| CSS menus offer a greatly expanded range of | | | | And, as you build your client base, expect satisfied |
| creative options to site designers. But the benefits to | | | | clients to come back for updates and upgrades to |
| using CSS menus only begins with more expansive | | | | their sites. These updates are simple and cost |
| design flexibility. There are numerous additional | | | | effective. They also deliver great margins on work |
| benefits to using CSS menu-based navigation - | | | | for hire assignments. |
| benefits that will save you time and money in the | | | | 3. CSS Menus Must be 100% SEO friendly. That |
| development and management of all of your client | | | | makes site navigation readable to bots and menu |
| sites. | | | | text is given high priority in search engine algorithms. |
| 5 Ingredients for an ideal CSS Menu | | | | Sites show up faster in SE indices when CSS |
| Because CSS design separates design elements from | | | | complaint menu technology is deployed. |
| site text, changes to the look of a site can be made | | | | 4. CSS Menus should be Section 508 Compliant. |
| by swapping out one CSS template for another | | | | Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires |
| without changing the text. In addition: | | | | equal access to all non-classified information. There |
| 1. CSS Menus better be Recyclable. A CSS menu is a | | | | are also state regulations used by schools, public |
| template. Once created it can be used over and | | | | institutions, corporations, even restaurants and movie |
| over, amortizing development costs with each site | | | | theaters. |
| you design and build. | | | | 5. CSS horizontal and CSS vertical flyouts and |
| With a file folder full of CSS templates, you can | | | | dropdown menus should be easily changeable for |
| adapt existing design elements, give them a different | | | | those with low vision, increasing font size and even |
| look and employ them on another site without any | | | | background colors for easier accessibility. CSS menus |
| re-coding. Consider how much that will cut down on | | | | are strongly advocated by the W3C in their site |
| site development time and expense. | | | | compliance rankings. |
| 2. CSS Menus need to be Easily Customizable. Pick | | | | One other point. There's an active, robust support |
| and click saves hours of expensive hand-coding. Client | | | | community for CSS menu design and development. |
| requested re-dos can be completed in minutes | | | | This means there's plenty of access to good, reliable |
| instead of hours. Change the background color, | | | | information from professionals who have already |
| change the type font, the size whatever the | | | | discovered the money-saving, money-making benefits |
| request, fixes are fast using CSS Menus. | | | | of CSS menu modules. |