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Help with Layer Positioning and TimeLine
Hello all, here is my situation:
I am trying to do a simple Layer animation for my home page... 4 Layers
startoff at the right of my webpage(table) and end up at the left handside, as
an example.
My problem is I have a main 1x1 table that is centered, and that works fine to
center all the text and images that are within it, but the layers that I tried
placing within it stay absolute to the screen and not relative to the table....
and if I try to specify relative position in the first place for any of the
layers that Layer disapears from my Layer panel and I cannot timeline with
it???!!!
This Started out as a lame trial to avoid making a flash movie for this
animation.. but right now I am more interested in knowing the possibilities and
limitations of using Layers and Timelines in Dreamweaver.... Any help or
comments are most welcome.
Layth
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Murray *ACE* #2 Re: Help with Layer Positioning and TimeLine
If you go here - [url]http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_layerlaws.asp[/url], and read
through the layer laws, you'll see that you have broken at least one by
putting your layers into a table. Being absolutely positioned, the layers
do not rely on the table for their location on the screen. There are ways
to do this (easily) if you understand the whole concept of CSS positioning.
You can try the following things -
* After setting your timeline the way you want it, MANUALLY change the
position attribute of each layer from "absolute" to "relative". The
timeline will still work, but you have changed the entire paradigm for
positioning on the <div> tags by making that change. Having relatively
positioned elements withing a table seems to work pretty well.
or
* After setting your timeline the way you want it, MANUALLY move the code
for the layers OUT OF THE TABLE, and place it back on the page, immediately
above the </body> tag. Then follow these directions -
Change this -
</head>
to this -
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body { text-align:center; color:#CCC; }
#wrapper { text-align:left; width:720px; margin:0 auto;position:relative; }
-->
</style>
</head>
change this -
<body ...>
to this -
<body ...>
<div id="wrapper">
and this -
</body>
to this -
</div><!-- /wrapper -->
</body>
and see if that helps.
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"laythss" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:e6p832$sht$1@forums.macromedia.com...> Hello all, here is my situation:
> I am trying to do a simple Layer animation for my home page... 4 Layers
> startoff at the right of my webpage(table) and end up at the left
> handside, as
> an example.
> My problem is I have a main 1x1 table that is centered, and that works
> fine to
> center all the text and images that are within it, but the layers that I
> tried
> placing within it stay absolute to the screen and not relative to the
> table....
> and if I try to specify relative position in the first place for any of
> the
> layers that Layer disapears from my Layer panel and I cannot timeline with
> it???!!!
> This Started out as a lame trial to avoid making a flash movie for this
> animation.. but right now I am more interested in knowing the
> possibilities and
> limitations of using Layers and Timelines in Dreamweaver.... Any help or
> comments are most welcome.
>
> Layth
>
Murray *ACE* Guest
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Murray *ACE* #3 Re: Help with Layer Positioning and TimeLine
I have requested that the thread be removed, Andrew. That's the best we can
do, I'm afraid. Thing is, it can only be removed from the webforums, and
not from the local computers of those who have already downloaded the
message. Also, if Google Groups synched already, then it's like being
carved in stone....
You can see if that's the case by searching here -
[url]http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=+group:macromedia.dreamwea ver[/url]
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"Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
news:e6pceb$4t6$1@forums.macromedia.com...> If you go here - [url]http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_layerlaws.asp[/url], and read
> through the layer laws, you'll see that you have broken at least one by
> putting your layers into a table. Being absolutely positioned, the layers
> do not rely on the table for their location on the screen. There are ways
> to do this (easily) if you understand the whole concept of CSS
> positioning. You can try the following things -
>
> * After setting your timeline the way you want it, MANUALLY change the
> position attribute of each layer from "absolute" to "relative". The
> timeline will still work, but you have changed the entire paradigm for
> positioning on the <div> tags by making that change. Having relatively
> positioned elements withing a table seems to work pretty well.
>
> or
>
> * After setting your timeline the way you want it, MANUALLY move the code
> for the layers OUT OF THE TABLE, and place it back on the page,
> immediately above the </body> tag. Then follow these directions -
>
> Change this -
>
> </head>
>
> to this -
>
> <style type="text/css">
> <!--
> body { text-align:center; color:#CCC; }
> #wrapper { text-align:left; width:720px; margin:0
> auto;position:relative; }
> -->
> </style>
> </head>
>
> change this -
>
> <body ...>
>
> to this -
>
> <body ...>
> <div id="wrapper">
>
> and this -
>
> </body>
>
> to this -
>
> </div><!-- /wrapper -->
> </body>
>
> and see if that helps.
>
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> Adobe Community Expert
> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
> ==================
> [url]http://www.dreamweavermx-templates.com[/url] - Template Triage!
> [url]http://www.projectseven.com/go[/url] - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
> [url]http://www.dwfaq.com[/url] - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
> [url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/[/url] - Macromedia (MM) Technotes
> ==================
>
>
> "laythss" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:e6p832$sht$1@forums.macromedia.com...>>> Hello all, here is my situation:
>> I am trying to do a simple Layer animation for my home page... 4 Layers
>> startoff at the right of my webpage(table) and end up at the left
>> handside, as
>> an example.
>> My problem is I have a main 1x1 table that is centered, and that works
>> fine to
>> center all the text and images that are within it, but the layers that I
>> tried
>> placing within it stay absolute to the screen and not relative to the
>> table....
>> and if I try to specify relative position in the first place for any of
>> the
>> layers that Layer disapears from my Layer panel and I cannot timeline
>> with
>> it???!!!
>> This Started out as a lame trial to avoid making a flash movie for this
>> animation.. but right now I am more interested in knowing the
>> possibilities and
>> limitations of using Layers and Timelines in Dreamweaver.... Any help or
>> comments are most welcome.
>>
>> Layth
>>
>
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