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    Just when I think I get it, it doesn’t work lol
    I have a horizontal menu that uses 4 different styles. I am trying to get my WayFinder to work, but it just lists the menu options vertically rather than horizontal. I know it’s something stupidly simple, but I’m not seeing it. Please help!

    CSS:
    .art-menu a, .art-menu a:link, .art-menu a:visited, .art-menu a:hover
    {
    	text-align:left;
    	text-decoration:none;
    	outline:none;
    	letter-spacing:normal;
    	word-spacing:normal;
    }
    
    .art-menu, .art-menu ul
    {
    	margin: 0;
    	padding: 0;
    	border: 0;
    	list-style-type: none;
    	display: block;
    }
    
    .art-menu li
    {
    	margin: 0;
    	padding: 0;
    	border: 0;
    	display: block;
    	float: left;
    	position: relative;
    	z-index: 5;
    	background:none;
    }
    
    .art-menu li:hover
    {
    	z-index: 10000;
    	white-space: normal;
    }
    
    .art-menu li li
    {
    	float: none;
    }
    
    .art-menu ul
    {
    	visibility: hidden;
    	position: absolute;
    	z-index: 10;
    	left: 0;
    	top: 0;
    	background:none;
    }
    
    .art-menu li:hover>ul
    {
    	visibility: visible;
    	top: 100%;
    }
    
    .art-menu li li:hover>ul
    {
    	top: 0;
    	left: 100%;
    }
    
    .art-menu:after, .art-menu ul:after
    {
    	content: ".";
    	height: 0;
    	display: block;
    	visibility: hidden;
    	overflow: hidden;
    	clear: both;
    }
    .art-menu, .art-menu ul
    {
    	min-height: 0;
    }
    
    .art-menu ul
    {
    	background-image: url(images/spacer.gif);
    	padding: 10px 30px 30px 30px;
    	margin: -10px 0 0 -30px;
    }
    
    .art-menu ul ul
    {
    	padding: 30px 30px 30px 10px;
    	margin: -30px 0 0 -10px;
    }
    
    
    
    
    
    /* menu structure */
    
    .art-menu
    {
    	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    }
    
    .art-nav
    {
    	position: relative;
    	height: 28px;
    	z-index: 100;
    }
    
    .art-nav .l, .art-nav .r
    {
    	position: absolute;
    	z-index: -1;
    	top: 0;
    	height: 28px;
    	background-image: url('images/nav.png');
    }
    
    .art-nav .l
    {
    	left: 0;
    	right:0px;
    }
    
    .art-nav .r
    {
    	right: 0;
    	width: 890px;
    	clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, 890px);
    }
    
    
    /* end Menu */
    
    /* begin MenuItem */
    .art-menu ul li
    {
    	clear: both;
    }
    
    .art-menu a
    {
    	position:relative;
    	display: block;
    	overflow:hidden;
    	height: 28px;
    	cursor: pointer;
    	text-decoration: none;
    	margin-right: 0px;
    	margin-left: 0px;
    }
    
    
    .art-menu a .r, .art-menu a .l
    {
    	position:absolute;
    	display: block;
    	top:0;
    	z-index:-1;
    	height: 84px;
    	background-image: url('images/MenuItem.png');
    }
    
    .art-menu a .l
    {
    	left:0;
    	right:0px;
    }
    
    .art-menu a .r
    {
    	width:400px;
    	right:0;
    	clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, 400px);
    }
    
    .art-menu a .t 
    {
    font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
    font-size: 14px;
    	color: #CFCFCF;
    	padding: 0 12px;
    	margin: 0 0px;
    	line-height: 28px;
    	text-align: center;
    }
    
    .art-menu a:hover .l, .art-menu a:hover .r
    {
    	top:-28px;
    }
    
    .art-menu li:hover>a .l, .art-menu li:hover>a .r
    {
    	top:-28px;
    }
    
    .art-menu li:hover a .l, .art-menu li:hover a .r
    {
    	top:-28px;
    }
    .art-menu a:hover .t
    {
    	color: #F0F0F0;
    }
    
    .art-menu li:hover a .t
    {
    	color: #F0F0F0;
    }
    
    .art-menu li:hover>a .t
    {
    	color: #F0F0F0;
    }
    
    
    .art-menu a.active .l, .art-menu a.active .r
    {
    	top: -56px;
    }
    
    .art-menu a.active .t
    {
    	color: #000000;
    }


    menuRows
    <li[+wf.id+][+wf.classes+]>
    <a href="[+wf.link+]" title="[+wf.title+]" [+wf.attributes+]>
    <span class="l"></span><span class="r"></span><span class="t">[+wf.linktext+]</span></a>
    [+wf.wrapper+]
    </li>


    html code:
     <div class="art-nav">
                    	<div class="l"></div>
                    	<div class="r"></div>
                        [!Wayfinder? &startId=`0` &rowTpl=`menuRows` &level=`1` &rowClass=`art-menu` &sortBy=`menuindex`!] 
                    </div>


    This is how it’s hard coded:
     <div class="art-nav">
                    	<div class="l"></div>
                    	<div class="r"></div>
                    	<ul class="art-menu">
                    		<li>
                    			<a href="#" class=" active"><span class="l"></span><span class="r"></span><span class="t">Home</span></a>
                    		</li>
                    		<li>
                    			<a href="#"><span class="l"></span><span class="r"></span><span class="t">Menu Item</span></a>
                    			<ul>
                    				<li><a href="#">Menu Subitem 1</a>
                    					<ul>
                    						<li><a href="#">Menu Subitem 1.1</a></li>
                    						<li><a href="#">Menu Subitem 1.2</a></li>
                    						<li><a href="#">Menu Subitem 1.3</a></li>
                    					</ul>
                    				</li>
                    				<li><a href="#">Menu Subitem 2</a></li>
                    				<li><a href="#">Menu Subitem 3</a></li>
                    			</ul>
                    		</li>		
                    		<li>
                    			<a href="#"><span class="l"></span><span class="r"></span><span class="t">About</span></a>
                    		</li>
                    	</ul>
                    </div>


    Attached is a screen shot showing the menu and what it looks like moused over. The black area is where they are supposed to line up.
      Teaching myself MODx