DReamweaver MX 2004 Nav Bar

Question

As you will see from this question, I am a newbie at website
construction.
I am working on developing a new site using Dreamweaver MX
2004. I have included a navigation bar, which seems to work OK
except for the "Down" mode. "Up", "over" and "Over when down" seem
to work OK, and links to new pages work too.
I expected that when I click on a button, it would turn to
the "Down" graphic, and then when the new page opens, it would also
show the "Down" graphic.
That doesn't happen. Clicking on a button, shows the "Down"
graphic fleetingly, and in the new page which opens the "Up" button
shows. This seems independent of the browser - IE, Firefox etc.
Suggestions as to what is going on, and how to fix it would
be gratefully received. Thanks
Michael

Answer 1

The DW "Nav Bar" feature is a long-in-the-tooth antique,
originally written
to support frames. It is only with frames where you will get
the "down"
state of the buttons working properly. In all other cases,
the Nav Bar is
an extreme example of bloated functionality that could
otherwise be achieved
using simple image swaps on a series of button images, which
is what I
recommend you do. Get rid of the old, and go with the 'new'.
Now - is your page a template controlled page?
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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> As you will see from this question, I am a newbie at
website construction.
> I am working on developing a new site using Dreamweaver
MX 2004. I have
> included a navigation bar, which seems to work OK except
for the "Down"
> mode.
> "Up", "over" and "Over when down" seem to work OK, and
links to new pages
> work
> too.
>
> I expected that when I click on a button, it would turn
to the "Down"
> graphic,
> and then when the new page opens, it would also show the
"Down" graphic.
>
> That doesn't happen. Clicking on a button, shows the
"Down" graphic
> fleetingly, and in the new page which opens the "Up"
button shows. This
> seems
> independent of the browser - IE, Firefox etc.
>
> Suggestions as to what is going on, and how to fix it
would be gratefully
> received. Thanks
>
> Michael
>
>
>