Help with my Page Header

Question

OK, I am a complete newbee to Dreamweaver. I just bought DW
MX 2004 and am trying to create a simple website. The header of the
main index page will simply be my name at the top with a line
underneath my name that stretches across the entire page, then
underneath the line I want some links like "main" , "galleries" ,
"links" , "about" ...etc. I want the header to look something like
this...
http://custom.photoshelter.com/c/andybiggs/gallery-list
Another option is along these lines...
http://aaroncjors.smugmug.com/
So, here are some specific questions...
1. Should I use a table to create this?
2. How do I draw the line?
3. Should I use simple html text for the links or create
jpegs for each element?
(I was able to create a table for all of the text and it
looked decent, but I could not create the line.)
Thanks for any input you can provide?

Answer 1

> Although tables are deprecated by many
Tables are not deprecated. But they are not considered
optimal for page
layout, especially given the many reasons one would want to
separate
presentation from content.
> give the table containing the text a coloured border and
turn the top
> and side borders off using css
It sounds like you are suggesting that the op use the invalid
(IE
proprietary) table bordercolor attribute for this. The better
answer would
be to give the table a colored top border using CSS.
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"Malcolm N_" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:19:46 +0000 (UTC), "Patrick Cox"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>OK, I am a complete newbee to Dreamweaver. I just
bought DW MX 2004 and
>>am
>>trying to create a simple website. The header of the
main index page will
>>simply be my name at the top with a line underneath
my name that stretches
>>across the entire page, then underneath the line I
want some links like
>>"main"
>>, "galleries" , "links" , "about" ...etc. I want the
header to look
>>something
>>like this...
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Should I use a table to create this?
>
> Although tables are deprecated by many - they are still
a valid way to
> go. Could you produce a page with css ?
>
>
>>
>> 2. How do I draw the line?
>
> give the table containing the text a coloured border and
turn the top
> and side borders off using css
>
>>
>> 3. Should I use simple html text for the links or
create jpegs for each
>>element?
>>
>
> I suggest you just use html text and style them with css
>
>
> You say you have bought Dw2004 - that is now rather long
in the tooth
> and there are two later releases that are much better -
especially in
> the handling of css.
>
> I have assumed you know some html & css - if not the
common advice
> here is to get a few books and/or read a few tutorial
first - there
> really is no shortcut. Dw is a fine program but you will
get so much
> more from it if your know html & css.
>
>
> --
>
> ~Malcolm N....
> ~