drop down menus

[Jenny]

I have been given a menu to use at the top of a theme, based on contemporary back bone.
this menu works fine on ie7,6 & firefox outside actinic.
as soon as i import it to actinic the code errors go mad..
the code is

<div class="menu">
<ul>
<li id="aboutusmenu"><a href="aboutus.htm">About Us<!--[if ie 7]><!--></a><!--<![endif]--><!--[if lte ie 6]> 
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><![endif]-->
<ul>

etc...

i get the actinic error if i add his code.
"opening and closing HTML comment signs are not matching on the page."

if i take the comments & ifs out it doesnt work in ie6!

<div class="menu">

<ul>
<li id="aboutusmenu"><a href="aboutus.htm">About Us
</a>
<ul>

I can't see the wood for the trees any more! any thought would be cool.
Jenny

[leehack]

Why the need for the hack?
What's the half complete table doing?
Is it live so we can see it?
Your <li> is not closed either?

[Jenny]

If I put all his code in, it wont load up. it displays all the list overlaying the page if left as it it, as a big table. If I take the if's out it doesnt work in ie 6 ie no drop downs. I was hoping someone would know why actinic rejects it.
it's not live and for copyright I cant show the example site. caught between the devil....
Jenny

[jont]

There is a post about the [ie] hacks already and how to resolve ... it is possibly this causing the issue in Actinic

[Jenny]

first choice and drop down:

<div class="menu">
<ul>
<li id="aboutusmenu"><a href="aboutus.htm">About Us<!--[if ie 7]><!--></a><!--<![endif]--><!--[if lte ie 6]> 
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><![endif]-->
<ul>
<li><a href="heritageandbeyond.htm">Heritage &amp; Beyond</a></li>
<li><a href="whoswho.htm">Who's Who</a></li>
<li><a href="fullcompanydetails.htm">Full Company Details</a></li>
<li><a href="moreaboutus.htm">More...</a></li>
</ul><!--[if lte ie 6]></td></tr></tbody></table></a><![endif]--></li>

[Jenny]

go on give me a clue..

[jont]

.. can't it is copyrighted

[jont]

.. go on then .. here is 1 for starters after doing a quick search on the [ie] condition
http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=32755

[leehack]

.. can't it is copyrighted

LOL, you tease.

[jont]

As Lee points out you should not really need the hack if constructing lists like that .. and nesting tables in a list is a truly bizarre way of doing things

[Jenny]

The point is I have been told to use this code! I have not coded it myself.
trying to work out what actinic is objecting about.

[Jenny]

this is simlar code

http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/final_drop.html

i thought he had used this first of all but slightly differrent
Jenny

[leehack]

Must be some bizarre way of combatting the whitespace bug. I understand if you have been provided with it Jenny, but if you remove all of the pointless code from it, you will probably end up with your answer and the code will be cleaner - win, win for all.

Is the unclosed div doing it?

[jont]

If working outside Actinic is is likely to be the comment tags to hide from Internet Explorer as this is a known issue ... I recall Norman posting a solution on how to resolve.

[Jenny]

if i remove all the if's etc it doesnt work in ie6