Question on assigning object locations in Muse website?

[Joshhh]

I am familiar with some of the Adobe software (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), but Muse is new to me. Is there some way that I can set a designated location/organization to objects on a page?

If you were maintaining the (live) website, is Muse the acceptable program for that or would Dreamweaver be preferred? For example, you have images A, B, C, & D on a page. You want to add image E on that same page, but between images A & B. Is there a way to program that so all formatting, etc. remains? Every way I have come up with so far involves moving many objects around.

[ankushr40215001]

Hey joshhh,

Sorry that Muse won't be able to deal with such request.

In Muse we have a very few options of automation apart from widgets.

And I on't think if this can be done with Dreamweaver also?

Regards,

Ankush

[Joshhh]

Thanks Ankush. Are you saying that the formatting must be rearranged each times additions are made? I'm surprised to hear there would also be no option in Dreamweaver, because I know that software is leaps and bounds ahead of Muse.

[ankushr40215001]

Maybe Nancy OShea​ our esteemed web expert can help answering this.

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

Thanks for pinging me ankushr40215001​.

Static HTML sites can't do this.  But PHP code can dynamically  populate your layout with images from a designated folder on your server.  Depending on your filenames and sorting order (ascending or descending), you can accurately program where new images appear.   Although, I usually like new images to be on top of older ones.  

Programming with HTML & PHP code is not rocket science but Muse is absolutely the wrong tool for this.  You need a code editor like Dreamweaver or Brackets, etc... and a good grasp of coding basics.

See below for a Live Demo.  This responsive, masonry type layout was created with Bootstrap 4.

Alt-Web Demo : Dynamic Photo Gallery with Bootstrap 4, PHP & Fancybox