tables and layers

#11

Originally posted by: fasezero
so i should stick to organising it in table cells?
But i cant seem to get the layout exactly how i want it then

In Design View, if you go into 'layout' mode you can draw tables/cells
anywhere on the page. DW automatically fills the other cells in to accommodate
this.

#12

Ugh. Generally, Layout mode will do more harm than good since the code that
it
writes will come back to bite you later. You will be well rewarded by
spending an hour learning how to work with HTML tables from Standard mode,
and then never go back to Layout mode again. Check the table tutorials at
the DW FAQ link in my sig to get started on this....

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"MrBonk" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Originally posted by: fasezero
so i should stick to organising it in table cells?
But i cant seem to get the layout exactly how i want it then

In Design View, if you go into 'layout' mode you can draw tables/cells
anywhere on the page. DW automatically fills the other cells in to
accommodate
this.

#13

I know it probably seems like I am picking on you.

I am not. Don't take it to heart....

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Quote:

Ugh. Generally, Layout mode will do more harm than good since the code
that it
writes will come back to bite you later. You will be well rewarded by
spending an hour learning how to work with HTML tables from Standard mode,
and then never go back to Layout mode again. Check the table tutorials at
the DW FAQ link in my sig to get started on this....

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"MrBonk" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Originally posted by: fasezero
so i should stick to organising it in table cells?
But i cant seem to get the layout exactly how i want it then

In Design View, if you go into 'layout' mode you can draw tables/cells
anywhere on the page. DW automatically fills the other cells in to
accommodate
this.

#14

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
You did. That's what a layer is (at least as far as DW is concerned).

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According to DW (and I quote) - Note: A layer in Dreamweaver is a div tag with
absolute or relative position.

#15

That's incorrect. Where do you see that?

Try finding a relatively positioned div in the Layers panel....

Then try finding an absolutely positioned paragraph tag there.

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"MrBonk" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

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Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
You did. That's what a layer is (at least as far as DW is concerned).

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According to DW (and I quote) - Note: A layer in Dreamweaver is a div tag
with
absolute or relative position.

#16

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
That's incorrect. Where do you see that?

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In DW's own help file, in the section About Layers in Dreamweaver........

#17

So I get 113 hits when I search for "layers" - can you target me a bit
better. It's dead wrong in any event....

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"MrBonk" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

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Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
That's incorrect. Where do you see that?

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In DW's own help file, in the section About Layers in Dreamweaver........

#18

Help -> Using Dreamweaver.
Search tab - 'layers' as the keyword
About Layers in Dreamweaver should be near the top somewhere.

#19

MrBonk wrote:

Quote:

Help -> Using Dreamweaver.
Search tab - 'layers' as the keyword
About Layers in Dreamweaver should be near the top somewhere.

Murray is correct. Dreamweaver considers a "layer" to be an absolutely
positioned element, normally - but not necessarily - a div.

http://livedocs.macromedia.com/dreamweaver/8/using/08_cssp2.htm

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