Latest News 
Happy Holidays Everyone!
It's the end of the year again and I would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for your support during 2011 and wish you Merry Christmas and a very happy 2012!
I have been working on something exciting (of course, related to SmartMenus) during 2011 which will, hopefully, be ready for prime time soon. So 2012 might turn out to be quite important for the, now, 10 years old project (wow, I was 19 then, how time flies). But, in the meantime, enjoy your holidays! 
SmartMenus DHTML Menu / JavaScript Menu v6.0.4 Released
It's time for another maintenance release. The new version includes few compatibility fixes for Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 4/5 and Opera 11. The script should now work flawlessly in these browsers.
The following add-ons are also updated (mainly with fixes for IE9):
- Advanced Keyboard Navigation
- Popup Menus
- Scrolling for Overlong Menus
- Shadow Effect
- Slide Animation
- Reveal Animation
Special thanks to all contributors to this release!
SmartMenus DHTML Menu / JavaScript Menu v6.0.3 Released
Another maintenance release of the SmartMenus JavaScript menu script. It includes some compatibility fixes for the just-released Internet Explorer 8.0 for Windows which now make it a fully supported browser.
The following add-ons have also been updated so if you are using any of them, please make sure you update it too:
- Slide Animation
- Reveal Animation
Special thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!
New Additions to the Online Samples Section
The Online Samples section of the site has been updated again and now includes quite a few more examples. Feel invited to look around and download any if you like...
A New Add-on for SmartMenus 6 Available
The following new add-on for SmartMenus 6 is now available:
- Advanced Keyboard Navigation
This add-on extends the built-in keyboard navigation support in the SmartMenus script core (using the Tab key) by adding the ability to also access the links in the menus as you could in a desktop application by using the arrow keys and the Escape key.
You can take a look at an example and download the new add-on in the Online Samples section of the site.
SmartMenus DHTML Menu / JavaScript Menu v6.0.2 Released
It is time for another maintenance release.
The highlights are compatibility fixes for newly released browsers - some quite notable issues in Konqueror 4.0 and few minor in Safari 3 and the upcoming Opera 9.5 are now fixed.
Another notable fix is also included in this release - Mozilla 1.7 on Solaris refused to display any sub menus with previous SmartMenus versions. This issue is now fixed.
Please note that the following add-ons have also been updated so if you are using any of them, you will need to update it too:
- Popup Menus
- Cross Frame Popup Menus
- position:fixed for All Browsers
- Scrolling for Overlong Menus
- Shadow Effect
- Fade Animation
- Slide Animation
- Reveal Animation
We would like to once again express our most sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!
SmartMenus DHTML Menu / JavaScript Menu v6.0.1 Released
This is purely a maintenance release with fixes for few issues reported by users and some code optimizations. No new features are included in this version.
Special thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!
A New Animation Effect Add-on for SmartMenus 6 Available
The following new animation effect add-on for SmartMenus 6 is now available:
- Reveal Animation
The add-on is very simple to use and allows various reveal animation effects (cross-browser) to be set for opening the sub menus.
You can take a look at an example and download the new add-on in the Online Samples section of the site.
A New Add-on for SmartMenus 6 Available
The following new add-on for SmartMenus 6 is now available:
- Scrolling for Overlong Menus
A pretty often requested feature is now brought to SmartMenus 6 by this new add-on - overlong menus (with many items) that do not fully fit in the height of the viewport can now be scrolled so that all their items could be accessed with the mouse cursor.
The implementation is pretty unusual (and unique) as there is no other way to implement this feature in SmartMenus 6 due to the nested list structure but the important thing is that it works well and does what it is supposed to do.
You can take a look at an example and download the new add-on in the Online Samples section of the site.
New Add-ons for SmartMenus 6 Available
The following 4 new add-ons for SmartMenus 6 are now available:
- Overlay Objects in Gecko
- Shadow Effect
- Fade animation
- Slide animation
You can take a look at examples and download the new add-ons in the Online Samples section of the site.
Some Additions to the Online Samples Section
We just added some interesting style samples in the Online Samples section of the site. We have tried to demonstrate the flexibility of the script when it comes to styling the menus. Hopefully these samples will inspire many users to create great unique styles for their menus.
More samples demonstrating various features of the SmartMenus 6 JavaScript / CSS menu script are also being prepared and will soon be published.
SmartMenus DHTML Menu / JavaScript Menu v6.0 (final) Released
Today we are happy and excited to announce that the sixth major SmartMenus version since the project was started in 2001 is finally stable and released!
It took more than a year of planning and development before the first public version was made available in June 2006. Since then, another 7 months have passed in testing, fixing and improving the code. Fortunately, this time and efforts have not been lost in vain!
We would like to express our most sincere thanks to everyone who tested the SmartMenus 6 pre-release versions, reported issues and submitted suggestions! We truly appreciate your help and contribution!
As always, you can see the complete list of changes since the last release RC1 in the changelog.
SmartMenus DHTML Menu / JavaScript Menu v6.0 RC1 Released
We are happy to announce that the first and hopefully final Release Candidate of SmartMenus DHTML menu v6.0 is now available.
This release features some performance and accesibility improvements since beta3. The script now also works on XHTML pages served as XML, which is not that important for the moment as almost all sites are still served as "text/html", but nonetheless, this makes SmartMenus 6 future ready.
This release also includes fixes for all issues discovered in beta3. We would like to express our most sincere gratefulness to all users who reported the issues!
Please see the changelog for a complete list of changes in v6.0 RC1.
SmartMenus 5 Development End - Concentrating on SmartMenus 6
Today we are announcing the end of the SmartMenus DHTML menu / JavaScript menu v5.x development cycle.
It has been almost 3 years since the first SmartMenus 5 release (v5.0 was released on October 20, 2003) and we think it's about time to move along and concentrate on the new SmartMenus 6 code. There are a couple of main reasons for this decision:
- We think SmartMenus 5 has reached a phase in development where there are basically no more major improvements we could implement.
- We believe accessibility is one of the most important areas in web development and that's why we decided to concentrate all our efforts at improving the new SmartMenus 6.
Further updates to SmartMenus 5 are not likely to be released in the future, except in very rare cases when some crucial bugs are discovered (possibly in yet unreleased browsers). However, support for all SmartMenus 5 users will always remain available.
For more information about SmartMenus 5, please visit:
As for the status of SmartMenus 6, we are currently putting the finishing touches to the code and improving the manual. So, hopefully, very soon the final v6.0 will be ready for release.
New Host, New Site, New Forum
We are glad to announce that we have finally accomplished the move to a new host. Hopefully, the major server problems we had in the last few months will remain just bad memories.
We also updated the site from the ground up to improve its accessibility and flexibility. We plan to add more useful features to the site soon but the major update is done. We hope you will like the new design too! :)
The forums are now also up again. The worst thing, however, is that the last major server problem we had with our previous hosting provider erased the forums' database and it is now restored to a state from the end of January. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience but, unfortunately, there isn't anything we could do about it.
It's worth mentioning also that we migrated from phpBB to PunBB for the forums. Although its default configuration is not that advanced, PunBB is much simpler and faster than phpBB. It also outputs much more accessible (and standards compliant) content than phpBB, so we believe this is a good move and hope you will like the new forums.
SmartMenus DHTML Menu / JavaScript Menu v6.0 beta3 Released
This is the third and last beta of the upcoming version 6 of the SmartMenus DHTML menu / JavaScript menu.
There are a number of improvements since beta2 and an interesting new feature - the sub menus can now be configured to pop up onclick (instead of the default onmouseover). For a full list of the changes please take a look at the "changelog.txt" file in the SmartMenus 6 beta3 download package.
We planned to release this beta about a month ago but, unfortunately, the server problems we had disrupted our plans.
SmartMenus DHTML Menu / JavaScript Menu v6.0 beta2 Released
The second beta of the upcoming version 6 of the SmartMenus DHTML menu / JavaScript menu was released today.
Much better load performance in IE/Windows is the most notable improvement since beta1.
Also support for the filter effects in IE5.5+ is now added and they can be used with SmartMenus 6. Please note, however, that there is a very annoying bug in IE which causes serious problems when static filters are used (no sub menus can be displayed for the menus that have static filter applied). This problem does not appear with transition filters (the animation effects) so they can be used without worries.
