=== Multi-level Navigation Plugin ===
Contributors: ryanhellyer
Donate link: http://pixopoint.com/premium_support/
Tags: dropdown, suckerfish, navigation, menu
Requires at least: 2.3
Tested up to: 2.5.1
Stable tag: 1.0

Description: Adds a dropdown/flyout/slider menu (using Suckerfish technnique) to your WordPress blog. Visit the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/multi-level-navigation/">Multi-level Navigation Plugin page</a> for more information about the plugin, or our navigation <a href="http://pixopoint.com/forum/index.php?board=4.0">support board</a> for help with adding the menu to your theme. Paid premium support for this plugin is available via the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/premium-support/">PixoPoint Premium Support service</a>.

== Description ==

Adds a Suckerfish dropdown/flyout/slider menu to your WordPress blog. Visit the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/multi-level-navigation/">Multi-level Navigation Plugin page</a> for more information about the plugin, or the PixoPoint navigation <a href="http://pixopoint.com/forum/index.php?board=4.0">support board</a> for help with adding the menu to your theme.

The plugin produces W3C valid HTML and CSS. The options page allows you to choose what items (pages, categories, archives etc.) are included in the menu and whether you want your menu to be keyboard accessible or not. The Son of Suckerfish technique is used to enable the menu to function in very old browsers such as IE 6.

You can style the menu by copy and pasting the code from the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/suckerfish_css/">Suckerfish CSS Generator page</a>.

To see a live demo of the plugin in action, please visit the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/demo/wordpress/index.php?wptheme=Dropdown%20Plugin">PixoPoint WordPress demo page</a> or see examples of other sites in the plugins' <a href="http://pixopoint.com/forum/index.php?topic=357.0">Live Examples forum topic</a>.

== Installation ==

After you've downloaded and extracted the files:

1. Upload the complete `multi-level-navigation-plugin` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Add &lt;?php if (function_exists('suckerfish')) {suckerfish();} ?&gt; to you theme wherever you want the menu to appear (usually your header.php file)
4. Copy the CSS from the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/suckerfish_css/">Multi-level menu CSS Generator page</a>
5. Visit the "Multi-level Navigation" page in your WordPress options menu

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How do I get a fully customised version? =

Leave a message on the PixoPoint <a href="http://pixopoint.com/contact/">Contact Page</a> with your requirements and we will get back to you ASAP with pricing information.
Alternatively you can sign up for our <a href="http://pixopoint.com/premium-support/">Premium Support</a> option which gives you access to our new dropdown, flyout and
slider menu CSS generator, plus access to our premium support forum.

= Why can't the plugin do X, Y or Z? =

It probably can, we just haven't supplied instructions on how to do it. If you have any requests, then please leave them in the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/forum/index.php?board=4.0">PixoPoint dropdown menu support board</a>. We often update the plugin with new functionality and we're far more likely to include the functionality you want if we know there is a demand for it already.

= Why should I use this plugin? =

If you are having trouble making your posts easily accessible to your users without them having to rifle endlessly through pages of posts.

If you have been using a menu which requires Javascript to work, then this plugin will allow more of your visitors to access your site.

If you want to have an easy way to style your dropdown menu. This plugin is 100% compatible with the code generated on the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/suckerfish_css/">Suckerfish Dropdown CSS Generator page</a>.

= Does it work for WordPress version x.x.x? =

We have only tested this plugin on WordPress 2.3+, however it should (in theory) work in WordPress 2.0+. Please let us know if you successfully test it on another version of WordPress.

If you are using a newer version of WordPress than the latest version supported then we suggest trying the plugin anyway. It shouldn't (in theory) break anything other than the plugin itself which you can just delete if it doesn't work.

== History ==

Version 0.95 Beta: Upgrade from 'Ryans Suckerfish Dropdown Menu'<br />
Version 0.96 Beta: Fixed the "There is a new version of ..." bug<br />
Version 0.97 Beta: Corrected 'Custom 1' bug<br />
Version 0.98 Beta: Added inline CSS option<br />
Version 0.99 RC: Final test version before stable release<br />
Version 1.0: Official release to WordPress plugins repository<br />

= Credits =

Thanks to the following for help with the development of this plugin:<br />

* Kevin M. Russell - helped with the style.php bug<br />
* <a href="http://access-bydesign.com/">Clive Loseby</a> - discovered strict doctype validation error<br />
* <a href="http://www.fether.net/">Paula</a> - Feature suggestions and donation<br />
* <a href="http://www.marucchi.com/">Karim  A. Marucchi</a> - Bug reporting, feature suggestions and donations</br />
* <a href="http://www.acooldryplacephotography.com/">Mark Gooding</a> - created a new version featuring a custom menu option. Although this menu system hasn't been used directly in this plugin, an almost identical system has since been installed based on the concept that Mark created.<br />
* <a href="http://www.veterinaryparasite.com/">BigAlReturns/a> - helped programming the pages and categories exclusions<br />
* <a href="http://wordpressgarage.com/">Miriam Schwab</a> - brought lack of WP dropdown plugins to my attention<br />
* <a href="http://wpcandy.com/author/admin/">Michael Castilla</a><br />
* <a href="http://cjbonline.org/">CjB</a> - Bug reporting<br />
* <a href="http://www.clearvisionpartners.com/">Troy</a> - Beta testing feedback<br />
* <a href="http://www.michaelmitchell.co.nz/">Michael Mitchell</a> - programming assistance<br />
* <a href="http://www.carroll.org.uk/">Matthew Carroll</a> - designed code for accessible keyboard dropdown<br />
* <a href="http://chrislaing.net/">Chris Laing</a> - Beta feedback<br />
* <a href="http://jquery.com/">John Resig</a> - jQuery Javascript plugin<br />
* <a href="http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birch/plugins/superfish/">Joel Birch</a> - jQuery menu widget<br />
* <a href="http://brandonaaron.net">Brandon Aaron</a> - jQuery bgiframe plugin<br />
* <a href="http://cherne.net/brian/resources/jquery.hoverIntent.html">Brian Cherne</a> - jQuery Hover Intent plugin<br />
* <a href="http://abundantharvest.biz/">Karynn</a> - Bug reporting</br />