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[Chip]

i'm very new to web design, i recently created a layout in photoshop that i was happy with. i then saved it as an html and all that jazz. once i had it opened in dreamweaver i had the quite a few problems. for example, all of my slices were defined as tables containing that image, thats fine, but how can i add content to my site? if that table is already there, and for some reason i can't create a table on top of it? untill i figure this out i won't be able to add content to my site.

To combat this i used the repeater slice method and that is working out, however i would prefer to know how to do it the other way.

I'm planning to have iframes in my final site such that the content can load when a link is clicked, but that the banner and navigation elements don't have to. is this even possible? if so can you please tell me someplace with lots of info on iframes? i have had a difficult time finding information on them and even more trouble trying to implement them in my site.

many thanks

[Atomica]

i know what you are talking about, it is better to use pure html (notepad) and just write and position everything yourself then to try and make it in dreamweaver.

[Jaymz]

A tip from someone who's tried to use the HTML straight out of photoshop:

Delete all HTML from the page generated by Photoshop and recreate the table structure with dreamweaver. Dreamweaver is more flexible with the HTML than Photoshop is...

[Atomica]

Its not good to delete the table that photoshop generates because then your pics get all haywire...

[Andy]

yea.. ok.. so.. you have your td with your image init, something like....

<td><img src="images/image_001.gif" height="200" width="100"></td>

Now, to put code into this, youll need to put your img src and sizes into the td..
Then, you would replace your <img.... 100"> with your text....

<td background="images/image_001.gif" height="200" width="100">Content here!</td>

as simple at that!

Andy

[Jaymz]

insanegraphix, on Nov 24 2004, 10:38 PM, said:

Its not good to delete the table that photoshop generates because then your pics get all haywire...

Yes, but I recreate the structure again once I'm done, it seems to work so far