Sothink DHTMLMenu can help web designers to create professional DHTML pop-up menu for web pages without writing a single line of code. It doesn't require the designer to have any DHTML or JavaScript experience.

Sothink DHTMLMenu generates robust code to fit for different web browsers. The menu can automatically detect the visitors' browsertype and load the best script code for it, so the designers couldbe free of caring the browser compatibility problems.

The supported browsers include IE, Netscape and Opera. The pop-up menu can have multiple levels. It can be fully customizable by changing the text, font, link, background, bullets, border style, pop-up effect and so on. The designer can put the menu to relative position or absolute position, so the menu can be easily inserted at any place in the web page.

Sothink DHTMLMenu provides many pre-made effects, themes and templates, so the design doesn't need to start from scratch and will be easier. The designer can also create his/her own themes or templates.

Sothink DHTMLMenu also includes other features such as just-in-time preview, publish wizard. And it can work stand alone, work with MS FrontPage seamlessly as an add-in, work with Dreamweaver as an extension program or work with Sothink HTML Editor as a web widget.

Here are some key features of "Sothink DHTMLMenu":

· Supports Windows Vista. Full cross browser compatibility (Immediate coverage of browser updates)
· Free DreamWeaver, FrontPage, and Adobe GoLive integrated plugins
· Database driven JavaScript menus with server-side code, like ASP, PHP, JSP, ASP.NET or ColdFusion
· Generate search engine friendly drop down menus
· Free Google XML Sitemap and general sitemap generators based on your menu structure
· Create cross frame menus for all kinds of frame-based web site, like common frames, nested frames or Iframes
· Visible over Flash, selected boxs, Iframes and even PDF files
· Performs greatly with large DHTML drop down menus
· Easily positions menus anywhere on your web page
· Click or mouse over to show drop down menus
· Web Path for resources files and Link Prefix enable you to fast switch your project locally and on the web for testing purposes
· The current page in use can be auto-highlighted in your DHTML menu navigation
· Auto scrolls long pop up menu items
· Float menus follow the browsers scrollbars
· Context right click menu
· Use any elements on your page to trigger the menus, such as image, text, or even a Flash movie (Custom menu)
· Non-English languages are supported, even Right-to-Left languages, such as Arabic
· Generate a drop down menu structure from your existing web site pages by our unique Site Navigation Generator
· Fully customizable properties, like font, icon, background, border, cursor, tool tip, surround, effects, alignment, transparency, size and etc,.
· Supports setting multiple menu items properties at one time
· Select images for icon, arrow, background and separator from our rich Image Library
· Multiple menus on the same page; multiple pages use the same JavaScript menu
· Supports any doctypes
· Any HTML code can be used within menu items
· Copy and Paste functions can quickly duplicate menu items
· Live preview in real time
· Free combination of vertical or horizontal sub menu items
· Menus can span 100% across the width of your web page
· Supports UTF-8

Requirements:

· Internet Explorer5 or above

Limitations:

· 30 days trial
· only supports generating THREE links for menu items when you preview or publish the menu
· nag screen

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Functions Enhanced:
· Support Internet Explorer 8
Fixed bugs:
· The Slip effect is invalid in transitional or strict DTD pages because the JS explanation in IE 8 is inconsistent with previous versions.
· The sub items did not inherit the path of the main item when using site navigation structure generator, which caused path lost and invalid links.