In this tutorial i will show you how to create a apple style css3 drop down menu in wordpress.Ok lets start, at first i use this code to create navigation in wordpress.
Paste this code in your header.php
[php]<div id="navigation" >
<ul id="nav">
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo(‘siteurl’); ?>">Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages(‘title_li=&sort_column=menu_order’); ?>
</ul>
</div><!– #navigation –>
Some jQuery required to show/hide the drop down menu’s.Paste this code before wp_head();
[php]
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#nav ul").css({display: "none"}); // Opera Fix
$("#nav li").hover(function(){
$(this).find(‘ul:first’).css({visibility: "visible",display: "none"}).show(); },function(){ $(this).find(‘ul:first’).css({visibility: "hidden"}); });
});
</script>
Now refresh your browser your web site may look like this.
Now the css part.Place this css in your style.css
[css]#navigation{
margin: 0;
padding:10px;
display: block;
float: left;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 940px;
}
#nav {
margin: 0;
padding: 7px 6px 0;
line-height: 100%;
border-radius: 2em;
-webkit-border-radius: 2em;
-moz-border-radius: 2em;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
background: #F2F2F2; /* for non-css3 browsers */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=’#F2F2F2′, endColorstr=’#7a7a7a’); /* for IE */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#F2F2F2), to(#7a7a7a)); /* for webkit browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #F2F2F2, #7a7a7a); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
border: solid 1px #6d6d6d;
}
#nav li {
margin: 0 5px;
padding: 0 0 8px;
float: left;
position: relative;
list-style: none;
}
/* main level link */
#nav a {
font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;
font-size:18px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #DBD7D8;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
padding: 8px 20px;
margin: 0;
-webkit-border-radius: 1.6em;
-moz-border-radius: 1.6em;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
/* main level link hover */
#nav .current a, #nav li:hover > a {
background: #d1d1d1; /* for non-css3 browsers */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=’#ebebeb’, endColorstr=’#a1a1a1′); /* for IE */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ebebeb), to(#a1a1a1)); /* for webkit browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ebebeb, #a1a1a1); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
color: #444;
border-top: solid 1px #f8f8f8;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}
/* sub levels link hover */
#nav ul li:hover a, #nav li:hover li a {
background: none;
border: none;
color: #666;
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
-moz-box-shadow: none;
}
#nav ul a:hover {
background: #BEC1C2 !important; /* for non-css3 browsers */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=’#BEC1C2′, endColorstr=’#F0F5F7′); /* for IE */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#BEC1C2), to(#F0F5F7)) !important; /* for webkit browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #BEC1C2, #F0F5F7) !important; /* for firefox 3.6+ */
color: #fff !important;
-webkit-border-radius: 0;
-moz-border-radius: 0;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .1);
}
/* level 2 list */
#nav ul {
background: #ddd; /* for non-css3 browsers */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=’#ffffff’, endColorstr=’#cfcfcf’); /* for IE */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#cfcfcf)); /* for webkit browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #cfcfcf); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
display: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 200px;
position: absolute;
top: 35px;
left: 0;
border: solid 1px #b4b4b4;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
/* dropdown */
#nav li:hover > ul {
display: block;
}
#nav ul li {
float: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#nav ul a {
font-weight: normal;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .9);
}
/* level 3+ list */
#nav ul ul {
left: 181px;
top: -3px;
}
/* rounded corners for first and last child */
#nav ul li:first-child > a {
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 9px;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 9px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 9px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 9px;
}
#nav ul li:last-child > a {
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 9px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 9px;
-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 9px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 9px;
}
/* clearfix */
#nav:after {
content: ".";
display: block;
clear: both;
visibility: hidden;
line-height: 0;
height: 0;
}
html[xmlns] #nav {
display: block;
}
* html #nav {
height: 1%;
}
Now visit your final look!
In non css3 browser it may be look like this.
