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Posted: **Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:32 pm**

I am having a bit of trouble with my vertical navigation. Basically when i hover over the navigation the sub menu will not appear. It does appear though if i use the default leftside+1col menu.

To show what is happening here is a like to the site: http://www.stuartbogle.com/cmsmadesimple/index.php

My main template code is:

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
	"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><__html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" >

<head>
	<title>{sitename} - {title}</title>
                <__script__ type="text/javascript"></__script>
{stylesheet}
{metadata} 

</head>
</__body>
<div id="container">
	<div id="intro">
		<div id="pageHeader">
		</div>

		<div id="menuBack">
		     {menu template='cssmenu.tpl'}
                                     <p class="p2"><span></span></p>                        	
		</div>

		<div id="colorButtons">
			<p class="p1"><span></span></p>
			<p class="p2"><span></span></p>
			<p class="p3"><span></span></p>
		</div>
	</div>

	
	<div id="linkList">
		{cms_module module="news"}
	</div>

   	
	<div id="supportingText">
	{content}
	</div>

	<div id="footer">
                <a href="http://www.stuartbogle.com" title="stuartbogle.com">created by: stuartbogle.com</a>   </div>
                </div>

</div>
<__body>
</__html>

the code to style my layout is:

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/* CSS Document */
a:link {
	color:#8297A7;
	text-decoration:underline;
}

a:visited {
	color:#A082A7;
}

a:hover {
	text-decoration:none;
}

body {
	font:x-small/1.4 Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	background:#FFF url(images/bg.gif) repeat top left;
	color:#555040;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	text-align: center;
}

#container {
	margin: 0 auto;
	background:#FFF;
	width: 780px !important; 
	width /**/:790px; /* IE5/Win */
	padding:0 0px;
	position:relative;
	font-size:110%;
	text-align: left;
}

#pageHeader {
	width:780px;
	height:42px;
	background:#FFF url(images/header.gif) no-repeat top left;
}


div#main_pict {
   margin-left: 260px; /* this will give room for sidebar to be on the left side, make sure this space is bigger than sidebar width */
   margin-right: 2%; /* and some air on the right */
width:520px;
	height:300px;
	background:#FFF url(images/main_pict.jpg) no-repeat top left;
}

div#sidebar {
   float: left;        /* set sidebar on the left side. Change to right to float it right instead. */
   width: 26%;     /* sidebar width, if you change this please also change #main margins */
   display: inline;  /* FIX IE double margin bug */
   margin-left: 0;
}


#menuBack {
	height:300px;
	width:780px;
	background-color:#FFF;
	position:relative;
}

#menuBack p {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}

#menuBack .p {
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	left:0;
	width:260px;
	height:300px;
	background:#FFF;
}

#menuBack .p1 span { display:none; }

#menuBack .p2 {
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	left:260px;
	width:520px;
	height:300px;
	background:#FFF url(images/main_pict.jpg) no-repeat top left;
	overflow:hidden;
}

#menuBack .p2 span {
	visibility:hidden;
	white-space:nowrap;
}


#pageHeader h1, #pageHeader h2 {
	display:none;
}

#colorButtons {
	height:92px;
	width:780px;
	background-color:#FFF;
	position:relative;
}

#colorButtons p {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}

#colorButtons .p1 {
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	left:0;
	width:260px;
	height:92px;
	background:#FFF url(images/button_orange.gif) no-repeat top left;
}

#colorButtons .p1 span { display:none; }

#colorButtons .p2 {
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	left:260px;
	width:260px;
	height:92px;
	background:#FFF url(images/button_green.gif) no-repeat top left;
	overflow:hidden;
}

#colorButtons .p2 span {
	visibility:hidden;
	white-space:nowrap;
}

#colorButtons .p3 {
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	left:520px;
	width:260px;
	height:92px;
	background:#FFF url(images/button_blue.gif) no-repeat top left;
	overflow:hidden;
}


#supportingText {
   width: 495px;
   padding:8px;
}

#linkList {
   float: right;
   clear: right; 
   padding:5px;
   width:250px;
}


#footer {
   margin: 0 auto;
   border-top:5px solid #FFF;
   background-color:#555040;
   padding:10px;
   text-transform:uppercase;   
   clear: both;
}


#footer a {
	color:#FFF;
	text-decoration:underline;
}

#footer a:hover {
	color:#D2DBE2;
	text-decoration:none;
}

#explanation h3, #participation h3, #benefits h3, #requirements h3 {
	margin:10px 0 5px;
	padding:0;
	width:238px;
	height:24px;
}

#explanation h3 { 		background:transparent url(images/title_so_what.gif) no-repeat top left; }
#participation h3 { 	background:transparent url(images/title_participation.gif) no-repeat top left; }
#benefits h3 { 			background:transparent url(images/title_benefits.gif) no-repeat top left; }
#requirements h3 { 		background:transparent url(images/title_requirements.gif) no-repeat top left; }

#preamble h3 span,
#explanation h3 span,
#participation h3 span,
#benefits h3 span,
#requirements h3 span {
	display:none;
}

#lselect li a, #lfavorites li a {display: block; margin-left:-10px; font-weight:bold;}
#linkList li a.c, #lfavorites li a.c {float:none; display:inline; margin-left:0; font-weight:normal; font-size:100%;}

#supportingText p {
	margin:0 10px 10px;
	padding:0;
}

#linkList ul {
	width:210px;
	margin:0 0 10px 15px;
	padding:0;
}

#linkList li {
	padding: 0 0 0 20px;
	margin:0 0 5px;
	list-style-type:none;
	white-space:nowrap;
	background: transparent url(images/bullet_normal.gif) no-repeat 0 1px;
}

#lselect ul, #lfavorites ul {
	width:210px;
	margin:0 0 10px 15px;
	padding:0;
}

#lselect li, #lfavorites li {
	padding: 0 0 0 25px;
	margin:0 0 5px;
	list-style-type:none;
	clear:left;
	white-space:nowrap;
	background: transparent url(images/bullet_styles.gif) no-repeat 0 3px;
}

#linkList h3 {
	margin:0 0 10px;
	background:#6E6855 url(images/link_list_h3.gif) repeat-y top left;
	padding:5px 5px 5px 15px;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#E9E6D9;
	font-size:100%;
}

acronym {
	border-bottom:1px dotted #555040;
	cursor:help;
}

a acronym {
	border-bottom:1px dotted #8297A7;
}

#lfavorites, #larchives, #lresources {
	border-top:5px solid #FFF;
}

and finally the code for my menu is:

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/* Vertical menu for the CMS CSS Menu Module */
/* by Alexander Endresen */


/* The wrapper determines the width of the menu elements */
#menuwrapper { 
   width: 220px; 
}


/* Unless you know what you do, do not touch this */ 
#primary-nav, #primary-nav ul { 
   list-style: none; 
   margin: 0px; 
   padding: 0px; 
   width: 100%; 
   margin-left: -1px;
}
#primary-nav ul { 
   position: absolute; 
   top: 0; 
   left: 100%; 
   display: none; 
}
#primary-nav li { 
   margin-bottom: -1px; 
   position: relative; 
}


/* Styling the basic apperance of the menu elements */
#primary-nav a { 
   border: 1px solid #006699; 
   display: block; 
   margin: 0px; 
   padding: 5px 10px; 
   color: #006699;
   text-decoration: none; 
   background: transparent; 
   min-height:1em; /* Fixes IE7 whitespace bug*/ 
}
#primary-nav li, #primary-nav li.menuparent { 
   background-color: #ececec; 
   min-height:1em; /* Fixes IE7 bug*/
}


/* Styling the basic apperance of the active page elements (shows what page in the menu is being displayed) */
#primary-nav li.menuactive { 
   background-color: #C7C7C7; 
}

/* Styling the basic apperance of the menuparents - here styled the same on hover (fixes IE bug) */
#primary-nav li.menuparent, 
#primary-nav li.menuparent:hover, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth { 
   background-image: url(images/cms/arrow.gif); 
   background-position: center right; 
   background-repeat: no-repeat; 
}


/* Styling the apperance of menu items on hover */
#primary-nav li:hover, 
#primary-nav li.menuh, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth, 
#primary-nav li.menuactiveh { 
   background-color: #E7AB0B; 
}


/* The magic - set to work for up to a 3 level menu, but can be increased unlimited */
#primary-nav ul, 
#primary-nav li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav li:hover ul ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul ul { 
   display: none; 
}
#primary-nav li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav ul li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav ul ul li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul, 
#primary-nav ul li.menuparenth ul, 
#primary-nav ul ul li.menuparenth ul { 
   display: block; 
}


/* IE Hack, will cause the css to not validate */

#primary-nav li, #primary-nav li.menuparenth { _float: left; _height: 1%; }
#primary-nav li a { _height: 1%; }


/* section header */
#primary-nav li.sectionheader {
   border-left: 1px solid #006699; 
   border-top: 1px solid #006699; 
   font-size: 130%;
   font-weight: bold;
   padding: 1.5em 0 0.8em 0.5em;
   background-color: #fff;
   margin: 0;
   width: 100%;
}


/* separator */
#primary-nav li hr.separator {
   display:block;
   height: 0.5em;
   color: #abb0b6;
   background-color: #abb0b6;
   width: 100%;
   border:0;
   margin:0;
   padding:0;   
   border-top: 1px solid #006699;
   border-right: 1px solid #006699;
}

As i have said, it works on the default layout so i know it is picking up the menu correctly, but on my template it just will not display properly.

Please help

cheers

stu

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:56 pm**

I sorted the problem. I found a bit of code in one of the main templates. I simply added the following code just above the HEAD tag.

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<!--[if IE]>
<__script__ type="text/javascript" src="modules/MenuManager/CSSMenu.js"></__script>
<![endif]-->
{* The above JavaScript is required for CSSMenu to work in IE *}

Now the menu works properly and picks up the sub nav.

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