[stjohn]

so what do you guys think about a fixed menu? or what is the standard thinking about them these days?
im thinking about dumping my current menu for one.
here is my current menu:
http://www.georgianwines.ie

moreover, id like to improve the dropdown function too. i suppose something like this:
http://www.skialpine.com/ which is also fixed to the very top is a good representation of what Im after.
Id like to hear your thoughts though.
many thanks.
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This post has been edited by stjohn: 01 February 2012 - 01:33 PM

[stjohn]

or am I asking for trouble trying to do both a dropdown and fixed in one go?

[J.P]

To be honest I don't think the navigation needs to be fixed. If you get rid of that massive gap after the footer then there will be barely any scrolling at all.

[stjohn]

well this is the the problem. im actually stretching the background images out a bit as we speak because of space issues. some of the text is already cluttered (on product pages etc ) and I dont have any room to work with.

[Wickham]

For many years one of my sites had a fixed horizontal dropdown menu at the top of the page and it worked well. However, the page was set at 770px wide for the 800*600 resolution common a few years ago and I found that I couldn't add any more top level tabs in that rather short width, so I've now redesigned the page with a fixed left sidebar 160px wide and the remainder fluid up to 1000px to suit a 1024*768 resolution with a margin-left: 160px and that gives me the opportunity to add a few more menu links vertically. It makes good use of the 1000px width and the left sidebar menu is fixed.

[stjohn]

thanks for the comments guys.
so its not exactly a bad idea then.