Fireworks Menu vs CSS Menu

[oli99via]

For some reasons, I still like image-based menu with custom fonts...

But if I continue to use Fireworks CS3 to make a drop-down menu instead of using CSS, will I or my portfolio look stupid in the eyes of interviewers?

[wes_design]

depends on what you are applying for but CSS is better for SEO

[fasterthanlight™]

it will look stupid to people who know what they're doing on the internet.

if you still like using images and custom fonts, i suggest switching to CSS and implementing unordered lists that utilize Sprites.

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/taminglists

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites/

and if you DO start using these techniques (which you should) then you'll look super awesome to interviewers

[oli99via]

Hmm... I see. Good that you told me. I don't want to look stupid. :)

I will check out the links later. Thank you!!

[DDD]

actually FWCS3 does a good job generating some relative clean coded css menus. You can set it to generate JS or CSS menus. But suckerfish has a pretty sick setup for css menus. There is another as well but I forget the name.

[wes_design]

actually FWCS3 does a good job generating some relative clean coded css menus. You can set it to generate JS or CSS menus. But suckerfish has a pretty sick setup for css menus. There is another as well but I forget the name.
yeah image ready also generated CSS too...

:look:do you know a program that generates Deep Blue html e-mails

[fasterthanlight™]

I don't trust a computer to make CSS for me.....

[wes_design]

^neither do I, but I wanted to let the guy know the option is open

[oli99via]

Thanks for letting me know the option AND not to trust a computer to make CSS.

I better check out the links from fasterthanlight as soon as I get a chance. Definitely don't want to look stupid. That's why you join Kirupa! Thank you guys!!

[oli99via]

So I followed the tutorial in http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites/) and made a Horizontal CSS Menu. But I don't know how to make a drop down menu!!

Any ideas on how I can make a drop down menu like the one in http://www.vikingrange.com/consumer/index.jsp or a 2-level menu similar to this: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/item/two-level-css-tabs-menu?

[fasterthanlight™]

i had to do the same thing as you not too long ago, i had a horizontal sprite menu that needed drop downs, integrating what i already had with this:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns/

worked out perfectly

[oli99via]

I tried the Suckerfish Dropdowns. Alas, it didn't work. :(

Do you have a solid example that you can share here? Or maybe point me to a website that utilizes Suckerfish?

Thank you much!

[actionAction]

From the link that faster posted comes this example:
http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/example/

Maybe helpful, maybe not...