http://drupal.org/project/nice_menus

This works pretty well and is very easy.

Hey arlin

thank you for your sugestion but that is not what i am looking for... unless i can have that incorporated into the primary links and any sublinks will show up as a drop down menu... like the examples i talked about in my intial reply...

Maybe I don't understand, but I think Nice Menus WILL do exactly what you want...

Take a look at this (under development) site of mine: http://arcluverne.org/test
The menu bar at the top is the primary links rendered using th Nice Menus module. It only has one dropdown right now under Worship, but there will be more later.
If you want to change how the menu looks, you will need to modify the css styling.

Here is a more detailed step-by-step guide:
1.) Populate a menu (the primary links in this case) with all your stuff.
2.) Download or create a theme that has a top navigation bar region. I am using the zen theme in my example, but a good one to start with and play around with would be the aquia marina theme. It has lots of regions to put your blocks.
3.) Download and install the Nice Menus module.
4.) Goto the blocks page (at .../build/block) and configure one of the blocks created by Nice Menus to use as its source menu tree. Choose your menu style (you want 'down' for a top navbar).
5.) At the blocks page, place the Nice Menu block in the navigation bar or header region (or whatever your theme calls the region).
Done!
Sorry if this step-by-step insults your intelligence. I just don't know how much you do or don't already know.

Like this?

http://circlesandscissors.com/blog/howto-guide-rep...

I've become quite fond of the themes produced by Roople Themes, particularly NewsFlash, BealeStreet, and Tapestry. All of Roople's themes have an option to use Suckerfish menus. I usually use the Navigation menu but I imagine you could publish other menus in the (or a) Suckerfish region.

In addition to the Suckerfish menu option, Roople's themes have a very large number of regions available, with default and optional styling, to meet a wide variety of needs.

Another feature available in most (all?) of these themes is what Roople calls the "local content file." This is a user (webmaster) specified file that is unique to the site (at least the way I implement them) where I put all my CSS overrides and specifications that make the theme unique to the particular site. Generally, I end up making enough minor tweaks that the site doesn't look "out of the box."

NewsFlash is a real workhorse in my arsenal. It needs a little tweaking to make it look really nice but it works for many types of sites. If I was forced to make all my sites with the same basic theme, I'd probably choose NewsFlash.

BealeStreet, with it's dark background and bold features it's kind of "in your face." I used this as the basis of a site for a classical quartet.

Tapestry is a gorgeous theme with a lot of color variations. I don't like all of the color styles but some are really nice looking. This theme, because it uses a lot of small images for borders, etc., is a little harder to customize.

Finally, there's an active forum for help and requests.

Hope this helps,
Curt

i got it working not exactly the way i wanted it to but i got it working...

Any details on how you fixed it or what you did wrong in the beginning?
Just trying to learn from others mistakes... uh I mean experiences ;-).

@arlin

i was using framework as a theme... and in drupal 5.x it was giving me the nested menu items without having to anything...

-about us
--staff
etc

what when i upgraded to drupal 6.x the way the theme behaved changed... some i saw some1 was looking for help into drop menus and some1 else had suggested that going into settings and selecting primary links for secondary links... didnt know about that... yeah i know im still wet behind the ears when it comes to drupal... hope all of that made sense...

I came across this link because I have a similar interest in trying to get nice_menus to work.

I am using 'Zen Classic' theme and I followed your steps using Primary-Link 'Create content' as the 'Menu Parent:'.

Now 'Create content' menu tab is already within the 'Primary Links' top navigation bar of Zen Classic, but after following the aforementioned steps, it is not a dropdown.

1. It is not clear to me which region the 'Nice Menu' block need to be placed after it has been configured with 'Menu Parent:'.
2. Do I need to use theme_nice_menus_primary_links() to get it to work?

Thanks

Jeff in Seattle

I'm not sure about integrating it into Drupal, but have you checked out GRC's Script-Free Pure-CSS Menuing System? It could be what you are looking for.

You might also want to see Jakob Nielsen's article: "Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well" for his tips on drop down menus that work.