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Anchoring images

Jul 8, 2012 1:11 PM

Hi all,

 

I'm a very basic user of Dreamweaver.  I use the WYSIWYG side of things, with the occasional amendment to the code.  I just create one page websites.

 

This level of understanding is fine for what I need, but I occasionally need to do something a little more complex and at the moment I need to anchor two images to the side/bottom of the webpage.

 

Here's the site, its just one page www.fromapollototomzarek.com

 

If anyone can advise how to do this in the WYSIWYG parts of Dreamweaver that would be great.  I'm hoping to avoid the complexities of CSS stylesheets, PHP or in-depth code etc as they are beyond my understanding.

 

Can one half face be anchored to both the left and bottom?  Then the other to the right and bottom?

 

Thanks,

 

Daniel

 
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    Jul 8, 2012 3:07 PM   in reply to Erniegar

    You can do more or less the same thing with CSS background-size:cover property and one large bg image.  See demo below for details:

    http://alt-web.com/TEST/Resizable-BG.shtml

     

     

     

    Nancy O.

     
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    Jul 9, 2012 12:45 PM   in reply to Erniegar

    Working in Design View alone is like trying to paint a picture with both hands tied behind your back and a wet paint brush clenched between your teeth.  Possible? Yes.  Great results? No. 

     

    To get the most out of DW, you must be able to look at code (Split View)  and understand what you're seeing.  You actually have quite a bit of CSS in your page.  It's near the top between the <style> and </style> tags. 

     

    Unfortunately, your liberal use of apDivs is making a mess of your layout.  CSS positioning isn't helping you & it's not required for any of this.  In fact, you'll get much better cross browser results if you don't use apDivs as a primary layout method.   Here's why:

    http://apptools.com/examples/pagelayout101.php

     

     

    Start here:

    HTML & CSS Tutorials - http://w3schools.com/

     

    From Design to CSS Layout:

    Part 1 - Initial Design

    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/dw_fw_css_pt1.html

     

    Part 2 - Markup preparation

    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/dw_fw_css_pt2.html

     

    Part 3 - Layout and CSS

    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/dw_fw_css_pt3.html

     

    Centering Pages, Images and other elements with CSS

    http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Centering_web_pages_and_other_elements _with_CSS-16640.html

     

    Good luck with your project,

     

     

    Nancy O

     
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    Jul 10, 2012 4:39 PM   in reply to Erniegar

    I would do it like this (view source to see the code)

    http://alt-web.com/TEST/Hatch/

     

    Background Image:

    http://alt-web.com/TEST/Hatch/HatchBackground.jpg

     

    CD Image:

    http://alt-web.com/TEST/Hatch/HatchCD.png

     

    This is not rocket science but you must be able to work with code.

     

     

    Nancy O.

     
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    Jul 11, 2012 5:43 PM   in reply to Erniegar
    Thank you so much for looking into this....

    No problem.

    ... have always been a fan of a single page - no scrolling or links. 

    Fine.  But if your page can't be viewed comfortably in all devices, what's the point?

     

    When you see my page does the 'content' display in the middle ?

     

    I'll let my browser screenshots answer this question.

     

    Your layout in a desktop (1280px width) browser with increased text size.  Not pretty.

    Hatch1.jpg

    Your layout in a smaller viewport (iPhone width). 

    Hatch2.jpg

    Notice how your left & right images stack on top of each other? Content is way off to the right which requires potential customers to use both horizontal & vertical scrolling to find your "message."

     

    In contrast to your layout, mine resizes to fit viewport width. People can see the "message" without having to scroll horizontally.  On the web, vertical scrolling is expected.  Horizontal scrolling is annoying.

     

    Hatch-3.jpg

     

    I'll let you decide which approach is more web friendly.

     

    Best of luck on your project!

     

    Nancy O.

    Alt-Web Design & Publishing

    Web | Graphics | Print | Media  Specialists 

    http://alt-web.com/

     
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