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[hexhamlad]

ok this problem may seem very simple to an expert but it has had be fustrated for a week.


I have mad a layout in ps, im very happy with it i have even sliced it in Image ready no problem. I have also set the boxes to bg image to i can type in dreamweaver, but when i type my content in ANY form of text is looks all pixelated.

pixelated - this may not be the correct term but what i mean is, if u use ps texts without anti alias turned on and NO! styles it looks all pixelated or rough, well thats what dreamweaver is doing with everything i type into a content box. I have played around with the styles etc but nothing seems to work.

I use dreamweaver3 and about 1year ago i used to use it and NEVER had this problem so im sure there is a simple soloution,


thanks for taking the time to read this and i really hope you can help

Hex

[Mooey]

I think you need to show a screenshot or upload the HTML file, that way more people can help mate

[hexhamlad]

ok


http://img178.echo.c...89/htmlq3rl.jpg


also i have tested a few more things when i create a new page the text looks fine with the default page it is ONLY the fonts i put into the font list that are causing me problems but SURELY dw lets you use other fonts than the defaults.


also the screen is the layout i cut does that effect the text? , because im only typing ontop of a background.


thanks again

[Mooey]

I think its the choice of font thats giving you problems. If this is going on the net and youve chosen "eurostile" as your font, when the end viewer views it and they havnt got the font installed, it will get replace by a default font and ruin all your tables.

Stick to one of the web safe fonts and try that (arial and verdanda etc). Or replace the text with an image.

[hexhamlad]

thanks i new it would be really simple lol,

i was looking through settings like a mad man.


anyway could someone provide me with a list of all the default fonts that can be used on a site so everyone can view them ??


thanks for your help, im at work at the moment so i will report back this evening do tell you if it is working okay.

[Mooey]

On dreamweaver in the properties section, when you click on the drop down "Font" theres a list of available fonts.

Arial, Helvetica, sans serif

Times New Roman, Times, serif

Courier New

Verdana

etc

[hexhamlad]

ohh i see, i have alwyas wondered why there grouped together, i guess you can just select them as individuals through the add font section.

so if i just use on of those for everything i guess it should be fine.


also this is abit off topic, but do you happen to know what i need to paste into the html style to make all my links without a underline and to only go bold when there is a mouseover. so the effect would be bold when someone moves there mouse over to make links more apparent.


thanks for all the help much apreciated.

[Mooey]

hexhamlad, on Jun 27 2005, 01:22 PM, said:

also this is abit off topic, but do you happen to know what i need to paste into the html style to make all my links without a underline and to only go bold when there is a mouseover. so the effect would be bold when someone moves there mouse over to make links more apparent.


thanks for all the help much apreciated.

CSS (cascading style sheets)

Do a search on the net, CSS is excellent.

In dreamweaver (not sure on your version), theres a design window, in there should be CSS styles. If you click on "new CSS style", and choose advanced you should be options:

a:link
a:visited
a:hover
a:active

If you alter a:hover and put underline in the tickbox it will affect all links that are attached to the style sheet.

I hope this makes sense, have a play with it:D

[hexhamlad]

thanks mooey problem solved!


i have two new ones though


1) how do i create a link in dw that opens in a new page and only shows a image, so for example a 500x500 image in a browser box.


2)is it possible to code in dw so the page shows a thumbnail of a image ie - orginal 500x500 , thumbnail 100x100, rather than rezing around 100 pics.



thanks

[NGPixel]

1)

<a href="http://yourimage.jpg" target="_blank">linkname</a>

2) I'm not sure you can open a new window with a specified image size. Use another page and set the width and heigth of the size smaller. Then make a link to that page.

[/quit]

You can do it with javascript, my friend codydelong did it, check it out here
http://www.codydelong.net/ and contact him or something.

[hexhamlad]

thanks for all the help i have solved the problem.

could someone please tell me a good way of making my site appear as a icon rather than the plain browser logo in peoples bookmarks / favourites.


Hex

[jonerator]

hexhamlad, on Jun 28 2005, 03:12 PM, said:

thanks for all the help i have solved the problem.

could someone please tell me a good way of making my site appear as a icon rather than the plain browser logo in peoples bookmarks / favourites.


Hex

1st post. Thought it should be a helpful one!

I believe it's the "favicon.ico" that you are referring to. Create an image @ 16x16 pixels and save it as a jpg. Copy it to the root folder of your site and name it "favicon.ico" Vola.

**edit** Almost forgot... You need to add this before the </head>:

<LINK rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.yourdomainhere.com/favicon.ico"/>

Jon

Edited by jonerator, 30 June 2005 - 03:29 PM.