how to i make this into a drop down menu

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Source: http://www.designchemical.com/blog/...adding-vertical-animation-jquery-slider-menu/

what i want to do is make a drop down menu exactly like how they have their word press plugins drop down. Im having trouble figuring it out. This is my code. I have done all logical things. this is how far i am

HTML: 
<script type="text/JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {
  // Declare variables
  var width = 400;
  var slides = $('#list-images li');
  var numSlides = slides.length;
  
  // Wrap the slides & set the wrap width - this will be used to animate the slider left/right
  slides.wrapAll('<div id="slide-wrap"></div>').css({'float' : 'left','width' : width});
  $('#slide-wrap').css({width: width * numSlides});
  
  // Hover function - animate the slides based on index of links
  $('#list-links li a').hover(function(){
    $('#list-links li').removeClass('hover');
    var i = $(this).index('#list-links li a');
    $(this).parent().addClass('hover');
    $('#slide-wrap').stop().animate({'marginLeft' : width*(-i)});
  });
});
</script>

<style type="text/css">
body,html,div,blockquote,img,label,p,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,pre,ul,ol,li,dl,dt,dd,form,a,fieldset,input,th,td{border:0;outline:none;margin:0;padding:0;}
body{height:100%;background:#fff;color:#1f1f1f;font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;padding:7px 0;}
ul, ol{list-style:none;}
a {text-decoration: none;}
.text-center {text-align: center; padding: 10px 0;}
h2 {margin-bottom: 30px;}
.wrap {width: 653px; margin: 0 auto;}
.clear {clear: both;}

/* Tutorial CSS */
#menu-slider {
background: url(images/bg_menu_slider.png) no-repeat 0 0; 
padding: 15px; 
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

/* Required */
#list-images, #list-images li {
height: 292px; 
width: 400px; 
display: block;
}
#list-images {
float: right; 
overflow: hidden; /* Required to hide the inactive slides */
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
#list-images li {
position: relative;
}

#list-images li img {
background: #fff; 
position: absolute; 
top: 0; 
left: 0;
}

/* Image captions */
#list-images li span {
background: url(images/grid1.png) repeat 0 0; 
position: absolute; 
bottom: 0; 
left: 0; 
width: 362px; 
display: block; 
padding: 14px 20px; 
font: bold 20px Arial, sans-serif; 
color: #fff; 
height: 20px; 
line-height: 20px;
}

/* Menu text links */
#list-links {
width: 220px; 
float: left;
}
#list-links li {
padding: 0 15px 0 0;
}
#list-links li a {
font: normal 12px Arial, sans-serif; 
color: #222; 
padding: 8px 5px 8px 8px; 
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; 
font-weight: bold; 
font-size: 13px; 
display: block;
}
#list-links li.hover {
background: url(images/tab_current.png) no-repeat 100% center;
}
#list-links li.hover a, #list-links li.hover a:hover {
color: #fff; 
background: none; 
border-bottom: none; 
padding-bottom: 9px;
}
#list-links li.last a {
border-bottom: none;
}
</style>
<link href="../../../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>



<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
  <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 1</a>
<div class="wrap">
    <ul id="list-links">
        <li class="hover"><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-drop-down-mega-menu-widget/">Mega Menu</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-vertical-mega-menu-widget/">Vertical Mega Menu</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-vertical-accordion-menu-widget/">Vertical Accordion Menu</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-drill-down-ipod-menu-widget/">jQuery Drill Down iPod Menu</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-slick-menu-widget/">jQuery Slick Menu</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-floating-menu/">Floating Menu</a></li>
        <li class="last"><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-slick-social-share-buttons/">Slick Social Share Buttons</a></li>
    </ul>
    <ul id="list-images">
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-drop-down-mega-menu-widget/">
            <img src="http://www.designchemical.com/media/images/mega_1a.jpg" alt="" />
            <span>jQuery Horizontal Mega Menu</span></a>
        </li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-vertical-mega-menu-widget/">
            <img src="http://www.designchemical.com/media/images/mega_2a.jpg" alt="" />
            <span>jQuery Vertical Mega Menu</span></a>
        </li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-vertical-accordion-menu-widget/">
            <img src="http://www.designchemical.com/media/images/mega_3a.jpg" alt="" />
            <span>jQuery Vertical Accordion Menu</span></a>
        </li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-drill-down-ipod-menu-widget/">
            <img src="http://www.designchemical.com/media/images/mega_4a.jpg" alt="" />
            <span>jQuery Drill Down iPod Menu</span></a>
        </li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-slick-menu-widget/">
            <img src="http://www.designchemical.com/media/images/mega_5a.jpg" alt="" />
            <span>jQuery Slick Menu</span></a>
        </li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-floating-menu/">
            <img src="http://www.designchemical.com/media/images/mega_6a.png" alt="" />
            <span>Floating Menu Widget</span></a>
        </li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-floating-tweets/">
            <img src="http://www.designchemical.com/media/images/mega_7a.png" alt="" />
            <span>Floating Tweets Widget</span></a>
        </li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugin-slick-contact-forms/">
            <img src="http://www.designchemical.com/media/images/mega_8a.jpg" alt="" />
            <span>Slick Contact Forms</span></a>
        </li>
        <li><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-slick-social-share-buttons/">
            <img src="http://www.designchemical.com/media/images/mega_9a.jpg" alt="" />
            <span>Slick Social Share Buttons</span></a>
        </li>
    </ul>
      </div>  </li>




  <li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
  <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3.1</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.1</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.2</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 3.2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 3.3</a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"../../../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"../../../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>



as you can see i put the object within the first item drop down menu. The problem is that the drop down item only displays the objects drop down list and not the corresponding box with the images. I have tried re-sizing it but it only re-sizes the list item container and still doesn't display the corresponding images. Here is the CSS for the drop down menu bar
 
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Code: 
@charset "UTF-8";

/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */

/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */

/*******************************************************************************

 LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order

 *******************************************************************************/

/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
{
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 0 0 23%;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    cursor: default;
    width: 100%;
}
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: [URL]http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html[/URL] */
ul.MenuBarActive
{
    z-index: 1000;
}
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 10em;
    float: left;
}
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */


ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 10em;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
}











/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
{
    left: auto;
}
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
{
    width: 10em;
}
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
{
    position: absolute;
    margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
}
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
{
    left: auto;
    top: 0;
}

/*******************************************************************************

 DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts

 *******************************************************************************/

/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
{
}
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
{
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    background-color: #000;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
{
    background-color: #fff;
    color: #000;
}
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
{
    background-color: #fff;
    color: #000;
}

/*******************************************************************************

 SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item

 *******************************************************************************/

/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
{
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
}
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
{
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
}
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
{
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
}
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
{
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
}

/*******************************************************************************

 BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert

 *******************************************************************************/

/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
{
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
    filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
}
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
{
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
    {
        display: inline;
        f\loat: left;
        background: #FFF;
    }
}



WTF!! where in here do i re-size in order to get thew whole object to display within the list item.
 
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Roddy

New Member
Here's an example I was messing about with a while back.

The image size is changed in the javascript and the CSS. All the rest is in the styles.

It looks like I got rid of the "menu-slider" background image and give it a suitable height and width to get the images to float up into place.

I hope this helps...
 
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