A Simple Drop-Down Menu Using Jquery

UPDATE:  I updated some of my posts, this post I update 17+ Drop Down Menu Widget in Blogger - Horizontal Menus With CSS & HTML Codes........

STEP1:
Log in to Blogger, go to "Layout" -> "Edit HTML"Now find this code:

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and immediately BEFORE/ABOVE it, paste this code:

<!--jquery-DD-Menu-Starts--><style type="text/css">/* menu styles */#jsddm{ margin: 0;padding: 0}#jsddm li{ float: left;list-style: none;font: 12px Tahoma, Arial}#jsddm li a{ display: block;background: #324143; /*DARK-GREEN*/padding: 5px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-right: 1px solid white;width: 70px;color: #EAFFED;white-space: nowrap}#jsddm li a:hover{ background: #24313C}#jsddm li ul{ margin: 0;padding: 0;position: absolute;visibility: hidden;border-top: 1px solid white}#jsddm li ul li{ float: none;display: inline}#jsddm li ul li a{ width: auto;background: #A9C251; /*LIGHT-GREEN*/color: #24313C}#jsddm li ul li a:hover{ background: #8EA344}</style><!-- script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script --><script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">var timeout = 500;var closetimer = 0;var ddmenuitem = 0;function jsddm_open(){ jsddm_canceltimer();jsddm_close();ddmenuitem = $(this).find('ul').eq(0).css('visibility', 'visible');}function jsddm_close(){ if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.css('visibility', 'hidden');}function jsddm_timer(){ closetimer = window.setTimeout(jsddm_close, timeout);}function jsddm_canceltimer(){ if(closetimer){ window.clearTimeout(closetimer);closetimer = null;}}$(document).ready(function(){ $('#jsddm > li').bind('mouseover', jsddm_open);$('#jsddm > li').bind('mouseout', jsddm_timer);});document.onclick = jsddm_close;</script><!--jquery-DD-Menu-Stops-http://bdlab.blogspot.com-->

Now before you save the template, make these changes in the code :

To get the HTML color codes, you can refer to this image: http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~dgonze/INFO/htmlcolors.png and go to "Layout" -> "Page Elements" and click on "Add a Gadget", select it as "HTML/JavaScript" type and finally paste this code in to the new widget:

<!--BODY-CODE--><ul id="jsddm"><li><a href="#">JavaScript</a><ul><li><a href="#">Drop Down Menu</a></li><li><a href="#">jQuery Plugin</a></li><li><a href="#">Ajax Navigation</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#">Effect</a><ul><li><a href="#">Slide Effect</a></li><li><a href="#">Fade Effect</a></li><li><a href="#">Opacity Mode</a></li><li><a href="#">Drop Shadow</a></li><li><a href="#">Semitransparent</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#">Navigation</a></li><li><a href="#">HTML/CSS</a></li><li><a href="http://bdlab.blogspot.com">Blogger Help</a></li></ul>

Now Click Save