Newbie here, sorry but gotta start somewhere

Question

I created a video file that's 5 mins @ 173 mbs which resides
on my HD.
Right. Okay, instead of sending it through e-mail as an
attachment (it's
way too big anyway) I want to post it, I believe this is
called FTP - not sure.
After posting, I want to create a link that I could send to
whomever through e-mail.
I own Dreamweaver, Go LIve! and have a web-site. Yes, I do
have a web-site but I created the site's layout with the hosting
company's "site creator" program which allows lazy people to make
basic web-pages. So, that's why I'm asking for your help.
Thanks and any advice will be appreciated.
- Drew

Answer 1

Hi Man
Your first post about the FTP url is a way to go, alright,
but not all hosts allow this mode of transfer as it is not as
secure as others. But if you are goign by way of a new build in DW
as you say, then you have your FTP built-in.
Ok so point by point:
1. - You can imsert your image a few ways. if you want to
layer your other item on top of it your easiet way out is to set
your page margins to 0 (Page properties on the properties
inspector), and insert either a table (pretty basic stuff) or a DIV
(more advanced but ultimately more powerful). You can then set the
image as the backgroudn to this and continue building on top. There
are other ways, but try that first and see how you like it. As you
stadard sizes.... You should search this forum for posts regarding
viewport size/screen resolution. Its probably the hottest
long-standing debate there is. In short there is no such thing. But
i will say thgis and get hammwered by som eof the others for it. If
you are a beginner, giving your page a fixed width is the easiesty
way to go. And the most common resolution is 1024x768. Some use
lower, plenty use higher, but that is the most common. Fact. SO if
you want to design for a set size, design for that. It means width
wise you want to go to around 980 and height approx 650 . Again,
play around and see works for you. Many things can play around with
the viewable area of the screen - the taskbar size and position,
the vewiport size (maximized or not), but eventually you have to
say "Scr** it!" and go for SOMETHING. When you have more experience
under your belt yuou can start worrying about luquid sized sized
that change with the screen size. For now stick with the above, but
as i said, play around with it. You need SOME graphics program, but
only use them to makie and size the image, then insert it into
dreamweaver as is, dont let Fireworks or any other graphics
application create you html for you- its a disaster from the
get-go.
2. - Create the words on the image itself in the graphics
program, and then use whats calle Image Maps in DW to make them
links. This means an area of a page you select (the area over the
word) and this becomes your link, so it looks as though its the
word itself when in fact its a square or circle sitting on top of
the right part of the image.
You know, as i think of it - if you insert the image as a
background as i said just now, you cant use image maps, so perhaps
insert it into a 1x1 table, then insert your second table into THAT
one to hold any other elements you want. Again, you might be better
with DIVS; look into them and see if you think they are somerhing
you can come to grips with yet because for what you are proposing
they make more sense.
3. Not sure what you mean here....can you clarify?
Lastly linking pages - Select the item to be the link,
(hotspot, image or text) and in the Properties Inspector, in the
Link box type the name of the page to link you want to link to, or
better yet hit the Browse button (the folder icon) and find the
file that way. Thats it, you've made your link. You can link to
pages, images, videos, whatever you want (though pages are
obviously the most common).
Best of luck. Post back.
Andy