Spry Tabbed Panels - replace text tab with an image, how to?

Question

Hi all, I'm stumped. I've uploaded 2 files to:
http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4zgjxAaUD97MmUzZTk3NjMtMDNkYi00NDJjLWExNzctOWNjMzM0MDlmMj g0&hl=en&authkey=CMWGoeEP
http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4zgjxAaUD97YTQ1MDliNzEtZGVhZS00MmYzLTllZWMtMzJiODQwMjRlMT Bl&hl=en&authkey=CILrxq0G
I'm working in Dreamweaver CS3, 4 tab "Spry Tabbed Panel" with 3 columns (one column is a form and submit btn). The 1st photo is a mockup of what I'm trying to accomplish. In the 2nd photo, Nokia designed a page for its Nokia Developer Summit 2010 (been pulled down since). This is the desired effect. I'm trying to replace the typical text tabs in the tabbed panel with images, or, at the very least, change the color between states ON and OFF (images the same except for bg color - green verses gray), which is probably the better way to go, given page load time.
I need the CSS and HTML code. I'd settle for just the image problem, but if someone can give me guidance on the content boxes too, that would be AWESOME!
REALLY hoping anyone can help (Ben, I'm an Aussie too) - been on this for a month now.
Very grateful Adobe staffs such a great resource tool as this site with a lot of really good, courteous brainiacs.
Thanks,
Louis cat

Answer 1

G'day Ben,
Upgraded to Dreamweaver CS5, added Tabbed Panels 2 widget to page.
Here's a mockup of what I'm trying to do: http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4zgjxAaUD97MmUzZTk3NjMtMDNkYi00NDJjLWExNzctOWNjMzM0MDlmMj g0&hl=en&authkey=CMWGoeEP
Questions:
1. Want to change Spry TP tabs to images (see link, above), then make them vertical tabs, with morph effect - How?
2. How do I change the default TabbedPanels2 instance name? (not easy to rename)
3. The first section of the code was planted in my index page - shouldn't this be pasted into a CSS file, or just leave it alone?
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FIRST SECTION OF THE CODE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<style type="text/css">
/* BeginOAWidget_Instance_2138522: #TabbedPanels2 */
/* TabbedPanelsTabGroup */
#TabbedPanels2 .TabbedPanelsTabGroup {
top: 1px;
left: 0px;
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
background-color: transparent;
border-left: solid 0px inherit;
border-bottom: solid 0px inherit;
border-top: solid 0px inherit;
border-right: solid 0px inherit;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
/* TabbedPanelsTab */
#TabbedPanels2.TabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTab,
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTab {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
background-color: #DDD;
border-left: solid 1px #CCC;
border-bottom: solid 1px #999;
border-top: solid 1px #999;
border-right: solid 1px #999;
padding: 4px 10px 4px 10px;
#TabbedPanels2.TabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTab a,
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTab a {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
/* TabbedPanelsTabHover */
#TabbedPanels2.TabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabHover,
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabHover {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
background-color: #EEE;
border-left: solid 1px #CCC;
border-bottom: solid 1px #999;
border-top: solid 1px #999;
border-right: solid 1px #999;
padding: 4px 10px 4px 10px;
#TabbedPanels2.TabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabHover a,
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabHover a {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
/* TabbedPanelsTabSelected */
#TabbedPanels2.TabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabSelected,
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabSelected {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
background-color: #EEE;
border-left: solid 1px #CCC;
border-bottom: solid 1px #EEE;
border-top: solid 1px #999;
border-right: solid 1px #999;
padding: 4px 10px 4px 10px;
#TabbedPanels2.TabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabSelected a,
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabSelected a {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
/* TabbedPanelsTabFocused */
#TabbedPanels2.TabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabFocused,
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabFocused {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
background-color: #EEE;
border-left: solid 1px #CCC;
border-bottom: solid 1px #EEE;
border-top: solid 1px #999;
border-right: solid 1px #999;
padding: 4px 10px 4px 10px;
#TabbedPanels2.TabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabFocused a,
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabFocused a {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
/* TabbedPanelsContentGroup */
#TabbedPanels2 .TabbedPanelsContentGroup {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
background-color: #EEE;
border-left: solid 1px #CCC;
border-bottom: solid 1px #CCC;
border-top: solid 1px #999;
border-right: solid 1px #999;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
/* TabbedPanelsContentVisible */
#TabbedPanels2 .TabbedPanelsContentVisible {
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
color: inherit;
background-color: transparent;
border-left: solid 0px #CCC;
border-bottom: solid 0px #CCC;
border-top: solid 0px #999;
border-right: solid 0px #999;
padding: 4px 12px 4px 12px;
#TabbedPanels2.BTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTab {
border-bottom: solid 1px #999;
border-top: solid 1px #999;
#TabbedPanels2.BTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabSelected {
border-top: solid 1px #999;
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabGroup {
width: 10em;
height: 20em;
top: 1px;
left: 0px;
#TabbedPanels2.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabSelected {
background-color: #EEE;
border-bottom: solid 1px #EEE;
/* EndOAWidget_Instance_2138522 */
</style>
========================================================
SECOND SECTION OF THE CODE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <div id="TabbedPanels2">
    <h2>Tab 1</h2>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce sapien lacus, porttitor vitae pretium eget, sodales sed libero. Maecenas non urna lacus, ac sollicitudin justo. Ut erat mi, hendrerit ac accumsan ac, congue eu dui. Pellentesque consectetur condimentum elit, et eleifend urna porta id.  </p>
    <h2>Tab 2</h2>
    <p>Nulla facilisi. Vestibulum ipsum elit, tincidunt sed tristique sit amet, faucibus in orci. Nunc sit amet elit lorem. Sed eget arcu ipsum, pharetra ullamcorper lectus. Sed ac diam ac tortor mattis mollis. Etiam mattis felis vel augue tempus in rhoncus ligula elementum. Vestibulum ut iaculis risus. Aliquam erat sem, feugiat vel laoreet in, lobortis non mauris. Vestibulum neque nibh, vehicula eleifend tincidunt sed, bibendum id dolor. </p>
    <h2>Tab 3</h2>
    <p>Suspendisse potenti. Proin ut erat sit amet turpis egestas tempor. Integer arcu dolor, aliquam ut egestas nec, pharetra ut mauris. Duis urna mi, aliquam id vulputate et, consequat in dolor. Duis congue sem feugiat nulla malesuada scelerisque. Aenean vitae augue nec diam euismod imperdiet. </p>
  </div>
  <script type="text/javascript">
// BeginOAWidget_Instance_2138522: #TabbedPanels2
  var TabbedPanels2 = new Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels2("TabbedPanels2", {
   injectionType: "replace",
   widgetID: "TabbedPanels2",
   autoPlay: true,
   defaultTab: 0,
   enableKeyboardNavigation: true,
   hideHeader: true,
   tabsPosition: "top",
   event:"click",
   stopOnUserAction: true,
   displayInterval: 5000,
   minDuration: 300,
   maxDuration: 500,
   stoppedMinDuration: 100,
   stoppedMaxDuration: 200,
   plugIns:[]
// EndOAWidget_Instance_2138522
  </script>
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Any help would be much appreciated, Ben. Cheers from another Aussie. Louis Cat!