Help with jQuery Accordion

Hi,

I’m having issues with the jQuery Accordion that I am using atm.

The script is here

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function initMenus() {
$(‘ul.side_navigation ul’).hide();

$.each($(‘ul.side_navigation .current_page_item’).parents(‘ul’),function () {
$(this).show();
});

$(‘ul.side_navigation li a’).click(
function() {
var checkElement = $(this).next();
var parent = this.parentNode.parentNode.id;

if($(‘#’ + parent).hasClass(‘noaccordion’)) {
$(this).next().slideToggle(‘normal’);
return false;
}
if((checkElement.is(‘ul’)) && (checkElement.is(‘:visible’))) {
if($(‘#’ + parent).hasClass(‘collapsible’)) {
$(‘#’ + parent + ‘ ul:visible’).slideUp(‘normal’);
}
return false;
}
if((checkElement.is(‘ul’)) && (!checkElement.is(‘:visible’))) {
$(‘#’ + parent + ‘ ul:visible’).slideUp(‘normal’);
checkElement.slideDown(‘normal’);
return false;
}
}
);
}
$(document).ready(function() {initMenus();});
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The problem is that I have a horizontal navigation menu and a vertical side menu. What I am wanting to achieve is, when the user selects the parent link from the navigation menu, the child links will drop down from the side menu..

I can only get the menu to expand if the child from the top navigation or side navigation is selected.