Newbie Dreamweaver Question

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Hi all,
Im very new at designing websites, in fact I just designed my
first real one, I learned from the "Studio 8: Training From The
Source" book, which I went over and took notes twice. The question
I have is probably a very very simple one:
How do I change the color of a particular link? Not the whole
page properties, just a link that I have in a certain section of
the site that is on a blue background (thus a blue link will not
work :-P)
Also, I was going to ask a good way to make a template in
photoshop and then make an image map or use it for a site, since Im
proficient in Photoshop, but then I though "would I slice it up
just like the site I just made?" If thats the case, please let me
know? And do I make the buttons separate from the site? Any
tutorials on this out there?
Thanks a lot in advance for reading and for your help. May
the <div> tags be with you.
Humbick

Answer 1

> How do I change the color of a particular link? Not the
whole page
> properties,
> just a link that I have in a certain section of the site
that is on a blue
> background (thus a blue link will not work :-P)
If it's just one link, the best way is to make a class, give
it the CSS
properties that you want (color, size, etc.) and then apply
the class where
you want it. The CSS would look like:
.redlink {
color: red; (or use the hex #ff0000)
Then you can select the link and apply the class to the link.
>
> Also, I was going to ask a good way to make a template
in photoshop and
> then
> make an image map or use it for a site, since Im
proficient in Photoshop,
> but
> then I though "would I slice it up just like the site I
just made?"
You can .. I wouldn't recommend it. A site that is made up of
image slices
is not nearly as functional or sleek as one created with well
placed images
and html and css code. I usually make what I want in
Photoshop cause I find
it so easy to things around during the process (I end up with
60 layers
sometimes) and then I do any slicing and optimizing in
Fireworks.
However, I never port the whole page to slices .. just a few
parts that need
to be created in images. I then use the Fireworks file as
more of a guide
and create the actual page in Dreamweaver.
If thats
> the case, please let me know? And do I make the buttons
separate from the
> site?
> Any tutorials on this out there?
You can make buttons (image) in Photoshop, Fireworks ..
whatever, but I
recommend creating the rollover code in Dreamweaver rather
than an image
program. OR you can make buttons with CSS and then it's easy
to create the
states of the button in CSS rather than using images. I do
that whenever I
can.
Nancy Gill
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