help with DWCS3

> Basically, whenever I link a thumbnail image
> to a larger image in a different frame, the background color automatically
> changes to white.

If you are linking to an image, the IMAGE loads in the frame. It's not an
html page, so there is no background color. It's an image- not a page with
an image in it.

make a page for each image and set the background color of the PAGE.
use a gallery widget
suggest not using frames.

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I too suggest (nay, implore!) not to use frames.

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"Alan" <please_dont_mail_me@example.com> wrote in message
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>
>
>> Basically, whenever I link a thumbnail image
>> to a larger image in a different frame, the background color
>> automatically
>> changes to white.
>
> If you are linking to an image, the IMAGE loads in the frame. It's not an
> html page, so there is no background color. It's an image- not a page with
> an image in it.
>
> make a page for each image and set the background color of the PAGE.
> use a gallery widget
> suggest not using frames.
>
> --
> Alan
> Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
>
> http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/
>
>
>

http://www.w3schools.com
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/qdmacfly/index.htm
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/dreamweaver/css.html
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/tableless_layout_dw8.html
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/css_concepts.html


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"jon1616" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the help. I had already figured out that I needed to make a
> new
> page for each image, but I thought that there might be an easier fix.
> Appreciate the feedback. Not using frames would require more knowledge
> of
> html than I have - am trying to figure out how to use css and other ways
> to
> better manage my sites, but it's a slow process. Do you have any recs for
> good
> online courses/tutorials that might be helpful?
> Thanks again
>