perfect! it totally works now, i wasnt putting it on the dropdown only the main nav. that must have been the issue

thanks so much!

Melanie

Steven, thank you for your reply, however this is not the issue. i have the z-index set high enough
if you scroll over "Experience" you can see the sub nav diplays over the gallery. the issue is when i try to select either "retail" or "residential" from the sub nav. i cannot and it clears away.

sorry about that! i had to change it to a solution that was working
BUT i like your solution much better. especially for the mobile features you offer

i have placed a secondary hidden page up that shows the issue i am running into:
http://www.hollistercs.com/pages/retail … -2015.html

can you please take  a look at it and see if there is something i can do to make it work?

i am working on a test page:
http://www.hollistercs.com/pages/retail … -2015.html

my css dropmenu overlays correctly since i have a high z-index,
however once it overlays the gallery i cannot select the options over it because the gallery images are to link to certain pages within the site as well.

is there a fix for this?