadmin'] : 0 ;
			$horizontal = isset($params['horizontal']) ? $params['horizontal'] : 0 ;

			$menu = '';

			#Reset the base depth if necessary...
			if (isset($params['start_element']))
			{
				$basedepth = count(split('\.', (string)$params['start_element']));
			}

			$disabled = array();

			$filteredcontent = array();

			#Filter out content elements that are disabled or at the wrong level
			foreach ($allcontent as $onecontent)
			{
				#Handy little trick to figure out how deep in the tree we are
				#Remember, content comes to use in order of how it should be displayed in the tree already
				$depth = count(split('\.', $onecontent->Hierarchy()));

				#If hierarchy starts with the start_element (if it's set), then continue on
				if (isset($params['start_element']))
				{
					if ((strpos($onecontent->Hierarchy(), (string)$params['start_element']) === FALSE) || (strpos($onecontent->Hierarchy(), (string)$params['start_element']) != 0))
					{
						continue;
					}
				}

				#Now check to make sure we're not too many levels deep if number_of_levels is set
				if (isset($params['number_of_levels']))
				{
					$number_of_levels = $params['number_of_levels'] - 1;
					$base_level = 1;
					
					#Is start_element set?  If so, reset the base_level to it's level
					if (isset($params['start_element']))
					{
						$base_level = count(split('\.', (string)$params['start_element']));
					}

					#If this element's level is more than base_level + number_of_levels, then scratch it
					if ($base_level + $number_of_levels < $depth)
					{
						continue;
					}
				}

				# Check for inactive items or items set not to show in the menu
				if (!$onecontent->Active() || !$onecontent->ShowInMenu())
				{
					# Stuff the hierarchy position into that array, so we can test for
					# children that shouldn't be showing.  Put the dot on the end
					# since it will only affect children anyway...  saves from a
					# .1 matching .11
					array_push($disabled, $onecontent->Hierarchy() . ".");
					continue;
				}

				$disableme = false;

				# Loop through disabled array to see if this is a child that
				# shouldn't be showing -- we check this by seeing if the current
				# hierarhcy postition starts with one of the disabled positions
				foreach ($disabled as $onepos)
				{
					# Why php doesn't have a starts_with function is beyond me...
					if (strstr($onecontent->Hierarchy(), $onepos) == $onecontent->Hierarchy())
					{
						$disableme = true;
						continue; # Break from THIS foreach
					}
				}

				if ($disableme)
				{
					continue; # Break from main foreach
				}

				array_push($filteredcontent, $onecontent);
			}

			/*reset($filteredcontent);
			foreach ($filteredcontent as $onecontent)
			{
				$menu .= $onecontent->Hierarchy()."\n";
			}*/

#			foreach ($filteredcontent as $onecontent)
#			{
#				$menu .= $onecontent->MenuText()."<br />";
#			}

			if (isset($params['horizontal']))
			{
				$this->WriteMenuJS($menu, $filteredcontent, $params['horizontal']);
			}
			else
			{
				$this->WriteMenuJS($menu, $filteredcontent, 1);
			}

#			if ($showadmin == 1)
#			{
#				$menu .= ".|---\n";
#				$menu .= ".|Admin|".$config['admin_dir']."/\n";
#			}

			return $menu;
		}

		//Catch-all
		return '';
	}

	function WriteMenuJS(&$menu, &$filteredcontent, $horizontal)
	{
		$config = $this->cms->config;

		$menu .= "\n<div id=\"jscookmenuid\"></div>\n";
		$menu .= "\n<script language=\"JavaScript\"><!--\n";
		$menu .= "\nvar jscMenuArr = [";

		reset($filteredcontent);

		$this->WriteMenuJSRec($menu, $filteredcontent, 0);

		$menu .= "];\n";

		$menu .= "\ncmThemeIE.folderLeft = '';\n";
		$menu .= "\ncmThemeIE.folderRight = '<img alt=\"\" src=\"".$config['root_url']."/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/themes/ThemeIE/arrow.gif\" />';\n";
		$menu .= "\ncmThemeIE.itemLeft = '';\n";

		if ($horizontal)
		{
			$menu .= "\ncmDraw ('jscookmenuid', jscMenuArr, 'hbr', cmThemeIE, 'ThemeIE');\n";
		}
		else
		{
			$menu .= "\ncmDraw ('jscookmenuid', jscMenuArr, 'vbr', cmThemeIE, 'ThemeIE');\n";
		}
		$menu .= "--></__script>";
	}

	function WriteMenuJSRec(&$menu, &$filteredcontent, $recdepth)
	{
		#Safety check
		$recdepth++;
		if ($recdepth > 100)
		{
			#Uh-oh. There must be a bug. Stop to avoid exhausting the stack memory.
			return;
		}

		while ($onecontent = current($filteredcontent))
		{
			if ($onecontent->Type() == 'separator')
			{
				$menu .= "_cmSplit";
			}
			else
			{
				$menu .= "[";
				// if this is a section header, the URL is simple '#'
				$menu .= "'', '".$onecontent->MenuText()."', '".$onecontent->GetURL()."', '_top', '".$onecontent->MenuText()."'";
			}


			$nextcontent = next($filteredcontent);

			if ($nextcontent)
			{
				$currmenudepth = count(split('\.', $onecontent->Hierarchy()));
				$nextmenudepth = count(split('\.', $nextcontent->Hierarchy()));

				#if next content is deeper
				if ($nextmenudepth > $currmenudepth)
				{
					$menu .= ", ";
					//next($filteredcontent);
					$result = $this->WriteMenuJSRec($menu, $filteredcontent, $recdepth);
					$menu .= "]";

					$onecontent = current($filteredcontent);
					$nextcontent = next($filteredcontent);

					if ($nextcontent)
					{

						$currmenudepth = count(split('\.', $onecontent->Hierarchy()));
						$nextmenudepth = count(split('\.', $nextcontent->Hierarchy()));

						#content is at same depth
						if ($nextmenudepth == $currmenudepth)
						{
							$menu .= "], ";
						}
						else #next content is shallower
						{
							if ($result == 0)
							{
								$menu .= ", ";
							}
							else
							{
								prev($filteredcontent);
								return $result - 1;
							}
						}
					}
				}
				#else if next content is at same depth
				elseif ($nextmenudepth == $currmenudepth)
				{
					if ($onecontent->Type() == 'separator')
					{
						$menu .= ", ";
					}
					else
					{
						$menu .= "], ";
					}
				}
				else #next content is shallower
				{
					if ($onecontent->Type() != 'separator')
					{
						$menu .= "]";
					}
					prev($filteredcontent);
					return $currmenudepth - $nextmenudepth - 1;
				}
			}
		}
		$menu .= "]";
		return 0;
	}
}


?>

If you want to get this working, don't forget to change the base path in theme.js to

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var cmThemeIEBase = '/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/themes/ThemeIE/';

Enjoy

[megabob3]

Nice shoot

[megabob3]

I used it here
http://www.awakening.it/testbeta/index.php

[megabob3]

I wanna HAD menubuilder of JSCookMenu on admin side

[dotnet]

BTW, you can see the JSCookMenu in action on my CMSMS powered site http://www.fellowshipbibleannarbor.org

[Redguy]

nice work man!!!

JSCookMenu looks and works very well!!!

wishy (whereveryouare:)), could you put this into the default install of next CMSMS version?

[megabob3]

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<?php
#########################################################
#
# Module for JSCookMenu (www.cs.ucla.edu/~heng/JSCookMenu/)
#
# Author: Benjamin Carnes (bjcarnes at gmail dot com)
#
# License: Do whatever you want with this. Just don't violate
# the CMS Made Simple licences and leave my name in the credits.
#
# See http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php?topic=51
# for some good intro info on module development
#
# TODO: Implement theme parameter
# TODO: Support admin link in menu
#
#########################################################
class JSCookMenu extends CMSModule
{
function GetName()
{
return 'JSCookMenu';
}
function GetVersion()
{
return '.02';
}
function GetHelp($lang = 'en_US')
{
return "
<h3>What does this do?</h3>
<p>Prints a dhtml vertical or horizontal menu using the <a href=\"http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~heng/JSCookMenu/\">JSCookMenu (v1.31)</a>.</p>
<h3>How do I use it?</h3>
<p>Just insert the module into your template/page like: <code>{cms_module module='JSCookMenu'}</code></p>
<h3>What parameters does it take?</h3>
<p>
<ul>
<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>theme</tt> - (ThemeIE, ThemeMiniBlack, ThemeOffice, ThemePanel), Theme for menu. Additional themes
may be added simply by creating a new one and placing it in the modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/themes/ directory. Default is ThemeIE.
THIS PARAMETER DOESN'T WORK YET.</li>
<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>showadmin</tt> - 1/0, whether you want to show or not the admin link. Default is 0.</li>
<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>start_element</tt> - the hierarchy of your element (ie : 1.2 or 3.5.1 for example). This parameter sets the root of the menu.</li>
<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>number_of_levels</tt> - an integer, the number of levels you want to show in your menu.</li>
<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>horizontal</tt> - 1/0, whether you want to have a horizontal menu instead of vertical. Default is 1 (horizontal).</li>
<li><em>(optional)</em> <tt>id</tt> - text without spaces or special chars, default: jscookmenuid. You must specify it if you want to use more than one menu per page.</li>
</ul>
</p>
";
}
function GetAuthor()
{
return 'Benjamin Carnes';
}
function GetAuthorEmail()
{
return 'bjcarnes at gmail dot com';
}
function GetChangeLog()
{
return "Introducing beta<br /><b>TODO:</b> Implement theme parameter<br /><b>TODO:</b> Support admin link in menu";
}
function IsPluginModule()
{
return true;
}
function ContentPreRender(&$content)
{
$config = $this->cms->config;
$text .= '<__script__ language="JavaScript" SRC="'.$config['root_url'].'/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu.js"></__script>
<__script__ language="JavaScript" SRC="'.$config['root_url'].'/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/themes/ThemeIE/theme.js"></__script>';
$content = ereg_replace("<\/head>", $text."</head>", $content);
}
function ContentStylesheet(&$stylesheet)
{
$config = $this->cms->config;
@ob_start();
@readfile(dirname(__FILE__).'/JSCookMenu/themes/ThemeIE/theme.css');
$stylesheet = @ob_get_contents() . $stylesheet;
@ob_end_clean();
}
function DoAction($name, $id, $params)
{
$config = $this->cms->config;
if ($name == 'default')
{
$basedepth = 1;
$allcontent = ContentManager::GetAllContent(false);
# getting menu parameters
$showadmin = isset($params['showadmin']) ? $params['showadmin'] : 0 ;
$horizontal = isset($params['horizontal']) ? $params['horizontal'] : 0 ;
$menu_id = isset($params['id']) ? $params['id'] : 'jscookmenuid' ;
$menu = '';
#Reset the base depth if necessary...
if (isset($params['start_element']))
{
$basedepth = count(split('\.', (string)$params['start_element']));
}
$disabled = array();
$filteredcontent = array();
#Filter out content elements that are disabled or at the wrong level
foreach ($allcontent as $onecontent)
{
#Handy little trick to figure out how deep in the tree we are
#Remember, content comes to use in order of how it should be displayed in the tree already
$depth = count(split('\.', $onecontent->Hierarchy()));
#If hierarchy starts with the start_element (if it's set), then continue on
if (isset($params['start_element']))
{
if ((strpos($onecontent->Hierarchy(), (string)$params['start_element']) === FALSE) || (strpos($onecontent->Hierarchy(), (string)$params['start_element']) != 0))
{
continue;
}
}
#Now check to make sure we're not too many levels deep if number_of_levels is set
if (isset($params['number_of_levels']))
{
$number_of_levels = $params['number_of_levels'] - 1;
$base_level = 1;
#Is start_element set?  If so, reset the base_level to it's level
if (isset($params['start_element']))
{
$base_level = count(split('\.', (string)$params['start_element']));
}
#If this element's level is more than base_level + number_of_levels, then scratch it
if ($base_level + $number_of_levels < $depth)
{
continue;
}
}
# Check for inactive items or items set not to show in the menu
if (!$onecontent->Active() || !$onecontent->ShowInMenu())
{
# Stuff the hierarchy position into that array, so we can test for
# children that shouldn't be showing.  Put the dot on the end
# since it will only affect children anyway...  saves from a
# .1 matching .11
array_push($disabled, $onecontent->Hierarchy() . ".");
continue;
}
$disableme = false;
# Loop through disabled array to see if this is a child that
# shouldn't be showing -- we check this by seeing if the current
# hierarhcy postition starts with one of the disabled positions
foreach ($disabled as $onepos)
{
# Why php doesn't have a starts_with function is beyond me...
if (strstr($onecontent->Hierarchy(), $onepos) == $onecontent->Hierarchy())
{
$disableme = true;
continue; # Break from THIS foreach
}
}
if ($disableme)
{
continue; # Break from main foreach
}
array_push($filteredcontent, $onecontent);
}
/*reset($filteredcontent);
foreach ($filteredcontent as $onecontent)
{
$menu .= $onecontent->Hierarchy()."\n";
}*/
# foreach ($filteredcontent as $onecontent)
# {
# $menu .= $onecontent->MenuText()."<br />";
# }
if (isset($params['horizontal']))
{
$this->WriteMenuJS($menu, $filteredcontent, $params['horizontal'], $menu_id);
}
else
{
$this->WriteMenuJS($menu, $filteredcontent, 1, $menu_id);
}
# if ($showadmin == 1)
# {
# $menu .= ".|---\n";
# $menu .= ".|Admin|".$config['admin_dir']."/\n";
# }
return $menu;
}
//Catch-all
return '';
}
function WriteMenuJS(&$menu, &$filteredcontent, $horizontal, $menu_id)
{
$config = $this->cms->config;
$menu .= "\n<div id=\"$menu_id\"></div>\n";
$menu .= "\n<script language=\"JavaScript\"><!--\n";
$menu .= "\nvar jsc".$menu_id." = [";
reset($filteredcontent);
$this->WriteMenuJSRec($menu, $filteredcontent, 0);
$menu .= "];\n";
$menu .= "\ncmThemeIE.folderLeft = '';\n";
$menu .= "\ncmThemeIE.folderRight = '<img alt=\"\" src=\"".$config['root_url']."/modules/JSCookMenu/JSCookMenu/themes/ThemeIE/arrow.gif\" />';\n";
$menu .= "\ncmThemeIE.itemLeft = '';\n";
if ($horizontal)
{
$menu .= "\ncmDraw ('$menu_id', jsc".$menu_id.", 'hbr', cmThemeIE, 'ThemeIE');\n";
}
else
{
$menu .= "\ncmDraw ('$menu_id', jsc".$menu_id.", 'vbr', cmThemeIE, 'ThemeIE');\n";
}
$menu .= "--></__script>";
}
function WriteMenuJSRec(&$menu, &$filteredcontent, $recdepth)
{
#Safety check
$recdepth++;
if ($recdepth > 100)
{
#Uh-oh. There must be a bug. Stop to avoid exhausting the stack memory.
return;
}
while ($onecontent = current($filteredcontent))
{
if ($onecontent->Type() == 'separator')
{
$menu .= "_cmSplit";
}
else
{
$menu .= "[";
// if this is a section header, the URL is simple '#'
$menu .= "'', '".$onecontent->MenuText()."', '".$onecontent->GetURL()."', '_top', '".$onecontent->MenuText()."'";
}
$nextcontent = next($filteredcontent);
if ($nextcontent)
{
$currmenudepth = count(split('\.', $onecontent->Hierarchy()));
$nextmenudepth = count(split('\.', $nextcontent->Hierarchy()));
#if next content is deeper
if ($nextmenudepth > $currmenudepth)
{
$menu .= ", ";
//next($filteredcontent);
$result = $this->WriteMenuJSRec($menu, $filteredcontent, $recdepth);
$menu .= "]";
$onecontent = current($filteredcontent);
$nextcontent = next($filteredcontent);
if ($nextcontent)
{
$currmenudepth = count(split('\.', $onecontent->Hierarchy()));
$nextmenudepth = count(split('\.', $nextcontent->Hierarchy()));
#content is at same depth
if ($nextmenudepth == $currmenudepth)
{
$menu .= "], ";
}
else #next content is shallower
{
if ($result == 0)
{
$menu .= ", ";
}
else
{
prev($filteredcontent);
return $result - 1;
}
}
}
}
#else if next content is at same depth
elseif ($nextmenudepth == $currmenudepth)
{
if ($onecontent->Type() == 'separator')
{
$menu .= ", ";
}
else
{
$menu .= "], ";
}
}
else #next content is shallower
{
if ($onecontent->Type() != 'separator')
{
$menu .= "]";
}
prev($filteredcontent);
return $currmenudepth - $nextmenudepth - 1;
}
}
}
$menu .= "]";
return 0;
}
}
?>

ADDED "id" parameter, so to HAD more than ONE Menu.
****
(optional) id - text without spaces or special chars, default: jscookmenuid. You must specify it if you want to use more than one menu per page.
****


Bye

[ljbadenz]

The only problem i see is that it isnt friendly to non-javascript browsers. To see what I mean tunr off javascript in your browser, and hey presto, there absolutly notinhg, not even a bulleted list of links.

Also there being no physical links makes it extreemly hard for spiders asuch as google to index your website, thus I would not reccomend it to the serious web developers.

I am working on a module that uses only css to display similar functionality to phplayers based on a list apart article. (a small bit of js is needed for IE, but hopefully IE 7 will fix this.)

[megabob3]

The only problem i see is that it isnt friendly to non-javascript browsers. To see what I mean tunr off javascript in your browser, and hey presto, there absolutly notinhg, not even a bulleted list of links.

Also there being no physical links makes it extreemly hard for spiders asuch as google to index your website, thus I would not reccomend it to the serious web developers.

I am working on a module that uses only css to display similar functionality to phplayers based on a list apart article. (a small bit of js is needed for IE, but hopefully IE 7 will fix this.)

Yep you are right on  non-javascript browsers doesn't go.

But also with CSS you will have the same problem, not all browser support CSS.

I know that CSS are newer of javascript.

[Ted]

Well, the difference is if a browser doesn't support CSS, it still displays semantic html markup.  It's not pretty, of course, but at least the navigation is still there.  One of the most fascinating things is opening up an xhtml complaint site in Firefox, and turning off the CSS with the web developer extension.  Everything is still there, it just looks like it's from 1994. 

In other words, my prefernce is to have only a tiny, tiny bit of javascript, so that the site can degrade properly on other browsers (like a screen reader for blind people, for example).  This is the new web...

[megabob3]

Well, the difference is if a browser doesn't support CSS, it still displays semantic html markup.  It's not pretty, of course, but at least the navigation is still there.  One of the most fascinating things is opening up an xhtml complaint site in Firefox, and turning off the CSS with the web developer extension.  Everything is still there, it just looks like it's from 1994. 

In other words, my prefernce is to have only a tiny, tiny bit of javascript, so that the site can degrade properly on other browsers (like a screen reader for blind people, for example).  This is the new web...

Ok clear

[100rk]

....the site can degrade properly on other browsers (like a screen reader for blind people, for example)....

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Alternative Web Browsing http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing

[dotnet]

You can support search-engine-freindliness with a site map rather than relying on the menus.

You make some good points though. Indeed, large, bloated javascript libraries for menus are a little obsolete.

I found a good tutorial about javascript-free, pure-CSS, drop-down menus here http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/tutorials/testMenu.html.

A little javascript is neccessary to get CSS menus working in IE though.

Some javascript would also be neccessary to delay the hiding of menus. Otherwise the menu disappears instantly when the cursor slips off it. This is difficult for elderly people who have less control of the mouse.

[ljbadenz]

A List Apart has an excelant article on CSS only menus that provide the same functionality as PHPLayers but with absolutely no JavaScript at http://www.alistapart.com/articles/horizdropdowns. It is fully copatible with bulletmenu.

But a small bit of JS is required for IE. IE 7 should fix this. But if you use a mozilla broswer (Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox) then the JS is not needed.

I have implemented it on my website and am trying to put it into a module.

[dotnet]

Hmm. I just notice that the admin user interface for Mambo uses the JSCook Menu.