Is it important that they be in a particular folder? As of this time they are six different locations and scattered.
Does it make a difference with this method of insertion:
Most material includes images IN text which is just copied as a .png file then drap/dropped onto the page without selecting HTML or Graphic. Some is in an HTML box; but when importing via the Graphic selection it created a box that seems to conflict with the drag-drop method.
Just uploaded this page: http://home.comcast.net/~image-change/data.html
It’s a example of integrating text with graphic which is what I want to achieve if that answers the question. I did all the work from what I would also print out on paper for use in study groups that do not have web access. A .png copy was made and that was used for the web.
Used both drop/drag as still discovering what works. It is confusing so far. What’s most efficient
“The accepted workflow is to create a graphic container. Select the container and File>Import (Cmd E)”
Is that the box that comes up on selecting “graphic” in the tool bar on the web site - or is a file on the computer somewhere??
On above page, a graphic box was created, enlarged, then dragged file into that box and made the two the same size.
How do I get “a run of text” on a blank page without first having to select html or graphic? Also, can it then cause the text to flow around it in FW?
The simple answer is that it would be very difficult to duplicate that page using HTML text - the web just doesn’t work like that and you have to work within certain limitations.
As to graphic importing -
Use the Graphic Item tool to ‘draw’ a graphic container on you page. With that container selected Cmd E to bring up the Import Dialogue box (file browser) and you can then find the pic that you want to import on your HD, select it and then click the Open button down the bottom right.
How do I get “a run of text” on a blank page without first having to select html or graphic? Also, can it then cause the text to flow around it in FW?
You can but it is like writing on the back wall. Instead always create a container for your text first - doesn’t matter whether it is a Graphic Box (Graphic Text) or an HTML Box (HTML/SEO friendly Text). Graphic Text cannot be indexed by Search Engines or read by assistive devices like screen readers.
Okay great explanation. THANK YOU
===== on putting the text and graphics in a folder on my hard drive, this from an earlier answer
“On your hard drive? No but it makes it easier for you to keep track of them if you place them (or a copy of them) in the FW created Media folder”."
Tthey are scattered in 6-10 locations due to the source of the material. Will moving them to a single folder confuse FW? Some were created from a .png file on desktop later moved, so far notice no problem… but???
No, as long as you don’t move them from one disk to another. If you have them all on one hard drive or network server, and you move them to different locations within that one source, Freeway will keep track of the move. If you do manage to confuse it, you will be able to recover. Freeway will ask you to locate the first file, and then it will (usually) do a good job of finding the rest based on your answer.
Walter
On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Ann Amber wrote:
Will moving them to a single folder confuse FW? Some were created from a .png file on desktop later moved, so far notice no problem… but???