Dreamweaver - Template acting screwey

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Template acting screwey

FrankieBoombatts

2004-03-30, 11:35 pm

I have a very simple template on each of my pages for a site I am trying to
build. The top of the template has two table rows, one for the logo and one for
a simple flash movie. I am not having problems with these, but the buttons
below the logo. I have about 7 buttons vertically going down the screen, on the
left, under the logo. My editable region is to the right of these buttons. Now
this is my problem. On a few of the pages, after the content has been entered
in the editable regions, when I preview the file, my buttons stretch on the
left with the content on the right. If its in a template, I thought everything
was locked? Why are they moving and can anyone help me to make them not move?

FrankieB

Murray *TMM*

2004-03-31, 8:28 am

A template locks *CONTENT* not *layout*. You would have the same problem if
you detached that page from the template and added your content.

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.

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"FrankieBoombatts" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I have a very simple template on each of my pages for a site I am trying
to
> build. The top of the template has two table rows, one for the logo and
one for
> a simple flash movie. I am not having problems with these, but the buttons
> below the logo. I have about 7 buttons vertically going down the screen,
on the
> left, under the logo. My editable region is to the right of these buttons.
Now
> this is my problem. On a few of the pages, after the content has been
entered
> in the editable regions, when I preview the file, my buttons stretch on
the
> left with the content on the right. If its in a template, I thought
everything
> was locked? Why are they moving and can anyone help me to make them not
move?
>
> FrankieB
>