Image Ready and HTML Hassles

Need help

[D34thM4g3]

First things first, I think this is most likely the best forum I have come accross in a while. From what I read it seems you guys are really clued up anf I hope you can help me.

1. I have created a Layout in Photoshop and sliced it in Imageready, saved the file .html and all is looking good.
(some insight to what it is: it is on the left a couple of pics with hotspots, on the right a content box that I would like the user to be able to read about the product on the left.) MY PROBLEM STARTS HERE. I have gone through tutorials and I do know some bits and odds on HTML for me to be able to create a website.

But this is new to me, As soon as I enter text into the "Content Box" it rips the whole page to pieces, I even tried it in MMDreamweaver and nothing.

I've been looking at tutorials of slicing and all but none give a "beginer" tut on adding HTML and what should go.

ANY HELP PLEASE. *onkneesbeggin'foradvise*

Thanx

[edited by: engine at 10:38 am (utc) on Sep. 17, 2004]

[Span]

Welcome to the forums D34thM4g3.

As far as I know ImageReady writes a table with your slices in the cells, right?
If you want to add other contents in one or more of those cells you have to edit the file and use the slices as background images. Only then you can add contents to the cells without ripping your page to pieces.

[D34thM4g3]

That does make sense

Cause Image Ready does create the Cells, I'll go check it out and see what I can do, thanx for the help.

At least I'm not getting torn to bits for asking some help. which by the way, why do some forums pull you to pieces for asking help? just a question.

Thanx

[D34thM4g3]

I think I have come right,

I use Netscape and played around a bit, I am currently adding a table (cell) in the image ready provided Cell. that does seem to work. so then I can add text and all that lovely stuff.

Please continue replyin' if You think i'm doing something wrong

[Span]

Adding a table (cell) in the ImageReady provided cell?

ImageReady code looks like something like this: <td><img src="slice.jpg" .. ></td>, right?
If you change that into: <td background="slice.jpg"></td> you can simply add your contents in the cell. So you don't need to nest other tables in there. Unless you think you need them for lay-out of course.

[D34thM4g3]

Cool I'm starting to see what you mean in regards to that.

But now the text that goes in there is too much for the space of the content box. Which means that I have to expand the side bars so that they automaticly "stretch" to the amount of text available.

I found some stuff on that it just seems to throw it out slightly, but I'll see what I can do over the weekend and hopefully resolve something.

Thanx again. Enjoy

[Lorel]

Better not put anything in there that will affect your ranking as search engines can't read what is in an image map.