I agree with Omol. But it depends a bit on what you would like to do with the knowledge. With Javascript you can do a lot of things, just for a "basic" website. But if you want to work with databases...

I just read the next paragraph on dmoz.org:
"If your site has been accepted into the Open Directory, it may take anywhere from 2 weeks to several months for your site to be listed on partner sites...

Ok thnx J I will give it a try, and see what happens from there. I was hoping you would say that dmoz is a good neighborhood

Hi Ravi,

What I always find a good website to look up stuff like this is:

http://www.w3schools.com/

Maybe a good website for future questions in this area :D

Hi Amy,

I've been thinking about getting some certifications as well, so I had some thoughts about it I would like to share.

The main advantage of having certifications that you can show is...

Isn't using sites as dmoz against the google terms of services? Because they state that you may not use websites just to put links of your site on it without added value...

On googles webmaster...

Why do you need to keep it absolute? Maybe solving the problem making it relative is easier to fix than this one...

Here you can view a good article with exact code on how to make a drop box menu using javascript:

http://javascript-array.com/scripts/simple_drop_down_menu/

good luck!