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Create Drop-Down Menu in Blogger

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Blogger is one best free platforms. You just have to have a Google ID(Gmail account) to be able to create a blogger account. It comes with few default templates & layouts which one can customize however they want. You don't necessarily have to have a knowledge of HTML &CSS languages, but having a little knowledge is going to help you in further customization. The HTML widget lets you add any type of customized web elements like the menu bar, sidebar et.al., & the Add CSS option in the Blogger template designer lets you add style's to the HTML code.

There was a Youtuber & blogger who have uploaded a good amount of helpful tutorials 2 years ago about how to set up a blog and customize it the way you want it. Though her blogger site doesn't have all the resources she presents in her video's, the video's itself are pretty helpful for a newbie.

In one of her video's, she explains in detail about how to Create Menu bar's in Blogger & provide a drop down menu to the menu items.



Unfortunately, the HTML & CSS code that she has mentioned in the video is not available on her blog, but you can find a similar code in one of the comments by DreamerBros, which is
Try this codes guys...not the same code but something is better than nothing.

 First Code(HTML code)
<div id='menubar'> <ul id='menus'> <li> <a href='Link'>Home</a> </li> <li> <a href='Link'>About Me</a> </li> <li> <a href='Link'>MenuItem</a> <ul> <li><a href='Link'>SubMenuItem</a></li> <li><a href='Link'>SubMenuItem</a></li> <li><a href='Link'>SubMenuItem</a></li> </ul> <li> <a href='Link'>MenuItem</a> <ul> <li><a href='Link'>SubMenuItem</a></li> <li><a href='Link'>SubMenuItem</a></li> <li><a href='Link'>SubMenuItem</a></li> </ul> <li> <a href='#'>MenuItem</a> <ul> <li><a href='Link'>SubMenuItem</a></li> <li><a href='Link'>SubMenuItem</a></li> <li><a href='Link'>SubMenuItem</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> Search for ]]></b:skin> and Paste the second code just above ]]></b:skin>
Second Code:(CSS code) /-------- Begin Drop Down Menu -----/ #menubar { background: #8E8E8E; width: 840px; color: #FFF; margin: 0px; padding: 0; position: relative; border-top:1px solid #B2FFFF; height:35px; } #menus { margin: 0; padding: 0; } #menus ul { float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; } #menus li { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-left:1px solid #1A6680; border-right:1px solid #1A6680; height:35px; } #menus li a, #menus li a:link, #menus li a:visited { color: #FFF; display: block; font:normal 12px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px; text-decoration: none; } #menus li a:hover, #menus li a:active { background: #130000; /* Menu hover */ color: #FFF; display: block; text-decoration: none; margin: 0; padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px; } #menus li { float: left; padding: 0; } #menus li ul { z-index: 9999; position: absolute; left: -999em; height: auto; width: 160px; margin: 0; padding: 0; } #menus li ul a { width: 140px; } #menus li ul ul { margin: -25px 0 0 160px; } #menus li:hover ul ul, #menus li:hover ul ul ul, #menus li.sfhover ul ul, #menus li.sfhover ul ul ul { left: -999em; } #menus li:hover ul, #menus li li:hover ul, #menus li li li:hover ul, #menus li.sfhover ul, #menus li li.sfhover ul, #menus li li li.sfhover ul { left: auto; } #menus li:hover, #menus li.sfhover { position: static; } #menus li li a, #menus li li a:link, #menus li li a:visited { background: #B3B3B3; /* drop down background color */ width: 120px; color: #FFF; display: block; font:normal 12px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px; text-decoration: none; z-index:9999; border-bottom:1px solid #1A6680; } #menus li li a:hover, #menusli li a:active { background: #130000; /* Drop down hover */ color: #FFF; display: block; margin: 0; padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px; text-decoration: none; } /-------- End Drop Down Menu -----/

There are other videos & blogs by few other bloggers too, who use a different but similar code.

1.All in One


All in One

The code provided in the video and blog is
HTML code

<!-- start navmenu -->
<ul id='cssnav'>
<li class="active"><a href='http://satunes4u.blogspot.com/'>Home</a></li>
<li class="sub"><a href=''>Menu-1</a>
<ul>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-1</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-2</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-3</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href=''>Menu-2</a>
<ul>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-1</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-2</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-3</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-4</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href=''>Menu-4</a>
<ul>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-1</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-2</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-3</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-4</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-5</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-6</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href=''>Menu-5</a>
<ul>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-1</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-2</a></li>
<li><a href=''>Submenu-3</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href=''>Menu-6</a>
</li></ul>

<!-- end navmenu -->

CSS code

uot;Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; height: 300px; overflow: auto; width: 529px;"> /* ----- CSS Nav Menu Styling ----- */
#cssnav {
margin: 0px 0 0 -10px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
width: 1050px;  /* Set your width to fit your blog */
font: $(tabs.font); /* Template Designer - Change Font Type, Size, Etc */
color: $(tabs.text.color); /* Template Designer - Change Font Size */
}

#cssnav ul {
background: $(tabs.background.color) $(tabs.background.gradient) repeat-x scroll 0 -800px;
_background-image: none; /* Template Designer - Change Menu Background */
height: 20px; /* Change Height of Menu */
list-style: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#cssnav li {
float: left;
padding: 0px;
}

#cssnav li a {
background: $(tabs.background.color) $(tabs.background.gradient) repeat-x scroll 0 -800px;
_background-image: none; /* Template Designer - Change Menu Background */
display: block;
margin: 0px;
font: $(tabs.font); /* Template Designer - Change Font Type, Size, Etc */
text-decoration: none;
}

#cssnav > ul > li > a {
color: $(tabs.text.color); /* Template Designer - Change Font Color */
}

#cssnav ul ul a {
color: $(tabs.text.color); /* Template Designer - Change Color */
}

#cssnav li > a:hover, #cssnav ul li:hover {
color: $(tabs.selected.text.color); /* Template Designer - Change Font Color on Hover */
background-color: $(tabs.selected.background.color); /* Template Designer - Change Font Background on Hover */
text-decoration: none;
}

#cssnav li ul {
background: $(tabs.background.color) $(tabs.background.gradient) repeat-x scroll 0 -800px;
_background-image: none; /* Template Designer - Change Menu Background */
display: none;
height: auto;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
position: absolute;
width: 200px; /* Change Width Of DropDown Menu */
z-index:9999;
}

#cssnav li:hover ul {
display: block;
}

#cssnav li li {
background: $(tabs.background.color) $(tabs.background.gradient) repeat-x scroll 0 -800px;
_background-image: none; /* Template Designer - Change Background */
display: block;
float: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
width: 200px; /* Change Width Of DropDown Menu */
}

#cssnav li:hover li a {
background: $(tabs.selected.background.color); /* Template Designer - Change Background of Link on Hover */
}

#cssnav li ul a {
display: block;
height: auto;
margin: 0px;
padding: 10px;
text-align: left;
}

#cssnav li ul a:hover, #cssnav li ul li:hover > a {
color: $(tabs.selected.text.color); /* Template Designer - Change Text Color on Hover */
background-color: $(tabs.selected.background.color); /* Template Designer - Change Background on Hover */
border: 0px;
text-decoration: none;
}
 #blog-pager{clear:both;margin:30px auto;text-align:center; padding: 7px;}
.blog-pager {background: none;}
.displaypageNum a,.showpage a,.pagecurrent{font-size: 14px;padding: 5px 12px;margin-right:5px; color: #666; background-color:#eee;}
.displaypageNum a:hover,.showpage a:hover, .pagecurrent{background:#359BED;text-decoration:none;color: #fff;}
#blog-pager .pagecurrent{font-weight:bold;color: #fff;background:#359BED;}
 .showpageOf{display:none!important}
#blog-pager .pages{border:none;}

2.Random Juvament

Random Juvament
The code posted in his blog is
HTML code

 <div id='menubar'>
    <ul id='menus'>
      <li>
        <a href='#'>MenuItem</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href='#'>MenuItem</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href='#'>MenuItem</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href='#'>MenuItem</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href='#'>SubMenuItem</a></li>
          <li><a href='#'>SubMenuItem</a></li>
          <li><a href='#'>SubMenuItem</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>

CSS code
/*-------- Begin Drop Down Menu -------*/

#menubar {
    background: #8E8E8E;
    width: 840px;
    color: #FFF;
        margin: 0px;
        padding: 0;
        position: relative;
        border-top:1px solid #B2FFFF;
        height:35px;
}

#menus {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

#menus ul {
    float: left;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

#menus li {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
        border-left:1px solid #1A6680;
        border-right:1px solid #1A6680;
        height:35px;
}
#menus li a, #menus li a:link, #menus li a:visited {
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
   font:normal 12px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;    margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
}

#menus li a:hover, #menus li a:active {
    background: #130000; /* Menu hover */
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
        margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
}

#menus li {
    float: left;
    padding: 0;
}

#menus li ul {
    z-index: 9999;
    position: absolute;
    left: -999em;
    height: auto;
    width: 160px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

#menus li ul a {
    width: 140px;
}

#menus li ul ul {
    margin: -25px 0 0 160px;
}

#menus li:hover ul ul, #menus li:hover ul ul ul, #menus li.sfhover ul ul, #menus li.sfhover ul ul ul {
    left: -999em;
}

#menus li:hover ul, #menus li li:hover ul, #menus li li li:hover ul, #menus li.sfhover ul, #menus li li.sfhover ul, #menus li li li.sfhover ul {
    left: auto;
}

#menus li:hover, #menus li.sfhover {
    position: static;
}

#menus li li a, #menus li li a:link, #menus li li a:visited {
    background: #B3B3B3; /* drop down background color */
    width: 120px;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    font:normal 12px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
z-index:9999;
border-bottom:1px solid #1A6680;
}

#menus li li a:hover, #menusli li a:active {
    background: #130000; /* Drop down hover */
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;     margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
}

/*-------- End Drop Down Menu -------*/



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