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I made a navigation box using a table that's placed on the
left side of the page. Whenever the page gets long enough (usually
from text), the navigation box moves downwards with the text, and I
don't want it to do that...I want it to stay in one spot and stay
in that same spot for every page. I've tried different things, and
none have worked. Someone suggested javascript, but I'm not totally
certain how to go about with that...they mentioned it, but didn't
give any codes and I haven't had much luck.
This has really slowed down the development time of the site. The time right now is alright with the client, but I am getting paid per hour and I don't want to keep him waiting, along with I don't want to ask for extra hours pay because of this, but I don't want to put anymore free time into fixing this problem, either. How do I get it to stop doing this...it's very frustrating and time consuming from my schedule towards completion.
This is one thing I've definitely found to be a
negative with Dreamweaver.
This has really slowed down the development time of the site. The time right now is alright with the client, but I am getting paid per hour and I don't want to keep him waiting, along with I don't want to ask for extra hours pay because of this, but I don't want to put anymore free time into fixing this problem, either. How do I get it to stop doing this...it's very frustrating and time consuming from my schedule towards completion.
This is one thing I've definitely found to be a
negative with Dreamweaver.
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> This is one thing I've
> definitely found to be a negative with Dreamweaver.
Until you become more familiar with HTML and CSS, you will discover this
again and again.
I believe the problem you are having can be simplified if you consider this
example -
Put a 2 row by 2 column table on the page. Merge the two right hand cells
into a single column. Put an image into each left cell, and you will see
that they merge vertically seamlessly. Now begin to add content to the
merged cell on the right and you will see that at some point you will have
forced the two left cells to begin to split apart vertically. The more
content you add to the right, the further apart the two left cells will get.
See what I mean?
To solve the problem, instead of making your page sit in a single table,
have it in several nested tables. You should be able to put a two column
table on the page with a nested table in each column. Put your navigation
in the left nested table, and the
content in the right nested table. Now, changes to either of the inner
table's
structure will not affect either of the inner nested tables.
--
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"blackkat382" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:g5gp55$1hc$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I made a navigation box using a table that's placed on the left side of the
> page. Whenever the page gets long enough (usually from text), the
> navigation
> box moves downwards with the text, and I don't want it to do that...I want
> it
> to stay in one spot and stay in that same spot for every page. I've tried
> different things, and none have worked. Someone suggested javascript, but
> I'm
> not totally certain how to go about with that...they mentioned it, but
> didn't
> give any codes and I haven't had much luck.
>
> This has really slowed down the development time of the site. The time
> right
> now is alright with the client, but I am getting paid per hour and I don't
> want
> to keep him waiting, along with I don't want to ask for extra hours pay
> because
> of this, but I don't want to put anymore free time into fixing this
> problem,
> either. How do I get it to stop doing this...it's very frustrating and
> time
> consuming from my schedule towards completion. This is one thing
> I've
> definitely found to be a negative with Dreamweaver.
>
> definitely found to be a negative with Dreamweaver.
Until you become more familiar with HTML and CSS, you will discover this
again and again.
I believe the problem you are having can be simplified if you consider this
example -
Put a 2 row by 2 column table on the page. Merge the two right hand cells
into a single column. Put an image into each left cell, and you will see
that they merge vertically seamlessly. Now begin to add content to the
merged cell on the right and you will see that at some point you will have
forced the two left cells to begin to split apart vertically. The more
content you add to the right, the further apart the two left cells will get.
See what I mean?
To solve the problem, instead of making your page sit in a single table,
have it in several nested tables. You should be able to put a two column
table on the page with a nested table in each column. Put your navigation
in the left nested table, and the
content in the right nested table. Now, changes to either of the inner
table's
structure will not affect either of the inner nested tables.
--
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
==================
http://www.projectseven.com/go - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
==================
"blackkat382" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:g5gp55$1hc$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I made a navigation box using a table that's placed on the left side of the
> page. Whenever the page gets long enough (usually from text), the
> navigation
> box moves downwards with the text, and I don't want it to do that...I want
> it
> to stay in one spot and stay in that same spot for every page. I've tried
> different things, and none have worked. Someone suggested javascript, but
> I'm
> not totally certain how to go about with that...they mentioned it, but
> didn't
> give any codes and I haven't had much luck.
>
> This has really slowed down the development time of the site. The time
> right
> now is alright with the client, but I am getting paid per hour and I don't
> want
> to keep him waiting, along with I don't want to ask for extra hours pay
> because
> of this, but I don't want to put anymore free time into fixing this
> problem,
> either. How do I get it to stop doing this...it's very frustrating and
> time
> consuming from my schedule towards completion.
This is one thing
> I've
> definitely found to be a negative with Dreamweaver.
>
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