Problem editing template

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David_Pakman
May 2, 2004
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alright, so i downloaded a photoshop website template, and edited it to my liking with photoshop…got my rollovers set up, put in my logo, etc.

then i optimized, and saved for web.

the problem i am having is when i open up the website to then add content in frontpage, when i start typing to add content, it just CLEARS whatever "gif" i am trying to add content over.

hopefully i am making myself clear. i have tried everything, saving in different formats, saving as background image, etc, and nothing seems to work.

any help with this would be great.
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Daryl_Pritchard
May 2, 2004
David,

I’m not sure what you mean by trying to "add content over" a GIF. Are you saying that the GIF is your background image? If not, then I’m not aware of any way to superimpose text over an image unless perhaps CSS (cascading style sheets) would accommodate that. Or, you could create a table where each cell has its own bacgkround image. My point is that the image cannot share the same "layer" where the text resides, unless the text is adjacent the image.

If all you are doing is typing in text, I suggest you go into the HTML code view and type in your text there, to see better where the text is actually being inserted relative to other format codes.

Hope that helps,

Daryl
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David_Pakman
May 2, 2004
well basically, i have this as my template:

<http://www.thevividedge.com/images/sample.html>

so for example, when i try to put some text in the blue box below "vivid edge news," it clears the entire box.

and if i try to add content to the "page header: main content goes here" section, again, it jus clears the entire thing.

know what you mean about an image not sharing a "layer" where the text resides, but i’d like to find a way for me to just be able to add my content to the web page within frontpage.

is there a way to make the entire template "background" so text can be added over it?

what is my best bet here, outside of going into the html code since i’m not too comfortable with that?
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David_Pakman
May 2, 2004
ok, this is exactly what i need to hear. so what is my best bet for where to go from here. how can i get it to what it needs to be?

whether there’s some type of tutorial online, or you can give me a quick rundown, either way would be great.
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Mac_McDougald
May 2, 2004
The whole page is a sliced graphic.

Really NOT the best way to do webpage.
Beyond the header _8,_9,_10, there is nothing else on the page that can’t be done with table, colored backgrounds in cells, and plain, actual text.

You are trying to add text to a table cell that already contains a picture. The picture is a simple blue rectange. And you’re stuck.

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Mac_McDougald
May 2, 2004
Well, can’t teach you HTML in a discussion group.

Basically, the whole page is a simple table.
The only complicated stuff in it is the JavaScript to make the rollovers happen.

Anyway, all the table cells, below the Vivid Edge and picts of the people, which ends with:
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<img src="images/jd_m003_08.gif" width="416" height="128" alt=""></td>
<td colspan="3">
<img src="images/jd_m003_09.gif" width="205" height="128" alt=""></td>
<td colspan="3">
<img src="images/jd_m003_10.gif" width="154" height="128" alt=""></td>
</tr>

could be cut and continue your own table cells, which can contain solid color backgrounds and/or text. Again, without some basic HTML knowledge you can’t do it. I suppose you could do it with a WYSIWYG HTML editor without actually knowing HTML.

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David_Pakman
May 2, 2004
so, what might work is if i open i up in frontpage, clear the gif/slice that i want to put text over, and then place something else in there…

would i want to put in a one cell table, or just put in a blue background, etc?
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Mac_McDougald
May 2, 2004
FrontPage could work. Writes bizarre, difficult to parse code for folks who look at HTML directly, but could certainly work.

And yes, if you want exactly what you have, but ability to add text, then replace cells with text and/or background colors.

basics:
<TR> (new row)
<TD> (cell or "column" in the row
stuff in cell goes here
</TD> (closing cell tag)
<TD>
any additonal cells
</TD>
</TR> (closing row tag>

</TABLE> closes entire table

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