| Menu Maker from Xara is a cool web page menu making program. It creates DHTML (Dynamic HTML) menus for you in a few clicks. Menu Maker takes the drudgery and frustration out of making dynamic menus for your web site. Below is a screenshot of the main interface that you see when Menu Maker opens. 
Everything works in a logical order. Start with the top button on the left and work your way down to create your menus. On the Design screen you can scroll through loads of pre-made button and navigational designs. 
On the text screen you can choose the font and font size in the simple view or click on advanced to set position, letter space and aspect of the text. 
On the color screen you can choose the colors for the various parts of the menu either in the simple mode with a palette or in advanced mode with a gradient color picker. 
There are many backgrounds to choose from on the Texture screen. 
You can set the size of your menu on the Size screen. 
The Menus screen lets you set up your links and link text for the menu. You can add buttons and menu items here also. 
Below is just a small sampling of some of the buttons and interfaces that are available in Menu Maker. 
When you are ready to save your project you have many options in how and what to save the menu as. 
Below is a sample in preview mode. It's nice to see the file information and download times so you know how long it's going to take to load your web page with your chosen menu. 
If you use Dreamweaver or FrontPage, you can allow Menu Maker to install as an add-in for FrontPage or a Dreamweaver extension which makes Menu Maker even better. Menus created using Menu Maker will be displayed in the following web browsers:
Windows
- IE5 or later
- NS6.1 or later
- Mozilla
- Opera 7 or later
Mac
- IE5 or later
- NS6.1 or later
- Mozilla
- Apple Safari
I really like this program. It's intuitive, easy to use and produces terrific results. Check it out at Xara.com! Download the Trial and try it out for yourself! |