Wednesday 11 July 2012

How to create Drop Down Menu in your blogger



                       




Before this step 
You must add Label  
in your blogger layout

1. Add The Menu CSS
Go to your blogger account,]

Navigate to Dashboard >> Design >> Edit Html >

And find the following code, Press ctrl key + f 

Then the find box is appear in top right

copy the below code and paste in the find box.


]]></b:skin>
And before This code , add the following css code,
#jsddm {
margin: 0;
padding: 15px;
z-index:1000000000;
position:relative;
}

#jsddm li {
float: left;
list-style: none;
font: 12px Tahoma, Arial;
}

#jsddm li a {
display: block;
white-space: nowrap;
margin:1px 3px;
border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
background: #cccccc;
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ebebeb), to(#cccccc));
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ebebeb, #cccccc);
padding: 5px 10px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
text-shadow: #ffffff 0 1px 0;
color: #363636;
font-size: 15px;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif;
text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: middle;
}

#jsddm li a:hover {
background: #C8C8C8;
}

#jsddm li ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
visibility: hidden;
border-top: 1px solid white;
}

#jsddm li ul li {
float: none;
display: inline;
}

#jsddm li ul li a {
width: auto;
background: #CAE8FA;
}

#jsddm li ul li a:hover {
background: #A3CEE5;
}
2. Adding the Java codes
At the same page, find the next code,
</head>
Then add this code exactly before it,
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.js' type='text/javascript'/>
  <script type='text/javascript'>
  //<![CDATA[

var timeout    = 500;
  var closetimer = 0;
  var ddmenuitem = 0;

function jsddm_open()
  {  jsddm_canceltimer();
  jsddm_close();
  ddmenuitem = $(this).find('ul').css('visibility', 'visible');}

function jsddm_close()
  {  if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.css('visibility', 'hidden');}

function jsddm_timer()
  {  closetimer = window.setTimeout(jsddm_close, timeout);}

function jsddm_canceltimer()
  {  if(closetimer)
  {  window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
  closetimer = null;}}

$(document).ready(function()
  {  $('#jsddm > li').bind('mouseover', jsddm_open)
  $('#jsddm > li').bind('mouseout',  jsddm_timer)});

document.onclick = jsddm_close;
  //]]>
  </script>
Now Click Save Template
3. Adding The Menu To Your Blog
Now Go to your Dashboard >> Design >> 

And on your page elements page, click on Add A Gadget any where on the screen
,
And choose ” HTML / JavaScript ” , Leave the title empty, ant at the content area, paste the following 

code,
<ul id="jsddm">
  <li><a href="#">Home</a>
  <li><a href="#">Menu 1</a>
  <ul>
  <li><a href="#">Drop 1-1</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Drop 1-2</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Drop 1-3</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li>

 <li><a href="#">Menu 2</a>
  <ul>
  <li><a href="#">Drop 2-1</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Drop 2-2</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li>

 <li><a href="#">Menu 3</a>
  <ul>
  <li><a href="#">Drop 3-1</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Drop 3-2</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Drop 3-3</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Drop 3-4</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li>

 <li><a href="#">Menu 4</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu 5</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">AllBlogTools</a></li>
  </li></ul>
And click Save

Now, it’s important to move the new gadget from the current place to the top of your page, if it was on 

the sidebar, or footer, just drag it to your page header or above your posts area, and click And click 

Save again,

Now go to view your blog and enjoy your new blogger drop-down menu.

Note : In step 3, you must change the menu titles and replace all # letters by the right menu url.

url means Yours website id

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