MenuMachine - 2.2.1

I am sorry... but MenuMachine v.2 is simply too easy!

I know I shouldn't complain or feel guilty, but making it this simple takes away from the pain and suffering that are (or, rather, I guess I now need to say "used to be") part-and-parcel of the whole fancy-menu creation process! Before the Golive-MenuMachine combination, dropdown menus were either difficult to implement, or impossible to customize. Download a freebie at the javascript sites and try. It's hell... I know because I have done it. Along comes BigBang with it's MenuMachine and suddenly this is just another thing I can whip out in GoLive with little regard to the fact that what is going on is in the same leagues as the big guys.

Well... better, actually. MenuMachine 2 allows me to control every aspect of the final product. Colours, sizing, location, graphics: they are all easily dealt with in the truely superior user interface. And, once I have created a look I like, I can even save it as a re-usable template to utilize on other projects. Not a big deal, but it does go to show the level of completeness of this implementation

Don't have time or the inclination to create your own look? Again: MenuMachine has you covered with a rich variety of ready-made solutions. Simply install, select one of these templates, fill in your relevant link info, and in literally minutes you can have a dropdown menu on your website. That' just plain wrong, don't you think? Well.. maybe you don't, but I am pretty sure the $100/hr codefreaks that spend days building these do!

There are plenty of features to this implementation that I won't take the bandwidth to describe here, with two exceptions: the new 'sitemap' feature that really rocks. Now you can generate a text-based sitemap of your Menumachine nav scheme. Accessability requirements and search engines will like this, for sure. Also, MenuMachine 2 comes with EXCELLENT docs. Given how simple this software is to operate, I am frankly amazed that the folks at BigBang found enough information to create a 79-page PDF document! And not 'plain-jane' text files, either: lots of info packed in a pleasing eye-candy wrapper. VERY professional. Again: speaks to the mindset at BigBang, I am pretty certain. They really worked hard to get everything right here, and near as I can tell, they were successful!

Simply put: if you are a Golive user who uses GL's site management features, who's time is worth more than $5/hr, and you want scripted menus that are 'best-in-class' (yes... every bit as elegant as the ones used by the million-dollar websites, and better than many of them)don't hesitate. MenuMachine is a no-brainer. Almost literally!