how to get drop down menu to work on none VB page?

[JohnBee]

Hello everyone, I am working on a heavy newsscript intergration that forces
me to build external .php pages using various hacks to pull vBul. data from
my forums.

So far I have managed to replicate my forum look and feel but the one thing
that I am struggling with is replicating the drop down menu system /Quick search
on the navabar.

I managed to find most of the java scripting and .js files used but I am unable
to get it to work independantly.

Does anyone know what path I should follow to get the drop down action to
work outside of vBulletin?

PS. I cannot use the $navbar template call in my pages because when I
do this it blocks any further <-- includes --> functions from that point on.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.