layers in dreamweaver, frontpage...

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layers in dreamweaver, frontpage...

Bowdii

5:19 pm on Jun 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Okay, i always use tables but I got stuck doing seo on a site that uses all layers. I didn't realize how much of a pain in the ass it was going to be

In dreamweaver, I have code for the header menu, footer, that is uneditable! How do i make it editable?

Also, layers sit on layers, looking all screwed up, but when I go to preview, it looks fine....why is this?

I have edited the content of the text and it exceeded the old layer. Now I want to move the footer layer down.... Where/how do i do this?

Where do i find the 1, 2, 3 of using layers?

edit - forgot to say, when looked at in frontpage, the uneditable parts are editable.....wtf? But I can not move any text layers around like I could in dreamweaver.....

Thanks for ANY help!@!

[edited by: Bowdii at 5:44 pm (utc) on June 19, 2003]

bunltd

5:40 pm on Jun 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Bowdii, welcome to WebmasterWorld.

I looked at the example (you might want to edit your URL out, it's against the TOS) and the example is tied to a Dreamweaver template. You can "disconnect" the template from the page (but any updates made to the template won't automatically update that page) To do this: Modify, Templates, Detach from Template - then you'll be able to edit those areas. Frontpage doesn't read Dreamweaver's template markup, so ignored it.

Hope this helps.

LisaB

Bowdii

5:45 pm on Jun 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Thanks Lisa!

OKay, can I edit the template, to make changes to everything?

If so, how? ;)

bunltd

5:49 pm on Jun 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Templates are usually in a folder called "Templates" :) (this folder is relative to whatever you have your site's local root folder set to in the Dreamweaver site definition) the file has an extension of *.dwt - You edit the template, and when you save your changes it should prompt you to update all the pages that use that template... Pretty easy.

LisaB

Bowdii

6:32 pm on Jun 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

okay, now, how many different id's are there? do they have a set standard with the name?

style: what does position:abolute mean?

z-index: ? wth is that?

THanks@!

bunltd

6:49 pm on Jun 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Whoa! ;)

okay, now, how many different id's are there? do they have a set standard with the name?
style: what does position:abolute mean?
z-index:? wth is that?

You've got several divs in that page. Look at the id=

position:absolute: how the div is positioned - see below for more on positioning...

z-index: has to do with the stack order of the elements - what is on top or displayed in front of what - which is why some of the text is hidden behind the top nav...

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Dig in - you're in for some fun.

LisaB