Pure CSS menu?

I'm looking to replace the main nav menu, which uses tables, with a pure css one that uses valid html.  There are a couple of css menus for sale in the market, but they don't have list items.

I've also read up on the stand-alone option that a couple of guys have been working on but it would need to be called through JS and that doesn't work for me.

Anyone done this?

What's wrong with the existing menu?  You can apply just about any styling you want to it.  Your members aren't going to care how the menu is coded.

I'm just trying to trim some of the fat off the program to make it speedier.

The difference between a table based menu verses a list with css menu is not going to cut much fat. I suggest getting rid of the menus roll over images and go with colors specified in CSS. That will trim a lot more fat.

Also get rid of the flash promo area if you have not already done so. Thats a giant nasty pile of cellulite there.

Check here:

http://www.boonex.com/unity/extensions/tag/css%20menu

Aramis have lots of such menus :)

I figured out what all of the mess I was dealing with was.  It was the member menu.  All tables and a huge bloat, and loaded before everything else.  Turned it off and things are much smoother now. However...

I am unable to find the actual template that has the code that changes the nav menu itself.  I want to get rid of the in-line style.  I need to add an image to the left of the nav menu, but I'm unable to do so because the top-menu inline class for the table sets the width.  Anyone know what file it is in?

I think you'll find what you're looking for in templates/base/scripts/BxBaseMenu.php

That was exactly what I was looking for.  getting the hang of how this is structured.  Much appreciated.