web design question...

[Tyler718]

Dangerdoll,

That stuff drives me to drink and I don't really drink anymore :rant: Once you get it figured out, my website is about a year overdue for an update and new pictures. I have the pictures ready to go We need a winking smilie

You know, you could use me to your advantage for a small fee. I could possibly talk he into it for you. I could become her business manager. :laugh:

"T"

 

[Walrus]

I've never used Frontpage, so I don't exactly know how it does things, but I would assume that the button rollovers and associated menus would be done in JavaScript. You should be able to view the code that Frontpage generates, and as OG suggested, do some copying and pasting to add another button onto the menu.

Elmo's right. Hover buttons in Frontpage use JavaScript to perform actions. If you dont know JavaScript i would recommend re-writting the menu buttons. If you do know JavaScript then you can select the gif image and then switch to code view in Frontpage. It should highlight the img tag, from there look for the onmouse or onmousedown event. That will point to the JavaScript function actually creating the menu and you should be able to figure the rest out from there!

HTH

 

[FL Knifemaker]

You know, you could use me to your advantage for a small fee. I could possibly talk he into it for you. I could become her business manager. :laugh:

"T"

T,

Whatever works!! For the past month or so, I've had severe eyestrain from working long hours with my CAD/CAM software. There is no way I can sit in front of the computer doing the website now. I can do it myself, I just DREAD doing it. It's one of those things that by the time I work up the photo's, write the text, etc. I might just as well just do the whole darn thing.

 

[Dangerdoll]

You know, you could use me to your advantage for a small fee. I could possibly talk he into it for you. I could become her business manager. :laugh:

"T"

you're hired!!

 

[Dangerdoll]

ok, I pretty much know how to copy the button and functionalities of it..... now my question is, can I edit the text on a .gif....... ?

 

[OrionGirl]

The text that's on there can be edited with an image editing software, like PaintShop or PhotoShop. You'll probably want to edit out all the existing text, then insert all the new text in one go--seems to work better and look better.

 

[Dangerdoll]

ahhhhh...... thanks for following up with me OG

thanks so much!! so weird how some things can just wear you down, huh.....

 

[OrionGirl]

Well, I maintain the webpage for our Division, and everything is initially created in frontpage, but all edits and such are easier to do through the source code, so I've gotten rather sneaky. The first time I looked at the source code though, I felt like I was going cross-eyed.

 

[geoffgarcia]

front page and all other wysiwyg editors are teh suckage...wordpad ownz.

if you need any more assistance it would be easier if you just attached the source code.

 

[Timmain42]

Doll, if you're going to be doing this on a regular basis, ditch Frontpage and try to find a program called Homesite. It's a text-only HTML editor, and will allow you to view your updated work via whatever browser you are using. It color-codes different types of machine code and HTML tags, which generally makes scripting a lot easier.

I'd have suggested WordPad, but it doesn't color-code. FrontPage is about the worst big-company editor out there (it throws in tons of extraneous code), but DreamWeaver from Macromedia is a WYSIWYG editor that is powerful, easy-to-understand, and isn't nearly as frustrating.