Dreamweaver issue...

[JzL]

I am trying to learn some dreamweaver... following this tutorial about slicing. I get to the part 5.) where it says:

' In the bottom row split the cell so that it has 3 columns. The left and right columns will be where your boarder, so set the width of these two colums to the width of your boarders. Im my case the width is 13 pixels for the 2 columns. '

I can not figure out how to split the bottom row into colums without splitting the top one as well. Anyone tell me?

TIA,

JzL

 

[CoolD]

My suggestion is to just learn how to write the HTML for it. Its very hard to get a WYSIWYG editor to everything exactly how you want to do it.

So for tables, look into the colspan and rowspan parameters for the TD's.

Oh yeah, and get your hands on ImageReady and read a quick tutorial. Why do all that work by hand?

And that tutorial is pretty out-dated. If your going to learn to lay stuff out, learn CSS. No point in learning old techniques.

 

[nomar]

Good help there CoolD - I'm sure he's never heard that before and you don't address his question at all. Image maps are not fun and DW makes it very simple.

JzL - I wouldn't trust any "guide" with so many typos and grammar mistakes. I had to use slicing for the image on this page and I did it by using the integrated help in dreamweaver MX. Macromedia has some of the best help/tutorials of any software manufacturer IMO. Hit Help and go to the tutorial section and search for slicing. It is a very quick tutorial and you'll get the hang of it easily.

 

[CoolD]

Image maps are not fun and DW makes it very simple.

He's not making an image map. He's placing individual images into tables to create a site layout. ImageReady was designed to do that for you. And without a basic knowledge of how HTML tables work, such as what Colspan and Rowspan do for table cells, how is he supposed to put his table together? IMO, there is no editor out there that gives the designer the same amount of control as just editing the code manually.

And Nomar, a heads up, your link is broken as of 9:00AM EST.

 

[bktec]

I just started using DW and wish i had sooner- its amazingly easier then coding the shit by hand. i like how you can see and edit the code manually also- which looks like what you might end up doing. gl

 

[nomar]

Ah you know.... I was thinking of slicing in Fireworks - not Dreamweaver. But yeah my idea still stands - use the dreamweaver tutorial in the program itself and you'll learn how to do it right.

 

[CoolD]

I just started using DW and wish i had sooner- its amazingly easier then coding the shit by hand. i like how you can see and edit the code manually also- which looks like what you might end up doing. gl

I keep my DW in the split mode all the time. I do most of the coding by hand and use the graphical part to see how it looks as I go. And I use the property window for setting a lot of the properties for objects too. Makes it quicker than typing out border=0 cellspace=0 cellpad=0 DW is really a great tool.

 

[Jgedeon]

I had to use slicing for the image on this page

When you hover over the marks is it supposed to give you the information of the one you are hovering over in the box? The only one that is working for me is Poughkeepsie Area one. The others you can see there is a link but no information is giveing. Don't know it that page isn't just loading all the way on dial up but just thought I would give you a heads up. Tried refreshing but still not working properly.

 

[scottatwittenberg]

right click on the cell you want to increase, go to table, go to increase column span

 

[JzL]

EDIT: Scott helped me out on AIM, thanks dude.

Thanks for the help guys, really appreciated.

I have figured that part out, but ran into a similar one, probably easily fixed as the last one was. The image should explain what is going on.

Thanks for any help! (i tested in both FF and IE with the same results)

 

[CoolD]

<table cellspace=0 cellpad=0 border=0>
<tr>
......
  <td>....</td>
.....
</tr>
</table>