Adding JQuery Select Menu to Manufacturers Sidebox

[RandyRand]

Hi All,

I'm interested in adding this nifty menu - JQuery UI Select - http://www.jquerylabs.com/ui-selectmenu-plugin.html - to the Manufacturer's Sidebox, but being a scripting newb I've hit a roadblock at figuring out how to assign it to the sidebox form select.

Here's a demo of the menu I want to use:
"dropdown" Style
http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/...enu/index.html

Here's what I've done so far, running Zencart Version 1.3.8a.

1) I've turned on the drop-down select option for the Manufacturer's Sidebox through the admin.

2) I've downloaded all the .js and css files and uploaded them to the appropriate directories in my template folder, and renamed the .js files with the javascript_ extension so that Zencart will load them.

3) ?...and now I'm stuck.

I'm looking at the tpl_manufacturers_select.php and manufacturers.php files and I'm afraid I don't know what changes I need to make to activate the js files.

At the tutorial page for the JQuery Select plugin it says:
http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/jqu...a_html_select/

Quote:

Usage
Using the plugin is as simple as addressing a select element on your page and calling "selectmenu()" method on it. Like this:

$('select').selectmenu();


/Quote

Unfortunately I can't quite figure out how to apply that instruction to the Zen cart php files.

Here's my test site:
http://t o p d r a w e r s.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index

Thanks in advance for any help. :)

[RandyRand]

*tap* *tap* Is this thing on?

Nobody?

Ok, I guess I'll teach myself how to edit a php file and do some experimenting.

Off to Google...