Exported slices not working in Dreamweaver

Question

I'm hoping someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong. I
created a simple rollover in fireworks, an image that when you
rollover it will reveal text. I followed instructions from a
tutorial, created my duplicate frame, everything looked great when
I tested the rollover in preview in fireworks but when I exported
to dreamweaver the rollover didn't work. I exported images with
html, I didn't say just this frame, not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I know this should work. Any suggestions would be very much
appreciated.

Answer 1

heathrowe wrote:
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Michaela1
> I didn't mean that literally but in tutorials it says
create the graphic and
> fireworks will put together the html needed to export
with the slices for it to
> work in dreamweaver. I'm thinking it must just be some
option I didn't select.
>
>
> This is fine Michael. The Help file showcases some round
tripping methods that
> use this html as you describe.
> If you are comfortable with the html output from Fw, and
the round-tripping
> support to Dreamweaver then stick to it.
> I WOULD NOT TAKE Stephane's advise at face value.
>
> His advise does no justice to new FW users, nor to those
who don't use
> Dreamweaver, yet alone the roundtripping capabilities
between the two
> applications.
>
> Michael, if the end result works and what you created is
fine with you, then
> super. I wouldn't let the the 'high and mighty' attitude
of some get to you.
>
> h
>
The point Stephane is making - and rightly so - to use the
right tool
for the job. I can create html files from MS Word, but I
won't, because
of how Word generates the html (or at least how it *used* to.
No idea
what it does in the latest iteration). FW generates passable
html, but
it is NOT an html editor.
Example 1: It doesn't export text as text unless you ensure
you create
html slices, and even then, if the output is a table layout,
the layout
can explode if the text content is changed or even altered in
size by
the user.
Example 2: Its comprehension of CSS is very poor, if you
think of the
program as a web page editor. As a graphics editor, hey at
least it can
export layers. With the addition of the Smart CSS extension,
things are
even better, but that is not native FW functionality.
Knowing your way around "under the hood" of a web page is
still an
important skill *if* you are producing content for clients
and being
paid to do it. IMO, that is part of what being a professional
is all
about, and it's worth noting I make a distinction between the
professional and casual user.
Very often we assume on this forum that those asking
questions are
either in the profession, or planning to be, so at times the
advice
given may seem a bit - impassioned - shall we say. But this
is done for
a good reason. To help steer people down the right path. To
help them
understand that there may be better, more standardized,
consistent or
even just preferred ways of doing things in a professional
manner.
FW's html has improved over time, but the program is not
intended to be
a web page creation tool; it's a graphic design tool. As the
software
evolves, maybe this will change somewhat, but no one can
really say.
Now if you're just building a site for fun and are not
concerned about
all that high-falluting pro mumbo jumbo, then hey, as
Heathrowe says, go
ahead. And by all means use FW as a learning tool. Just
understand there
are tools more suited to the job of creating html pages than
FW.
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