How to Activate a Dropdown Menu in SharePoint 2010 Sites

1. Create a SharePoint 2010 portal site.
Click on the Create Site Collection hyperlink:


Select the Publishing tab, then the Publishing Portal option, and fill in the required information on the Form:


You will see that the portal site will have been created as shown below:


2. From the root of the parent site (Home), choose to create a new site (Site 1). Once that site has been created, you will be in that new site. From here, choose to create a new page:


From Site 1, go to Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Navigation.
Select the Display the same navigation items as the parent site radio button, and check the Show subsites and Show pages checkboxes as shown below:


3. Once Site 1 has been created, choose to create another new site (Site 2). Then create a new page in Site 2:


From Site 2, go to Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Navigation.
Again select the Display the navigation items below the current site radio button, and check the Show subsites and Show pages checkboxes as shown below:


4. The end result of your efforts will be a tab in the horizontal bar for Site 1, with a vertical dropdown menu which will reveal Site 2:

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