Layers in dreamweaver
I've recently had some training in Dreamweaver MX (OCN level
1) on a PC, but I have a Mac and the CS3 version of Dreamweaver at
home. The tutor taught concerning "Layers" (sited in the Common tab
of the Insert toolbar), however, I can't find "Layers" any where in
the CS3 version. Can anyone advise please? Does this function now
have another name? I've stated to design my website using layers in
the old college version and now I'm not sure how to continue with
it on the Mac!
Hello,
"Layers" was an older DW term for AP Divs. In CS3, they are
called AP Divs.
Before building a layout using AP Divs, please read the links
below.
It will save you a lot of frustration.
Search this forum for "Layers" to see many posts from people
who ended up
rebuilding their pages after running into the problems AP
Divs cause. A very
common piece if advice here is "don't use layers to design a
site":
Short and sweet:
http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_layer-overlap.asp
More detail (Specifically "The Problem with Layers":)
http://apptools.com/examples/pagelayout101.php
Take care,
Tim
"heather kruk" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I've recently had some training in Dreamweaver MX (OCN
level 1) on a PC,
> but I
> have a Mac and the CS3 version of Dreamweaver at home.
The tutor taught
> concerning "Layers" (sited in the Common tab of the
Insert toolbar),
> however, I
> can't find "Layers" any where in the CS3 version. Can
anyone advise
> please?
> Does this function now have another name? I've stated to
design my website
> using layers in the old college version and now I'm not
sure how to
> continue
> with it on the Mac!
>
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>
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commands - a single
> slector bar, plus an up and down Nav bar. The sliding
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>
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position in DW is different when you preview in browser whereas
tables seem to be the same. This makes designing a lot of guess
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> In the old days, I think layers were supposed to
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complex table layout
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ever seen
promoted.
> But my experience with
> them is that they're nothing but trash: an attempt to
make web design
> easier
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absolute positioning
is a legitimate part of CSS. When used properly, it can be
exceptionally
valuable.
> Maybe it was lousy implementation or errors on the part
of the webmaster,
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those kinds of errors
> on.
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> Reading from news:macromedia.dreamweaver,
> "Fugasi" <[email protected]> posted:
>
>> In DW8 I want to be able to move tables around.
Currently I'm
>> drawing them on layers, then moving the layers
around, but a
>> layer position in DW is different when you preview
in browser
>> whereas tables seem to be the same. This makes
designing a lot
>> of guess work, and I'm concerned about the variance
showing up in
>> other browsers making my design look weird. I've
been on
>> Lynda.com on the DW8 Essentials course which is
fantastic, but
>> nothing on how to do this. Anyone have any tips for
me on this?
>
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>
> I like the idea of layers. In the old days, I think
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> to
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> that would be difficult to pull off with HTML alone. But
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> easier
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> have overlapping elements that make it sometimes
unusable. I've even had
> layers on high-profile websites prevent me from using
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> the site was, literally, unusable.
>
> Maybe it was lousy implementation or errors on the part
of the webmaster,
> but these were websites you wouldn't expect to find
those kinds of errors
> on.
>
> Damaeus -
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some adobe applications allow you to "Control Click" down the
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down the stack, are
> there
> layers in dreamweaver?
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absolute positioning is one of the most common ways to get
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> some adobe applications allow you to "Control Click"
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