I’m currently trying to build a css site in freeway 5 pro with a similar layout to this freeway talk site, where the header is flexible width, the body section is fixed and centred and the footer (that will move down as the body expands) is flexible width…
I’ve seen the tutorial on here that explains how to make the three flexible width rows using css & html but I can’t work out how th fix and centre the central row… I can only get it to work when it aligns left - if anyone can give some advice it would be much appreciated!
Sure. When I laid out the Freewaytalk site, I did it with CSSEdit and
a text editor, and it took several days. Later I tried to make a
similar layout in Freeway and had a face-palm moment when I found out
how fast it was there.
Double-click into a new blank page so you see the text cursor in
the page.
Insert / HTML Item (from the main menu) 3 times.
Click on each item, set its width to 100%, and Float to left. Leave
the heights at 100px for the moment.
Double-click into the middle layer, and do Insert / HTML Item again
inline within that box.
With this new inline box still selected, set its width to the
desired fixed-width page, and set the Margin to Auto. This will center
it within its parent.
Now you can go back and change all the colors and whatnot to make your
stripes. Use tiling graphic backgrounds for shadows and textures, as
on this site. One thing to note – the page must be set to Align: None
in the Page Inspector for this to work at all.
Walter
On Mar 31, 2009, at 12:01 PM, fatspider wrote:
Hello
I’m currently trying to build a css site in freeway 5 pro with a
similar layout to this freeway talk site, where the header is
flexible width, the body section is fixed and centred and the footer
(that will move down as the body expands) is flexible width…
I’ve seen the tutorial on here that explains how to make the three
flexible width rows using css & html but I can’t work out how th fix
and centre the central row… I can only get it to work when it
aligns left - if anyone can give some advice it would be much
appreciated!