<xmenu> is a dynamic menu system that uses XML for the menu content and stylesheets for the look and feel. Since the source of the menu data is any XML data source, the menu can be different for every user of your site. The menu data that is stored in XML contains no formatting information. The style and format of the menu is in a stylesheet.

The stylesheet alows you to change the font, color, style, size, indentation, position, orientation, and rollover color of the menu using standard stylesheet parameters. The menu can be oriented vertically with sub menus poping to the side, or horizontally with sub menus popind down by changing one parameter!

The data for the menu is an xml source that can be a file on the server or the output of a servlet that reads a database. the format of the XML is quite simple. For example here is the XML file used for this entire site:

The stylesheet is also quite simple. Here is the stylesheet for this site.