3 Replies Latest reply: Jan 5, 2008 8:39 AM by Newsgroup_User RSS

    help with editable regions

    Jack Attack Community Member
      I used one whole image for my web template. I want to make the center an editable region and it won't let me. I don't know the exact steps. I inserted an editable region and it seems to be fixed in one spot so I can't move around in th is region. How do you set the size and area of an editable region on the master template? that's my true question.
        • 1. Re: help with editable regions
          Newsgroup_User Community Member
          >I used one whole image for my web template.

          That's a bad start, you know?

          > How do you set the size and area of an editable region on the
          > master template? that's my true question.

          The real answer is that you cannot without knowing some HTML and CSS, and
          even then you may not be able to do it.

          I assume that you are wanting to just place some text over top of the image?
          The way you would do that would be to build an HTML infrastructure on the
          page that would allow the text to fall in the location where you want it to
          appear - a table with cells sized to place the cell containing the text
          where you want it, or an absolutely positioned element containing the text.

          Both of those methods have serious disadvantages (which is why I said it was
          a bad start for you), and are responsible for probably 30% of the posts on
          this forum - people just new to DW and to web development struggling with
          just this problem.

          Here's a much better way -

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

          but it will require you to step away from the computer, and read and study
          for a while.

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          "Jack Attack" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
          news:flnbgn$a68$1@forums.macromedia.com...
          >I used one whole image for my web template. I want to make the center an
          > editable region and it won't let me. I don't know the exact steps. I
          > inserted
          > an editable region and it seems to be fixed in one spot so I can't move
          > around
          > in th is region. How do you set the size and area of an editable region on
          > the
          > master template? that's my true question.
          >

          • 2. Re: help with editable regions
            Jack Attack Community Member
            Your absolutely right. I am trying to drop images and text over one master photoshop design.

            The weird thing is that I have an old website made in Dreamweaver MX and I was allowed to design in layers. Now they don't do that. So I went back to my old template and tried to figure out why that template allowed me to drop layers which seem to be called ap divs over the template anywhere. That's how it should be.

            The other thing I noticed is that my old template has a huge back drop called "Body" of the page. I can't do that anymore in CS3. I would love to email you my two templates. Maybe someone could tell me the difference and why I can drop divs anywhere I want on the old template and now that USEFULL feature is gone.

            I will look into what you suggested. The thing that frustrates me is that I should be able to put a div over anywhere on the template and move my image around. The editable regions are horribly confining and don't let you move text and images very well.
            • 3. Re: help with editable regions
              Newsgroup_User Community Member
              > That's how it should be.

              No, it's not really. This method is a poor method.

              But you can certainly do it in CS3, as well.

              > I would love to email you my two templates.

              Please don't - just upload them somewhere and post a link to them - that way
              everyone can help.

              > now that USEFULL feature is gone.

              It's not - you can do the same in CS3.

              > The editable regions are horribly confining and don't let you move text
              > and images very well.

              You may find it hard to believe, but an editable region has no effect on
              your layout. It's an arbitrary HTML comment, that only means something to
              DW. If you are finding that you cannot 'place' something where you want it
              on the page, then you are just coming head to head with the way that HTML
              works, not with any limitation in DW.

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              "Jack Attack" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
              news:flo9o6$bcn$1@forums.macromedia.com...
              > Your absolutely right. I am trying to drop images and text over one master
              > photoshop design.
              >
              > The weird thing is that I have an old website made in Dreamweaver MX and I
              > was
              > allowed to design in layers. Now they don't do that. So I went back to my
              > old
              > template and tried to figure out why that template allowed me to drop
              > layers
              > which seem to be called ap divs over the template anywhere. That's how it
              > should be.
              >
              > The other thing I noticed is that my old template has a huge back drop
              > called
              > "Body" of the page. I can't do that anymore in CS3. I would love to email
              > you
              > my two templates. Maybe someone could tell me the difference and why I can
              > drop
              > divs anywhere I want on the old template and now that USEFULL feature is
              > gone.
              >
              > I will look into what you suggested. The thing that frustrates me is that
              > I
              > should be able to put a div over anywhere on the template and move my
              > image
              > around. The editable regions are horribly confining and don't let you move
              > text
              > and images very well.
              >