I got 2 of the 3 menusections to work simply by duplicating the code 2 more times and changing the ULs to second and third. The last one (3rd section) only has one menu item in it and doesn't seem to change. I'll play with that. I kept all the additions in the same script of course.
There may be a more elegant way to accomplish this though I haven't found one. Ideas welcomed of course. To use less code I tried modding this line, to this: $('ul.first ul.second ul.third a').click(function(){ and tried similar logical attempts in this one line, though had to repeat the code entirely to get it to work as much as it has, for the first and second sections anyways: Also, the 'landing' surround <li>s don't do anything, though that another thing and not a problem overall right now. I'm very very very happy. Considering how many of us are looking for answer here I wish everyone the best with their projects and feel fortunate to have what I need for now!!!