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[PhilJ]

• The ultimate X-Cart mega dropdown category menu!
• Cleanly coded, pure CSS, no JavaScript, SEO friendly, Valid XHTML
• Fully dynamic category display, not hard coded
• Displays root cats/sub cats/sub sub cats (up to three category levels)
• Adjustable column width (up to 5 columns for the second / third level categories)
• Adjustable horizontal alignment of each category dropdown
• Category rows adapt to your chosen column width
• Variety of menu displays possible depending on your category configuration
• Option to enable/disable root categories from the mega dropdown
• Displays categories alphabetically unless you change their order positions
• Displays category icons and descriptions (optional, v4.4.x only)
• Display a manufacturers dropdown on the right hand side (optional)
• Display a speedbar link dropdown on the right hand side (optional)
• Fully customisable via the stylesheets, basic CSS knowledge recommended
• CSS3 effects in Firefox/Chrome/Opera/Safari
• Easy installation, minimal edits
• Cross-Browser compatible - IE6-9/Firefox/Chrome/Opera/Safari
• Compatible with all URL rewriting mods
• Available for X-Cart v4.4.x

DEMO | PURCHASE

http://www.xcartmods.co.uk/images/D/megadrop1.png

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[balinor]

Was wondering when someone was going to get around to building one of these, nicely done!

[DreamCatcher]

+1 looks great!

[PhilJ]

Now includes a manufacturer dropdown - demo

[jimcon]

PhilJ
I assume that The mega menus will work with Smart Templates
Am I correct?
My second question is about whether it is possible to add a link to the right panel of Smart template
The link would be used to link to a wordpress blog.
Would your Home Page Manager handle this?

[PhilJ]

Hi Jim, yes the menu should work fine with the Smart Template.

Adding a link to your blog is very simple, just use HTML like this...

<a href="http://www.yourstore.com/blog">Blog</a>

[PhilJ]

The menu is now available for X-Cart v4.1.x - v4.4.x

[anandat]

Phil,
Mega Dropdown Menu is SEO friendly ?

If I remove all my category listing & use Mega Dropdown Menu instead then SEO will affected ?

[PhilJ]

Mega Dropdown Menu is SEO friendly ?

Yes, it generates cleanly coded, nested unordered lists (no tables). It also generates valid XHTML code.

If I remove all my category listing & use Mega Dropdown Menu instead then SEO will affected ?

Even if you need to alter your category structure for the menu, assuming you have a XML sitemaps setup, it won't take long for the likes of Google etc. to re-index your store.

You can use .htaccess 301 redirects for your most important / highest ranked category URLs.

[candc]

A demo intregrated into your Smart Template would be usefull.